Guy Edwardes / Lobster pots at edge of Loch Duich, Eilean Donan Castle in background. Highlands, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

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.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A hoop net with West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) being pulled up in sea kayak for recreational fishing. Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa

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...

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.

Alex Hyde / Lobster pots on harbourside at night, Tobermory harbour, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

Shane Gross / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in a trap or fish pot in The Bahamas.

Philippe Clement / Moored small fishing boat and lobster pots / prawn creels stacked on jetty in the Plockton Harbour, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, UK

Philippe Clement / Moored small fishing boat and lobster pots / prawn creels stacked on jetty in the Plockton Harbour, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, UK

Alex Mustard / Lobster (Homarus gammarus) caught in a lobster pot / creel on the Wreck of the Rosalie, Weybourne, north Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. North Sea.

Philippe Clement / Fisherman in small fishing boat dropping / shooting lobster traps in the Atlantic Ocean, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May

Rhonda Klevansky / Lobster pots in Neil's harbour, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 2017

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Bringing a lobster pot on board, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman deploying lobster pots from boat, Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Local fishing boat with lobster pots on board, Holy Island in background, Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Meal of langoustine / Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in a restaurant on Isle of Arran, caught in Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) in a creel / lobster pot, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman surrounded by lobster pots putting Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) into tubes, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman putting Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) into tubes on deck of fishing boat, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman aboard boat holding Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) caught in lobster pot / creel, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman stacking lobster pots aboard fishing boat, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman removing the catch from a lobster pot, Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fisherman holding two Catsharks as bycatch from a lobster pot, Lamlash Bay, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

Jeff Rotman / Sternman on American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishing boat stacks traps, Yarmouth Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman baits his trap before returning it to fish for American lobster (Homarus americanus) Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) pot baited and ready to fish, Portland, Maine USA October

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen unloading American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobster smack holds American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught by co-operative lobstermen, Portland, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen unloading American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares his traps to fish American lobster (Homarus americanus) Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares his traps to fish American lobster (Homarus americanus) Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) traps baited with fish and waiting to be set, Portland, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman setting traps for American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobster boat sits in morning fog at harbour, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares to set traps for American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Portland, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) traps being unloaded at end of season, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares to set traps for American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) trying to escape from lobster pots, Portland, Maine USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman packs American lobsters (Homarus americanus) at end of day from lobster pots, Yarmouth Maine USA October. Model released.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus) in lost lobster pot / creel, Orkney, Scotland, UK, January.

Guy Edwardes / Priest's Cove, Cape Cornwall, Cornwall, England, UK. February 2015.

Sam Hobson / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) calling on lobster trap, Scarborough, UK. July

Niall Benvie / Lobster traps and buoys on pier at Craighouse, Jura, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, April 2014.

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.