Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) young animal tangled in fishing net. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2019.

Tony Wu / Plastic bottles and other rubbish, found on a beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Alex Mustard / Carapace of a dead olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.

Franco Banfi / Floating, abandoned net in the ocean, Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Shane Gross / Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana) uses a discarded fishing net, drifting in the open ocean as shelter. The Bahamas.

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap around the head and mouth, damaging the baleen of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglem...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Juergen Freund / Moral eels, Urchins, Cuttlefish, Shrimp and other marine life living within a discarded tyre and fishing net under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

Seth Patterson / A compilation of items found washed up along a half mile stretch of the high tide line of South Padre Island, Texas. October 2016. Some of the plastic bottles and bags of signs of nip marks from hun...

Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

Franco Banfi / Genius River Bridge, made with marine debris by artist Tico 'Pancho', Chatham Bay, Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. September 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature p...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature portf...

Paul Williams / Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) adult playing with plastic bottle, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil

Florian Möllers / Polluted tributary of the Li River with town and mountains on the horizon. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November 2006.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Georgette Douwma / Plastic bags floating at the surface of the sea. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Umbrella and other human waste thrown out into the coastal waters, settling on the ground becoming marine life habitat, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, December 2009

John Waters / Illegally discarded rubbish and scrap metal close to the village of Westhay, Somerset, UK. January 2011.

Sue Daly / Plastic bag floating in the sea, resembling a jellyfish swimming Dangerous to sea turtles

Sue Daly / Plastic bag floating in the sea, resembling a jellyfish swimming Dangerous to sea turtles

Michele Westmorland / Aeroplane landing at Juliana Airport, Maho Bay, near Philipburg, St. Maarten (Dutch side of island) Caribbean. August 2006.

Laurent Geslin / Plastic bottles and other pollutants floating on the surface, Lake of Geneva, France. March 2008.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of residues dumped from a metal mine, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2009

David Woodfall / Woman walking through polluted slum, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2008

Michael Hutchinson / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) backlit next to floating litter in river Avon, Bristol, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Fig leaf in water from the Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured deep red by iron dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Hue...

Jose B. Ruiz / Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured deep red by iron dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Huelva, Spain .

Jose B. Ruiz / Dead Libellula dragonfly in the Rio Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured deep red by iron dissolved in the water, causing severe environmental problems. Huelva, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Water from the Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured by minerals dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Huelva, Spain

MORLEY READ / Burning off gas beside pool of waste water, Shushufindi oil prodcution site, Ecuador

Juergen Freund / Container of toilets spilled in to the Red Sea

Martin Dohrn / Lorry dumping coal slurry, Ruhr valley, Germany

Gerry Ellis / Gas effluence pouring out of smoke stacks at nuclear power plant, upper Ohio River, Ohio

Ross Couper-Johnston / Burning oil well with water control from heat-shielding shed, Kuwait, Arabia, post Gulf war.

Alex Mustard / Paper nautilus (Argonauta hians) attaches onto a piece of plastic in open water at night. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean...

Alex Mustard / Pygmy lemon gobies ( Lubricogobius exiguus) guarding their home in a glass bottle (backlit with a torch). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical We...

Sergio Hanquet / Marine pollution, - rubber car tyres on seabed, Canary Islands. 2014.

Sergio Hanquet / Plastic bottles and litter washed up on beach on south east coast of Tenerife

Sergio Hanquet / Plastic bottles and litter washed up on beach on south east coast of Tenerife

Sergio Hanquet / Tangled fishing net floating as litter in sea.

Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), two tangled in nylon fishing line, one dead, the other rescued alive. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) tangled in fishing net. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2019.

Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) tangled in fishing net. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2019.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic bottle litter on beach, woman gathering litter in background. March 2019.

Michael Pitts / Plastic water bottle embedded in Coral reef. Ransiwor Island, Raja Ampast, Indonesia.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Plastic waste in the ocean along with Indo-Pacific sergeant, (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean , Taiwan

Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda volunteer picking up litter from rocks around Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) breeding colony. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. February 2018. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda volunteer on jetty with items from litter pick around Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) breeding colony. Litter includes fishing bait bags, plastic bags, fishing lines, coffee cups a...

Shane Gross / Plastic bags and other plastic pollutants are carried on tidal currents in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Shane Gross / Plastic bottles, bags and other plastic pollutants are carried on tidal currents in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Shane Gross / Plastic bags and other plastic pollutants are carried on tidal currents in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) male entangled in fishing gear. The whale was distressed and struggling to breathe through the ropes and weight of the gear, however he was later able...

Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) male entangled in fishing gear. The whale was distressed and struggling to breathe through the ropes and weight of the gear, however he was later able...

Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) struggling to free itself from entanglement in fishing gear, showing wounds on tail fluke, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. August.

Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) male entangled in fishing gear. The whale was distressed and struggling to breathe through the ropes and weight of the gear, however he was later able...

Alex Mustard / Urchin carry crab (Dorippe fascone), which usually carry a sea urchin on their back for protection, has picked up a discarded sanding disk. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Se...

Shane Gross / Scuba divers remove a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef, The Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Scuba diver trying to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef, The Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef, The Bahamas.

Georgette Douwma / Plastic cup trapped on reef wall. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Plastic tube on sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Nick Hawkins / A North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) struggles to free itself from being entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of...

Nick Hawkins / A North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) struggles to free itself from being entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Juergen Freund / Cuttlefish, eels, shrimps, urchins and many other marine life living among rubbish under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Eels, shrimps, urchins and many other marine life living among rubbish under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) swimming out of discarded bottle home, surrounded by rubbish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Shortfin Lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus) and two Golden coral goby (Paragobiodon xanthosoma) using rubbish as their home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Black banded damselfish (Amblypomacentrus breviceps) and Yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae) hiding in a discarded bottle, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus) surrounded by marine trash around its anemone home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Plastic bag breaking down into smaller pieces on the seabed, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) using a discarded oil container as its home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Black Banded Damselfish (Amblypomacentrus breviceps) using a discarded pot as its home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Discarded single use plastic water cup being carried by the current, resembling a jellyfish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Snowflake moray eel (Echidna nebulosa) peeping from inside a discarded ghost net on a coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Discarded ghost nets from fishing boats on the sea bed, choking coral reefs, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) in its discarded aluminum can home, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) in its discarded aluminum can home, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) makes its home in an aluminium can, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) in its discarded bottle home, surrounded by rubbish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) swimming above its discarded bottle home, surrounded by rubbish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Marine sponges growing on discarded metal garbage, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) surrounded by plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) surrounded by plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Underwater plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks polluting a coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Underwater plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks polluting a coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Underwater plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks polluting a coral reef near a jetty, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Underwater plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks polluting the seabed, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Underwater plastic rubbish such as single use plastic bottles, cups, packaging, labels, waste and woven sacks polluting the seabed, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Discarded rubber tyre in the sandy shallows. Plastic from tyres are major source of ocean pollution, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Discarded plastic food packaging floating in the sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2018

Juergen Freund / Discarded plastic bag floating underwater in the coral reef, resembling a jellyfish, Maluku, Indonesia, November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Diver with marine trash underwater, Maluku, Indonesia. November.