Internationally renowned fisherman from Maine, Linda Greenlaw, faces charges in Canada for allegedly fishing illegally inside Canada’s 200-mile limit. Greenlaw, 47, a commercial fisherman and best-selling author, was led into court in Newfoundland in handcuffs on Friday following her arrest. She is from Isle au Haut, Maine, and survived the so-called Perfect Storm of 1991 and was the last person in contact with the Andrea Gail, a swordfish boat from Massachusetts that sank with all hands.
According to source Greenlaw faced groups of reporters and camera crews as she made her way from her holding cell to court. There was an American television crew from Original Productions of Burbank, California, on Greenlaw’s boat, Sea Hawk, to film an upcoming NBC-TV series when the skipper was arrested Tuesday.
The crew said that the arrest was not expected but officials contend a fisheries patrol plane spotted Greenlaw’s boat fishing inside Canadian waters. Fisheries officers boarded the vessel and arrested Greenlaw. It is informed that the boat, escorted by a coast guard vessel, arrived early Friday in St. John’s.
After court trail Judge Joseph Woodrow released Greenlaw on a recognizance with a $10,000 cash deposit. But order her to appear before court on Oct. 27. It is fact that Greenlaw is the author of several books about life as a commercial fisherman, including “The Hungry Ocean” and “All Fishermen Are Liars”.
