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  • A stingray, caught while fishing for other species, is killed to be used as bait for shark fishing off a purpose-built fishing dock in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
    20180301-500_5411.jpg
  • Triggerfish hide under a tangle of plastic fishing gear and sargassum seaweed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.
    20190811-500_6007.jpg
  • Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana) uses a discarded fishing net, drifting in the open ocean as shelter. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20180101-DSC_2746.jpg
  • A marina filled with commercial fishing vessels in Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210319-DSC_4995.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), two, one with a fishing hook and line and one with a broken jaw from catch and release shark fishing. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB232.jpg
  • Jigs, a type of fishing lure, are popular among recreational fishers for rockfish.
    20210505-DSC_5451.jpg
  • Dead green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hooked and tangled in fishing line as bycatch. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20170729HI_161.jpg
  • Small fishing boats showing signs of their age sit unused during the COVID-19 pandemic on Harbour Island, Bahamas
    20200406-DSC_2149.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) with a fishing hook left in her mouth. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB463.jpg
  • A peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) trapped in a traditional Indonesian fishing trap made of bamboo. Image made of Alor, Indonesia.
    500_4393 2.jpg
  • Dive Center owner Jose E Rafols Sallaberry shows off the fishing line he has recently collected from dive sites. A lack of protected areas and enforcement has lead to some areas and species being overfished.
    Gross_PuertoRico021.jpg
  • Young men use a make-shift net to catch small fish for food in a seagrass bed at low tide in Bali, Indonesia.
    20180912-501_9385.jpg
  • A Grey tiggerfish (Balistes capriscus) hides in a large piece of plastic (likely an octopus trap) fishing gear among sargassum seaweed near the surface. Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4377.jpg
  • 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.
    Drowned Turtle.jpg
  • A jack swims past a tangle of plastic fiber fishing gear entangled with sargassum in the Sargasso Sea.
    20190811-500_6031.jpg
  • After a coral reef dies it crumbles, taking with it many other animals. The cause of the destruction was likely dynamite fishing. Image made near Flores, Indonesia.
    20180924-500_3564.jpg
  • An Artisanal fisherman in a remote part of Indonesia collects worms to be used as fishing bait.
    20180924-501_9868sm.jpg
  • A school of tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is captured in a fishing net.
    20180916-500_2022.jpg
  • Fisherman off North Sulawesi, Indonesia work to bring in their catch of skipjack tuna.
    Tuna Fisherman
  • After a lionfish derby, volunteers are rewarded with lionfish fingers. Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are an invasive species in the Atlantic ocean and spear fishing tournaments like this help the reefs and raise awareness about the issue.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby220.jpg
  • One team caught 466 lionfish in a single day during the Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas lionfish Derby in June of 2016. Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are an invasive species in the Atlantic ocean and spear fishing tournaments like this help the reefs and raise awareness about the issue.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby047.jpg
  • An Indonesian man catches worms on a beach to be used for fishing bait. Image made off Alor, Indonesia.
    20180924-501_9868.jpg
  • One team caught 466 lionfish in a single day during the Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas lionfish Derby in June of 2016. Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are an invasive species in the Atlantic ocean and spear fishing tournaments like this help the reefs and raise awareness about the issue.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby191.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
    Singles07.jpg
  • A fish trap filled with tropical reef fish in The Bahamas.
    20171202-DSC_1987.jpg
  • Flying fish (Exocoetidae) caught and drowned in a drift net off the coast of Sri Lanka.
    2012_SriLanka_WhaleD5150.jpg
  • Flying fish (Exocoetidae) caught and drowned in a drift net off the coast of Sri Lanka.
    2012_SriLanka_WhaleD5123.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
    20170729HI_226.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
    20170729HI_224.jpg
  • A traditional bamboo fish trap on a busy coral reef near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180930-500_5417.jpg
  • On a purpose-built fishing dock in northern Florida a stingray is caught for shark-fishing bait.
    20180301-500_5411sm.jpg
  • Flying fish (Exocoetidae) caught and drowning in a drift net off the coast of Sri Lanka.
    2012_SriLanka_WhaleD5156.jpg
  • Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) caught in a fishing trap underwater.
    2016_03_08_HI224.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado hunts for more lionfish after spearing several of the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines, compounding the problem. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico070.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado cuts the venomous spines off a lionfish after spearing the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico069.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado rises to the surface with a bag of lionfish after spearing several of the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico071.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado cuts the venomous spines off a lionfish after spearing the invasive species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Lionfish eat native fish and contribute to fish declines. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico069.jpg
  • A spear fisherman peers over a coral ledge looking for fish to hunt. Image made off Alor, Indonesia.
    20180930-500_5421.jpg
  • Young men use a potato sack as a make-shift net to catch any small fish or crustaceans living among the rocks and seagrass beds off Bali, Indonesia.
    20180912-501_9385.jpg
  • Young men use a potato sack as a make-shift net to catch any small fish or crustaceans living among the rocks and seagrass beds off Bali, Indonesia.
    20180912-501_9377.jpg
  • Men fish in the evening in a heavily polluted waterway near the cruise ship port in Havana, Cuba.
    Cast
  • Angel Gonzales of Virginia, USA, enjoys a Fillet-O-Fish sandwich from McDonalds. The fish in the sandwich is the Alaska pollack, the most caught fish in North America worth over a billion dollars annually. The species uses seagrass as a nursery ground. As seagrass disappears, fisheries will suffer.
    20190527-501_0999.jpg
  • 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.
    2015_12_15HI018.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado, with a hogfish in his bag, hunts lobsters and fish off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business.
    Gross_PuertoRico080.jpg
  • Dolphin fish aka Mahi mahi aka dorado (Coryphaena hippurus) portrait with beautiful colors.
    Dolphin Fish/Dorado/Mahi Mahi
  • A driftnet catches flying fish off Sri Lanka
    2012_SriLanka_WhaleD5123.jpg
  • The two meter long tarpon is a popular game fish known for their high flying leaps while on hook and line. This image was made in a cavern on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas where huge swells would crash in and, seasonally, would fill with baitfish for these large predators.
    Silver King
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico072.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico072.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico082.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado goes on the hunt for lobster, conch, and various fish species off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico073.jpg
  • Despite being internationally banned open-ocean driftnets are still common in many waters due to lack of proper enforcement. Here we see a flying fish has fallen victim.
    Driftnet Killer
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado takes a triggerfish off his spear near Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico068.jpg
  • Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in a trap or fish pot in The Bahamas.
    2016_03_08_HI224.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado takes a hogfish off his spear near Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico081.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado shows off a juvenile queen conch (Lobatus gigas) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The conch was too small to keep so he set it back on the seabed after the image was made. Andres noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Queen conch, once his main catch, were completely wiped out at depths under 70 feet. In 2020, three years after the storms, he is starting to find the odd juvenile, but he must rely on other species to make a living. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico077.jpg
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico075.jpg
  • After a long day catching sea urchins among the seagrass beds in Indonesia a mother dries her face. Her son, in the background, looks for any final urchins. Millions of people around the world fish in seagrass meadows and millions more depend on fishes that owe some part of the life cycle to seagrass meadows.
    Food Security
  • Commercial fisherman Andres Maldonado catches a Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He noticed drastic and obvious declines in fish numbers and habitat availbale after Hurricane Maria in 2017 which put many other commercial fisherman out of business. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico075.jpg
  • A small boat fishes for sardines (Clupeinae) off Moalboal, Philippines
    20181020-500_0457.jpg
  • With scars from a fishing hook an oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) patrols the open ocean with pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) and rainbow runners (Elagatis bipinnulata) off Tubuai, French Polynesia.
    20210825-500_6756.jpg
  • An oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) with a fishing hook scar patrols the open ocean with pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) and rainbow runners (Elagatis bipinnulata) off Tubuai, French Polynesia.
    20210825-500_6780.jpg
  • Juvenile crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) has perfect camouflage for an ambush predator. Palau.
    20191012-500_3461.jpg
  • Man with machete ready to cut up the day's catch. In this case a manta ray caught in drift netting.
    2012_SriLanka_Fisher014.jpg
  • 2012_SriLanka_Fisher072.jpg
  • A cuban dogfish shark, Squalus cubensis, is brought in on a longline.
    2014_04_17_HI027.jpg
  • A subsistence spear fisherman in Indonesia peers over the coral wall for potential prey.
    20180930-500_5421.jpg
  • A Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) dies after likely being caught and released by sport fisherman. The hook was removed by removing much of the shark's face and head. Image made in the Florida Keys, USA.
    20190607-500_0042.jpg
  • Esophageal eversion, a symptom of barotrauma, in a yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus).
    20210602-DSC_6084.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii) with a wire leader hanging from her mouth off New Providence, Bahamas. Sharks are often observed with hooks, scars or other evidence of encounters with fisherman. It has been illegal to catch sharks in The Bahamas since 2011.
    20180722-500_8294.jpg
  • A fisherman tends to a seine net containing tuna. Image made off North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
    20180916-500_1922.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport697.jpg
  • A scuba diver spears and invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Spearing on scuba is illegal in The Bahamas, however, a special exemption was made for lionfish.
    2016_06_19Freeport577.jpg
  • Fisherman are paid to catch invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Caribbean to help reduce their numbers and, in turn, help the reefs. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_12_7HI518.jpg
  • A fisherman walks over a pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells. The pile is known as a midden. Image made on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2016_09_23ConchLion572ad.jpg
  • Esophageal eversion, a symptom of barotrauma, in a yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus). Entrance Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210602-DSC_6126.jpg
  • A Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) dies after likely being caught and released by sport fisherman. The hook was removed by removing much of the shark's face and head. Image made in the Florida Keys, USA.
    20190607-500_0034.jpg
  • 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.
    Fear Killed The Shark
  • A tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus) showing signs of barotrauma including bulging eyes, ocular emphysema and Esophageal eversion. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210608-DSC_6349.jpg
  • Esophageal eversion, a symptom of barotrauma, in a yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus). Entrance Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210602-DSC_6119.jpg
  • A school of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) are caught in a seine net off North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
    20180916-500_2022.jpg
  • A woman wearing a lionfish (Pterois volitans) necklace in The Bahamas. The species is invasive and fisherman are encouraged to cull them.
    2015_11_30HI0933.jpg
  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in the water of Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_09_03_HI149.jpg
  • A mother and son collect sea urchins among the seagrass beds in Indonesia. Millions people in developing nations rely on nutrition supported by seagrasses.
    Food Security.jpg
  • Fisherman off North Sulawesi, Indonesia work to bring in their catch of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).
    20180916-500_2106.jpg
  • 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.
    BahamasConchFishery08.jpg
  • A smoke-filled sunset caused by wildfires on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210803-DSC_8247.jpg
  • An almost-blind hawksbill sea turle in a recovery tank at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico after being dragged by hooks in her eyes by fisherman looking to eat her.
    Gross_PuertoRico116.jpg
  • A mother and son search for sea urchins in the seagrass beds at low tide in Bali, Indonesia.
    20180909-501_9096.jpg
  • An invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is speared as part of an effort to help coral reefs adapt to this new predator. Image made off Abaco, Bahamas.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby514.jpg
  • A pickup truck is used to transport a large catch of queen conch (Lobatus gigas). The fisherman will then crack them out of their shells in the parking lot where they are will be sold to tourists and locals. Image made on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2015_12_7HI148.jpg
  • A massive pile of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) shells, called a midden, in The Bahamas.
    2015_09_03_HI062.jpg
  • A Bahamian restaurateur de-shells a conch in preparation for conch salad - a local delicacy.
    ConchStory04.jpg
  • One team caught 466 lionfish in a single day during the Green Turtle Cay lionfish Derby in June of 2016.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby047.jpg
  • 1100 lionfish caught in a single day by 5 teams during the 8th annual Green Turtle Cay Lionfish Derby off Abaco, Bahamas are cleaned for food, if they are large enough.<br />
<br />
In Pensacola, FL, 8,121 lionfish were caught by 22 teams during a 2 day tournament in 2016.
    Tournament
  • Patrons of a lionfish derby get a taste. Lionfish are considered very good eating and are guilt-free for those refusing to eat other seafoods that are caught in unsustainable fisheries.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby220.jpg
  • Founder and organiser of the annual Green Turtle Cay lionfish derby, Bobbie Lindsay (middle) enjoys a laugh at the end of a long day. For now, despite great efforts, the Caribbean will have to live under the rule of the lionfish.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby346.jpg
  • A Bahamian restaurateur unshells a conch in preparation for conch salad - a local delicacy.
    BahamasConchFishery03.jpg
  • A conch chef enjoys the pistol while unshelling a conch.
    ConchStory05.jpg
  • Conch are kept alive in a small enclosure to ensure they stay fresh until they are chopped up for conch salad.
    BahamasConchFishery16.jpg
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