Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.
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Jeff Rotman / Live Bigeye Thresher shark {Aliopa superciliosus} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean
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Jeff Rotman / Juvenile Blacktip shark close up {Carcharhinus limbatus} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean
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David Fleetham / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) that has swallowed a hook and is trailing the fishing line. Hawaii, May 2004.
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Pal Hermansen / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) female with fishing hook caught in beak / mouth. Note the swollen head. Batsfjord, Finnmark, Norway, March.
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Pal Hermansen / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) female with fishing hookcaught in beak / mouth. Note the swollen head. Batsfjord, Finnmark, Norway, March.
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Pal Hermansen / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) female with fishing hookcaught in beak / mouth. Note the swollen head. Batsfjord, Finnmark, Norway, March.
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Jiri Lochman / Crested tern (Sterna bergii) juvenile entangled in a fishing line, likely cut off by a fisherman after the bird swallowed the hooked bait. Australia.
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Jiri Lochman / Crested tern (Sterna bergii) juvenile, entangled in a fishing line, likely cut off by a fisherman after the bird swallowed the hooked bait Australia.
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Phil Savoie / Fishing hook #28 hook, the smallest available hook, 4mm in average size to imitate the Tiny blue wing olive mayfly (Pseudocloeon sp.) seen in centre of the penny, Bozeman, Montana, USA.