Man Catches Fish, Frees Whales
Editor's Note
Not exactly breaking news, but an interesting piece on a man that deserves some credit.
Wayne Ledwell leans over the side of his small inflatable boat and sticks his silver-haired head into the waters of Placentia Bay.
Through the lens of his mask, he can see a tangle of ropes, netting and buoys.
He’s so fixated on the colourful web of nylon that he barely notices the dark, 40-tonne humpback whale — bobbing occasionally to the surface to release a plume of breath — within arm’s reach.
After nearly three hours of painstaking effort, Ledwell releases the last piece of rope that had snarled the whale and the majestic beast slowly swims away.
Meanwhile, fisherman William White has been anxiously waiting nearby. Once he gets his gillnets back, he can get back to work catching his quota of cod off Southeast Bight.
