''Lobster Wars'', also known as ''Deadliest Catch: Lobstermen'' in the United Kingdom, is a documentary

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series on the

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...

. 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

lobster Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...

s off the

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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 The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...

), ''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 Thom Beers (born July 20, 1952 in Batavia, New York) is an American television producer and narrator/voice-over artist. Career Beers, a former producer and executive with Turner Broadcasting and Paramount Syndicated Television, has produced more ...

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 Trawling, 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 ...

that causes high tensions between the other 5 boats.

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* 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 {{US-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub

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