In each episode of Cowboys of the Sea, we’re on deck with the fearless captains of Alaska’s fisheries – from the bumper boats of Sitka’s Herring Fishery, to the isolated, middle-of-nowhere marathon Long-Lining off the Seward coast, to the all-out war that is the Bristol Bay salmon run – tempers run high as captains battle each other for position and profit, doing whatever it takes to net the biggest catch.