Diver observing a discarded push bike resting on the sea floor. Rye, Port Phillip bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata), resting on a pylon beneath Rye Pier. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), also known as Coconut Octopus, hiding in a bottle with a captured juvenile Catfish. Also often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), also known as Coconut Octopus, hiding in a bottle with a captured juvenile Catfish. Also often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded tin can. Also known as Coconut Octopus as it is often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded glass jar. Also known as Coconut Octopus as it is often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded glass jar. Also known as Coconut Octopus as it is often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded glass jar. Also known as Coconut Octopus as it is often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded bottle and using a piece of glass as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), hiding in a discarded tea cup and using a scallop shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) resting in a bottle. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Caribbean Long Arm Octopus (Octopus defilippi), resting beside a discarded tin can. Photographed in Singer Island, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus), swimming over garbage dumped on a reef off Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Divers picking up cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Divers picking up cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Swimmer Crab (Uncertain species) sheltering in a discarded paint tin. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlatus) - living in a discarded plastic water pipe. Sipadan Island, Malaysia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Yellow Pygmy-goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) - sheltering in a bottle. Found in Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage - discarded beer can resting sitting on a Sea Urchin. Pacific Ocean, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage of plastic bags floating on ocean surface. Many species, including Sea Turtles, mistake floating plastic bags for jellyfish and will die as a result of swallowing them. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach - probably drifting in from Indonesia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach - probably drifting in from Indonesia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach - probably drifting in from Indonesia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear, timber and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote beach - probably drifting in from Indonesia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear, timber and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote beach - probably drifting in from Indonesia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear, timber and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote beach - probably drifting in from Indonesia. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
A raft of plastic bags and other plastic materials, discarded at sea, float on the surface of the ocean near Sipadan Island. Many species, including Sea Turtles, mistake floating plastic bags for jellyfish and will die as a result of swallowing them. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage, in this instance a discarded Nappy or Diaper, resting on an underwater coral reef off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded empty bottles on the sea floor beside Edithburgh Jetty, situated on the York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution, rubbish trash, garbage comprising of plastic bottles and footwear washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote Christmas Island beach, Indian Ocean, Australia. Drifted from Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis), killed by fishing line entanglement. False Bay, South Africa. Found in warm-temperate and tropical seas throughout the world. © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), caught in trawl netting. Photo taken at Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Rescuers release netting from a Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusilus pusilus). Photo taken at Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Glassy Sweepers (Dmpheris schomburgki) gather outside a defunct sewage pipe offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Sewage remains a problem in Palm Beach County Reefs, with coastal utilities denying their sewage outfalls damage local marine life. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Juvenile Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) hiding inside a tin can in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-C. Pacific. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus). Below a patch of floating sargassum weed and garbage in the open ocean offshore Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Plastic bottles litter the ocean bottom on a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Garbage consisting of plastic bags, fishing line and litter scattered along the bottom of Palm Beach County reefs and intracoastal waterways. Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
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