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Deadliest Catch reveals new cast members and season premiere date

Ashley Boucher
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Deadliest Catch reveals new cast members and season premiere date

It's time for some fresh faces out at sea.

EW can exclusively reveal the new cast for the upcoming season of Deadliest Catch, which returns with a two-hour premiere on April 18 on Discovery. The season will see a new generation of captains — including a storied author, rookie captains, and a deckhand aspiring for more — team up with fan-favorite skippers for the youngest and most diverse cast yet on the reality series.

Alaskan crab continues to be as difficult as ever to fish, but high seafood prices drive our crews to the Bering Sea to get their share. We'll see new and returning cast members overcome their differences to defend their fishing grounds.

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Northwestern Captains Sig and Mandy posing near pot stacks. Captains Mandy Hansen and Sig Hansen of F_V Northwestern
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Northwestern Captains Sig and Mandy posing near pot stacks. Captains Mandy Hansen and Sig Hansen of F_V Northwestern

Discovery Captains Mandy and Sig Hansen

"All of us are facing a new threat," says returning Captain Sig Hansen in a teaser for the new season, above. Sig will continue to try to secure his legacy with daughter and co-captain, Mandy — but it looks like a devastating loss is in store for the family. The teaser includes footage of Sig at what appears to be a funeral.

Also returning in the new season is the F/V Time Bandit's Andy Hillstrand, who hasn't been on the show since 2016. He and his brothers, Johnathan and Neal, will tackle the Golden King Crab Fishery.

Below, meet the new cast members, and watch the first-look teaser above.

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Medium close up of Linda at the pot dock/stack Captain Linda Greenlaw of F_V Summer Bay
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Medium close up of Linda at the pot dock/stack Captain Linda Greenlaw of F_V Summer Bay

Discovery Captain Linda Greenlaw

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Bill and Linda posing at the Summer Bay Captains Bill Wichrowski and Linda Greenlaw at the F_V Summer Bay
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Bill and Linda posing at the Summer Bay Captains Bill Wichrowski and Linda Greenlaw at the F_V Summer Bay

Discovery Captains Bill Wichrowski and Linda Greenlaw at the F/V Summer Bay

Linda Greenlaw

East Coast legend Linda Greenlaw, the only female swordfishing captain and survivor of The Perfect Storm, sets her sights on America's Last Frontier and brings more than 40 years of experience to Captain "Wild" Bill Wichrowski's F/V Summer Bay. 

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Medium shot of Bob posing infront of pot stack Captain Sophia _Bob_ Nielsen
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Medium shot of Bob posing infront of pot stack Captain Sophia _Bob_ Nielsen

Discovery Captain Sophia 'Bob' Nielsen

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Jake and Bob posing at the dock with the Saga in the background Captains Jake Anderson and Sophia “Bob” Nielsen at the F_V Saga
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Jake and Bob posing at the dock with the Saga in the background Captains Jake Anderson and Sophia “Bob” Nielsen at the F_V Saga

Discovery Captains Jake Anderson and Sophia “Bob” Nielsen at the F/V Saga

Sophia "Bob" Nielsen

Joining Captain Jake Anderson on the F/V Saga is new captain in training, 23-year-old Sophia "Bob" Nielsen. Following the loss of both of her parents in quick succession, the third generation fisher has her sights set on gaining all of the experience that she can to continue the Nielsen name and take over as captain of her family's 74-foot wooden hull vessel, the F/V Victory.

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Wide shot Jacob posing with pot stack Deckhand Jacob Hutchins
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Wide shot Jacob posing with pot stack Deckhand Jacob Hutchins

Discovery Deckhand Jacob Hutchins

Jacob Hutchins

Joining F/V Wizard Captain Keith Colburn is Jacob Hutchins, a deckhand aspiring to become one of the first African American crabbing captains on the Bering Sea.

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Captain Jack Bunnell
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Captain Jack Bunnell

Discovery Captain Jack Bunnell

Jack Bunnell

Rookie 28-year-old captain Jack Bunnell takes over the F/V Barbara J, leveraging his family quota to get to the helm, only to find that long-serving skipper Steve "Harley" Davidson will battle with him for seat time and control of the storied crabber.

Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Wide shot Sean and Rick at dock posing with stack of buoys and the Aleutian Lady in the background Captains Sean Dwyer and Rick Shelford and the F_V Aleutian Lady
Meet the new cast of Deadliest Catch Wide shot Sean and Rick at dock posing with stack of buoys and the Aleutian Lady in the background Captains Sean Dwyer and Rick Shelford and the F_V Aleutian Lady

Discovery Captains Sean Dwyer and Rick Shelford and the F/V Aleutian Lady

Rick Shelford

Rick Shelford is a fourth-generation crabber looking to usher the family name past 100 straight years of life on the water. He joins Captain Sean Dwyer, also looking to create a new legacy, on the F/V Aleutian Lady.

The two-hour premiere of Deadliest Catch is Tuesday, April 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Channel and will be available to stream the same day on Discovery+.

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