F/V Northwestern

The Northwestern is a 125 feet fishing vessel. It was built in 1977 at Marco Shipyard in Seattle, WA. The vessel was built specifically for the King and Tanner crab fisheries of Alaska's Bering Sea. In 1981 there was a collapse of the King Crab fishery. So the boat kept busy by fishing Tanner Crab.In the early 1980s the Northwestern was one of the first boats to fish Opilio or Snow Crab.

Sig Hansen
The Northwestern has been part of the Hansen's Clan for the past four generations. The boat now belongs to Sig Hansen the oldest of the Hansen brothers.