When "Deadliest Catch" returned for Season 19 on April 18, the long-running reality series promised plenty of challenges awaiting in the Bering Sea: the usual perils of crab fishing, the depopulation of snow crabs, and most crucially, the scourge of illegal fishing by unregistered vessels. None of these trials were enough to dissuade newcomers Linda Greenlaw, Sophia "Bob" Nielsen, Jacob Hutchins, Rick Shelford, and Jack Bunnell.