Dawayne D. Butler is a dedicated deckhand who has worked in multiple fisheries and fishing crabber boats in Alaska, including the Michelle Irene, Trawl Fishery, Browns Fishery, and the Lilliana Crabber Catcher boats and others, raise his siblings, which he believes gave him the work ethic that he has today. He is proud of the fact that he is very quick on the job and he often gets his contracts renewed once his supervisors see him work.