Fellow Mainer and famous author/fisherman, Linda Greenlaw, was arrested for fishing within Canada's 200 mile limit.  She was filming a TV show when she was arrested, and I can't wait to watch this episode. There's got to be more to this story than we now know. 

Above is a picture of Linda's lobster boat taken in August of 2006 off Isle au Haut (I've blocked out the name and lobster license number for her privacy).  She was not on this boat when she was arrested.

Greenlaw used to swordfish out of Gloucester, MA as the captain of  the sword boat, Hannah Boden. The Hannah Boden was the sister ship to the Andrea Gail, which sunk in the Halloween Nor'easter of 1991.

I was living on Cape Ann, not far from Gloucester, at the time of the storm, and the days after the storm were excruciating for all of us. Waiting for word from the Andrea Gail, knowing that there most likely wouldn't be any.... it was a rough week.  Gloucester, Massachusetts has lost more than 5,000 men at sea in its 300 year fishing history, but it's always a horrible time--especially when there are no survivors and no real knowlege information on how loved ones were lost.

I've always had an admiration for Linda Greenlaw, a woman in a man's industry, who was one of the best captains fishing at the time. She was the last to have contact with the Andrea Gail. She survived a 100-year storm through good judgment, brains and an iron will.  And now she writes pretty good books.  What's not to like about this woman?    

Comments

[Beth]

I admire her, too. We make strong women up here in Maine. Hope you survive the hurricane with a minimum of discomfort--we just expect rain out here in the mountains.

[Sarah]

I borrowed a book by Greenlaw from the Cushing House! So cool to see a picture of her boat... too bad about the arrest!! Please keep me posted!