Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), injured by a Great White Shark. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. © Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), injured by a Great White Shark. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. © Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) with fishing line caught around neck. Los Islotes, Baja, Sea of Cortez, Eastern Pacific. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), caught in the netting of a fish net holding pen, at a fish farm off Port Lincoln, South Australia. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), caught in the netting of a fish net holding pen, at a fish farm off Port Lincoln, South Australia. © David Fleetham / 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
Surviving Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with extreme scarring on upper surface. Wound most likely caused by ship propeller. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Surviving Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) with extreme scarring on upper surface. Wound most likely caused by ship propeller. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - with propellor wounds on back, inflicted by large ocean-going vessel. Queensland, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List. © Mark Simmons / 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
Spearfishermen with a speared Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares). Photo taken off Cape Point, South Africa © Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Local fisherman with a Sea Turtle caught in a gill net. Photo taken in Madagascar, near Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Pelagic shark caught in a longline. Photo taken at Cape Point, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a stainless steel fishing hook in its mouth. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Shark jaw products for sale. Photo taken in Madagascar, near Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a damaged dorsel fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a damaged dorsel fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a damaged dorsel fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), showing satelite tag damage to the dorsal fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Local fisherman releasing a Ragged-tooth Shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Grey Nurse Shark, caught in a beach seine net. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Local fisherman releasing a Ragged-tooth Shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Grey Nurse Shark, from a beach seine net. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa © Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com
Helicopter hovering dangerously close to a colony of Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), causing extreme stress to the animals. Photo taken at Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa © 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
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2005 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteers from marine conservation organization REEF count, measure, clean and inspect Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species, caught by divers during a lionfish derby on August 17, 2013 in Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), killed by fisherman at the Port Hughes Jetty, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), killed by fisherman at the Port Hughes Jetty, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), with hook in mouth. Also known as Black Whaler and Bronze Whaler. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas throughout the world. Photo taken off Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), with hook and line trailing from mouth. Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Diver with Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sargassum Anglerfish (Histiro histiro), floating on the surface in a discarded polypropylene rope. Found throughout tropical seas worldwide, except east Pacific. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), showing boat propeller wounds. Also known as Sea Cow. Three Sister Spring, Crystal River Florida, USA. Classified Endangered Species on IUCN Red list. Florida Manatee is subspecies of West Indian Manatee. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
A sound recording device from the University of Hawaii anchored on a reef off the Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
This Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) has large fibropapilloma tumors on various parts of it's body. Soon the tumors will grow to cover both eyes and limit the turtles ability to locate a food source. Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
This Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) has large fibropapilloma tumors on various parts of it's body. Soon the tumors will grow to cover both eyes and limit the turtles ability to locate a food source. Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
This Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) has large fibropapilloma tumors on various parts of it's body. Soon the tumors will grow to cover both eyes and limit the turtles ability to locate a food source. Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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