Deadliest Catch - Season 16 - A New Cold War

A dramatic change in the Russian crab industry rocks global markets and drives new competition between Dutch Harbor captains and their Russian adversaries. For the first time ever, in season 16 the Alaskan crab fleet will face off against their biggest rival – the Russians.

23 Episodes

Cold War Rivals

Season 16 - Episode 1

A dramatic change in the Russian crab industry rocks global markets and drives new competition between Dutch Harbor captains and their Russi...

Typhoon Hagibis

Season 16 - Episode 2

Just as the fleet begins its race to beat the Russians, ferocious typhoon Hagibis turns its deadly gaze on the Bering Sea. Captains must cho...

Breaking Point

Season 16 - Episode 3

Still reeling from deadly typhoon Hagibis, the fleet claws its way back into competition against the Russians. The pressure to make up groun...

Shotguns and Fist Fights

Season 16 - Episode 4

With the Russian menace looming, co-captains Johnathan and Jake blast a shotgun at their problems while a vicious fist fight breaks out on t...

Double Agent

Season 16 - Episode 5

The Cornelia Marie uses US satellites to spy on the Russians, Scott pioneers a dormant fishery and Wild Bill faces off with a Russian greenh...

The Bleeding Edge

Season 16 - Episode 6

Johnathan finds himself going under the knife at sea as King season comes to an end. Junior chases the elusive Golden King and Wild Bill fac...

Into The Red

Season 16 - Episode 7

Junior risks crossing into Russian waters to tank golden crab. Co-captains Jake and Johnathan attempt an alliance with longtime rival Keith ...

Mayday Mayday

Season 16 - Episode 8

The Coast Guard responds to a mayday call as captains and crew brace for the loss of friends during a brutal winter storm. Sig and Monte tra...

Cold War Heating Up

Season 16 - Episode 9

As the crab biomass migrates across the Russian line, Josh and Casey dump 175 pots on the border. Sig and Mandy go dark ship in towering sea...

Harms Way

Season 16 - Episode 10

Facing a 500-mile wide Siberian storm, Josh takes a big risk to keep the Cornelia Marie crew safe. Junior loses control of his rudders putti...

Chase Boat Rescue

Season 16 - Episode 11

Listing heavily and taking on water, Junior calls on chase boat rescue for the first time in series history. Wild Bill sends Nick 20 feet of...

Dutch Harbor Double Cross

Season 16 - Episode 12

On the Summer Bay there's hell to pay when Bill's backup block goes missing. Cornelia Marie skippers Josh and Casey navigate a tenuous partn...

Bomb Cyclone

Season 16 - Episode 13

The Wizard catches fire in a violent storm known as a bomb cyclone. Josh and Casey attempt to fish in 30-foot seas, while two rogue waves sl...

Bering Sea Crash

Season 16 - Episode 14

Battling exhaustion, Wild Bill and his crew face the full wrath of the bomb cyclone. A snapped tendon puts the Summer Bay down a man. Josh g...

Gut Instinct

Season 16 - Episode 15

As an injury knocks Sig out of his wheelhouse, Mandy takes the helm to face a disgruntled Northwestern crew.

Bering Sea Wrecking Ball

Season 16 - Episode 16

Stuffed pots come at a price as Jake scrambles to repair a slack tank before it kills his crab or capsizes the Saga.

Danger Close

Season 16 - Episode 17

Josh and Casey race to haul pots as engine failure threatens their delivery window. As seawater destroys his hydraulic motors, Junior attemp...

Like Father Like Daughter

Season 16 - Episode 18

Sig and Mandy conspire to get Jake to do their prospecting, but the former deckhand seizes the moment to fill his own tanks. The Wizard crew...

Rogue Wave Juggernaut

Season 16 - Episode 19

A rare weather event churns up rogue waves as supermoon tides collide with a cyclonic snowstorm. Josh and Casey face a 55-foot monster, whil...

A Problem Like Maria

Season 16 - Episode 20

As the super snow-moon storm peaks, the Cornelia Marie's deck becomes a gauntlet for Josh and Casey's greenest greenhorn. Ice fog overtakes ...

End of The Beginning

Season 16 - Episode 21

As the fleet mounts a final Winter season push, sad news rattles the Cornelia Marie wheelhouse. Lady Alaska greenhorn, Gabby, overcomes a pa...

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

Season 16 - Episode 22

Saga loses a veteran deckhand, forcing Jake to steam a greenhorn army to the Russian line. Amid scuttlebutt that ports are closing due to a ...

Everything Changes

Season 16 - Episode 23

The Cornelia crew fights to save its gear from sea ice; Jake risks the far north to fill his tanks before his son's birth; amid news of a lo...