Onne van der Wal / Fishing for yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacare), two men holding one over the deck on spears, Guatemala.

David Noton / Stilt Fisherman at dusk, Unawatuna, nr Galle, Sri Lanka

Onne van der Wal / Killing a yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) on board a sport fishing boat, Guatemala.

Onne van der Wal / Fisherman on beach in Vanuatu, South Pacific with his catch on a spear, 1993. Model Released.

Onne van der Wal / Man fishing for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) off the stern of a boat, Guatemala.

Onne van der Wal / Heavy duty deep sea fishing reels lined up on the stern of a sport fishing boat, Guatemala.

Onne van der Wal / Salt water fly fishing in the Bahamas.

Niall Benvie / Fishing boats and nets, Petty harbour, Newfoundland, Canada

Ross Hoddinott / Fishing boats and lobster pots on shore, Penberth Cove, Cornwall, UK

Juergen Freund / Trawler fish catch on boat. Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific

Martha Holmes / Norwegian fishing boat hauling herring net, surrounded by gulls Tysfjord, Norway

DAVID TIPLING / Eastern white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus). Kalloni harbour, Lesbos, Greece, Europe

Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen use Anchovy bait to catch Tuna in Rakit area, Indonesia. Rakit is a thatched hut on a small bamboo raft occupied by custodian who attracts fish with lanterns at night Boats pay to fish...

Pete Oxford / Chinese cantilever fishing nets Cochin, Kerala, India

Neil Lucas / Fishermen on the banks of the Ganges river, Bihar, India

Pete Oxford / Cristobal Ramirez cast net fishing, Ayampe, Manabi Coast, Ecuador 2005

Nick Turner / Atlantic mackerel {Scomber scombrus} caught in drift net, being hauled in by fisherman at a fishery on the English Channel, Hastings, UK.

Jean E. Roche / Fisherman handing fishing nets hanging out to dry at sunset, Camargue, France

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman out at sea in Pirogue or outrigger canoe Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman bringing catch ashore. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR 2005

Mark Carwardine / Fisherman holding large Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) South East Alaska, USA

Graham Eaton / Black Sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) on a fishing line, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, May, 2008

Roberto Rinaldi / Fishing rods with boat behind, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Roberto Rinaldi / Lobster fisherman holding lobsters on board boat, Anegada Island, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fisherman throwing fishing net, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia 2007

Onne van der Wal / An old fisherman working the net traps off Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel hauling its net, surrounded by seabirds, in the North Sea. August 2007.

Philip Stephen / MFV ^Ocean harvest^ shooting the net at dusk. North Sea, September 2008. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / Crewmen on a North Sea trawler holding a 25kg ling (Molva molva). 2009

Philip Stephen / North Sea prawns processed and ready to be stowed below in the fish-hold aboard a fishing vessel.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen onboard a fishing vessel in the North Sea show a catch of ling, 2007

Barry Bland / Drift fishing for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Clutha River, Wanaka, New Zealand.

Barry Bland / Beach fishing in the surf, Cottesloe Beach, Sunset Coast, Perth, Western Australia.

Barry Bland / Salt water fly fishing at sunset, on the sand banks of Tevawa, Fiji.