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  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown. <br />
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This green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was found tangled in fishing line and a fishing hook off Eleuthera in The Bahamas. When the people who found her told me about it I knew I had to go back and remove the line so it didn't claim any more victims.
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  • Plastic garbage floats at the surface of the Pacific ocean during a tide change off Indonesia.
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  • Waste management is notoriously difficult on heavily populated islands. Perhaps this speaks to a greater issue of the world's love affair with over consumerism and wastefulness.
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  • A polluted shoreline in Colombo, Sri Lanka is home to birds, lizards, fish and other wildlife. The animals show tremendous resiliance surviving in such a deteriorated environment.
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  • A sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) takes shelter in a drifting plastic bag. Ocean currents bring floating mats of sargassum and, increasingly, plastic and other debris together. It is estimated plastic will out-weigh fish by 2050 if trends continue. Image made off Contoy Island, Mexico.
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  • Renowned manatee scientist Jim Reid places a satellite tag on a pregnant manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) named Gina in the Bahamas
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  • A manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) calf named Sayle had her right flipper entangled in fishing line. After the veterinarian removed the line he took a blood sample to check for possible infections. The vets, scientists and conservationists helped as much as possible, but the young manatee died a couple weeks after this image was made.
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  • Scientists from the Cape Eleuthera Institute catch a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), take samples, tag and release her. The long-term study is to determine best practices for turtle conservation.
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  • A male southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) shoots water out of his mouth while being turned upside down by researchers getting a small tissue sample for genetic analysis in The Bahamas.
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  • A small Cuban dogfish shark (Squalus cubensis) is caught during a long-term study of deep water sharks in The Bahamas. The shark was released unharmed.
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  • A school of tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is captured in a fishing net.
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  • Fisherman off North Sulawesi, Indonesia work to bring in their catch of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).
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  • A jellyfish is accidentally caught in a seine net fishing for tuna.
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  • A driftnet catches flying fish off Sri Lanka
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  • A nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) illegally trapped in a fish pot or fish trap. Each year the Bahamas closes the nassau grouper fishery to allow the fish time and space to spawn. Lack of enforcement means fisherman can easily break the law and catch the fish. Nassau grouper are now considered critically endangered species yet are still widely available on restaurant menus.
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  • Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) caught in a fishing trap underwater.
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  • An Artisanal fisherman in a remote part of Indonesia collects worms to be used as fishing bait.
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  • A subsistence spear fisherman in Indonesia peers over the coral wall for potential prey.
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  • A peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) caught in a fish trap.
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  • A marine biologist uses a tiny syringe to tag a seahorse for a population study.
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  • Marine biologist Dr. Brooke Gintert with the University of Miami scans a coral reef in The Bahamas with dual DSLR cameras creating a detailed photomosaic which can be compared to the past and future helping scientists understand changes to our coral reefs.
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  • Marine biologist Agnessa Lundy with The Bahamas National Trust assesses a coral reef in the Exuma Cays land and Sea Park. As coral reef health continues to decline worldwide scientists are trying to find the best ways to help reefs which includes areas like this park where no extraction is legal.
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  • Philippine dive guide Nhato Reuyan pours sand over a crown-of-thorns sea star. Although not an invasive species, outbreaks of this "star fish" can contribute to coral reef declines as they are highly efficient at eating coral. The topic of killing them to help reefs is controversial.
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  • Marine biologist Tanya Kamerman monitors her ongoing project of growing corals (Acropora cervicornis) in an open-ocean coral nursery for future reef transplanting. As coral reefs decline worldwide scientists are looking for the best ways to help save our reefs.
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  • Marine biologist Tanya Kamerman collects Coralliophila abbreviata (recently changed to C. galea) a type of snail that are an indigenous coral predator that have become a greater concern with the decline of coral populations. Currently they are working on finding what their key predators are so we can better protect coral reefs and help restore the balance of the ecosystem.
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  • Scientists are predicting a queen conch (Lobatus gigas) fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated. Conch are the national food of the Bahamas and important culturally, economically and ecologically.
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  • On a purpose-built fishing dock in northern Florida a stingray is caught for shark-fishing bait.
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  • A Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) for sale at a market in Nassau, Bahamas.
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  • Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a critically endangered species, is cleaned and prepared for sale at a market by a fisherman in Nassau, Bahamas.
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  • Two fisherman carry a dead swordfish for processing at a landing dock in Sri Lanka.
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  • A spear fisherman in the Philippines swimming with his octopus catch.
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  • In 2011 The Bahamas was declared a shark sanctuary, banning the killing of sharks. The ban would not have happened if sharks didn't attract tourist revenue. This Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) was killed despite the ban in 2013. The law and the perception of sharks has a gap that is slowly being filled as more local Bahamians reap the rewards of shark tourism.
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  • Children at an all-age school learn about shark biology.
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  • Children learn about the ocean, specifically a sea star in this case, while snorkelling in the Bahamas.
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  • A wave breaks over a seawall on the south shore of Grand Bahama Island. As climate change worsens and sea levels rise protecting coast lines will become a major issue.
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