Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap around the head and mouth, damaging the baleen of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglem...
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Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a fishing boat catching Atlantic herring (Clupea harenguis), with Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming around the boat and large numbers of...
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a fishing boat catching Atlantic herring (Clupea harenguis), with Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming around the boats and large numbers o...
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of fishing boats catching Atlantic herring (Clupea harenguis), with Killer whales (Orcinus orca) swimming around the boats, Troms, Norway, January.
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a fishing boat with net full of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), with Killer whales (Orcinus orca) swimming around the outside, Skjervoy, Troms, Norway, November.
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.
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Five Films / Fisherman using a net to land a large Pollack (Pollachius pollachius), with dog on boat, sustainably caught using pole and line, English Channel, near Salcombe, Devon, UK, November 2016.
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Terry Whittaker / Slow motion close-up of a large group of Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) feeding from a fish processing plant outfall, Grundafjordur, Iceland, March.
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Espen Bergersen / Gulls (Laridae) seaching for food in water containing blood coming from a large fishing boat, Tromvik, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, November 2014.
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Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius) and Dogfish (Squalidae) from net, Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. Model released.
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Jeff Rotman / Dragger net full of Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and Dogfish (Squalidae) pulled up into boat, Georges Bank, Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015.
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Jeff Rotman / Hauling in dragger net filled with Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. M...
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Alex Mustard / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) young caught in a fishtrap. North Sound, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.
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Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea.
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Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea.
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Tom Gilks / Fishermen preparing nets, Remba Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.
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Jeff Rotman / Fishermen clean Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) on deck of fishing trawler, with herring gulls (Larus argentatus) flocking in the background. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic O...
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Jeff Rotman / Fishermen hauling back trawler net on fishing trawler. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean Model released.
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Jeff Rotman / Fisherman hauling back trawler net on fishing trawler. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean Model released.
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Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Traditional Fish Traps, June 2010
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Franco Banfi / Diver with rebreather inside sea cage used for aquaculture with thousand of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.
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Franco Banfi / Diver with rebreather inside sea cage used for aquaculture with thousand of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.
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Franco Banfi / Thousand of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) inside a sea cage used for aquaculture, Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
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Franco Banfi / Fish farm net of sea cage with thousands of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
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Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman, on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.
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Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fishermen on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Fishing for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) aboard the James Archer (Oceana fisheries). Crew haul up lobster trap. Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) commercial fishing boat (James Archer) leaves the Saldhana Bay harbour before the break of dawn. The lights of the town and the lighthouse flash on the horizon...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / The crew of the James Archer, Oceana fisheries, throws baited lobster traps into the ocean to catch West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). View from cabin window, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, W...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Crew of the James Archer (Oceana fisheries) pull up a lobster trap during West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) fishing, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Jurgen Freund,Jurgen Freund / Men on a fishing device called ?Bagan?, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia,...
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Jurgen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called ?Bagan?, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks...
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Steven Kazlowski / Crew bleeds a full deckload of Pacific cod fish (Gadidae family) before putting them in salt water tanks, on the fishing trawler Western Dawn, Gulf of Alaska, USA. No release available.
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Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) silhouette of one caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean
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Jeff Rotman / Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught in gill net, observed by diver at night, Huatampo, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008.
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Tim Laman / Grouper holding pens, destined for the live fish trade to Hong Kong. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007
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Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" and the "Jotun B" oil production platform. North Sea, May 2010.
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Philip Stephen / "Beryl Bravo" oil platform blowing off gas, North Sea, March 2010.
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Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Harvest" operating close to the "Beryl Alpha" production platform, 160 miles Northeast of Aberdeen, in the North Sea. March 2010.
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Mark Bowler / Silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) Amazonian fish occuring in Varzea flooded forests of the amazonian rainforest. These babies with their yolk sacks have been collected for the ornamental fish...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Fishing for herring, with Gulls flying over water, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009
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Jurgen Freund / Trawler boat hauling in nets with fish catch. Sulu-Sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific
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Shane Gross / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), floating dead at surface. Likely to have been caught and released by sport fisherman with the removal of the hook removing much of the shark's head. Florida K...
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Shane Gross / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), floating dead at surface. Likely to have been caught and released by sport fisherman with the removal of the hook removing much of the shark's head. Florida K...