''Lobster Wars'', also known as ''Deadliest Catch: Lobstermen'' in the United Kingdom, is a
documentary television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
series on the
Discovery Channel. It documents men and one woman
fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...
for
lobsters off the
Georges Bank
Georges Bank (formerly known as St. Georges Bank) is a large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada). It separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean.
T ...
near the northeastern coast of North America. It first aired on August 23, 2007.
Like the similarly themed ''
Deadliest Catch'' (a documentary-style reality series based on crab fishing on the
Bering Sea), ''Lobster Wars'' is produced by Original Productions for Discovery, and is based on a pilot miniseries also produced by Original Productions, ''Lobstermen: Jeopardy at Sea''. Executive Producer
Thom Beers narrates the show in the US whereas voice artist Bill Petrie narrates it in the UK.
The show features six boats: The Dragon Lady, The Timothy Michael, The William Bowe, The Direction, The Rachel Leah and The Excalibur — a
fishing trawler
A fishing trawler is a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. Trawling is a method of fishing that involves actively dragging or pulling a trawl through the water behind one or more trawlers. Trawls are fishing nets th ...
that causes high tensions between the other 5 boats.
Episodes
See also
* ''
Deadliest Catch''
* ''
Wicked Tuna''
References
External links
*
2007 American television series debuts
2007 American television series endings
2000s American documentary television series
Discovery Channel original programming
English-language television shows
Fishing television series
Television series by Original Productions
Lobster fishing
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