Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen catching Skipjack tuna near Manado Tua using anchovies as live bait. Indonesia, October 2009.

Juergen Freund / Anchovies {Engraulis encrasicolus} Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Norbert Wu / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school, feeds by straining water through gills, California

Richard Herrmann / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) feeding on Northern Anchovies (Engraulis mordax), Avila Bay, California

Juergen Freund / Baling (local purse seine fishing boat) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovies. The fishermen pull in the vessel's massive net, hauling in catches of anchovies or silversides. Northern Palawan...

Juergen Freund / Baling (local purse seine fishing boat) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovies. The fishermen are pulling in the vessel's massive net, hauling in a catch of anchovies or silversides. Northern...

Juergen Freund / Baling (a local purse seine) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovy. The boat full of fishermen are pulling the massive net to haul in their catch of anchovies or silversides. Northern Palawan,...

Juergen Freund / A fishing boat using a kerosine lamp to illuminate the sea from dusk to dawn. The light attracts the fishermen's target fish, anchovies and silversides. Philippines, March 2010.

Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen catching skipjack tuna near Manado Tua using anchovies as live bait, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2009.

Juergen Freund / Funae fishermen catching skipjack tuna near Manado Tua using anchovies as live bait, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 2009.

Mark Bowler / Catch of Peruvian anchoveta {Engraulis ringens} Paracas National Park, Peru

Mark Bowler / Peruvian artesanal fisherman with catch of Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), Paracas National Park August 2007.

Richard Herrmann / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school, San Diego, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) group diving for anchovies, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Flip Nicklin / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school near San Clemente, southern California

Juergen Freund / School of anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus) hunted by rays and jacks, Indo Pacific

Juergen Freund / School of anchovies against sun (Engraulis encrasicolus) Indo Pacific

Juergen Freund / Anchovies schooling over coral (Engraulis encrasicolus) Indo Pacific

Juergen Freund / School of anchovies over coral (Engraulis encrasicolus) Indo Pacific

Norbert Wu / Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) school, Monterey, California

Jeff Rotman / Indian anchovy {Stolephorus indicus} form a bait school, Ningaloo Reef, West Australia

Juergen Freund / Anchovies drying on racks, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Shoal of Anchovies {Engraulidae} Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific

Roberto Rinaldi / Diver entering cargo holds through a cloud of silver sides / herrings / anchovies / scads (?) on wreck of "Jado Trader", Guanaja, Honduras.