Ernie Janes / People cockle gathering at Stiffkey, North Norfolk, UK July

Jeff Rotman / Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) embryo being held up by fisherman after netting female shark, Huatampo, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught on gill net being hauled up onto boat, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Manta Rays (Manta birostris) being butchered by gill net fishermen, ready for market, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught on gill net being hauled up onto boat, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) silhouette of one caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) silhouette of one caught in gill net with diver approaching, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) dead shark catch being brought to shore by gill net fishermen, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) gill net fisherman putting fins out to dry on roof, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught on gill net being hauled up onto boat, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Sharks (Alopias vulpinus) dead animals being cleaned by gill net fishermen on shore, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Sharks (Alopias vulpinus) dead animals being cleaned by gill net fishermen on shore, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean. Model released. May 2008. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Sharks (Alopias vulpinus) dead animals being cleaned by gill net fishermen on shore, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Sue Flood / Jagalchi fish market, Pusan, South Korea 2010

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Boxes of mackerel ready for freezing at the Shetland Catch fish processing factory, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK October 2011

Jeff Rotman / Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) being held out of water. California, USA, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) comes into land with some sandeels, as a mother and her son watch nearby. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Freshly caught Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) laid out on beach, UK

Jeff Rotman / Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) caught in an overflowing dragger fishing net. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October 2009

Jeff Rotman / New England fisherman opening the dragger net to release their large catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) onto the boat deck. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October 20...

Jeff Rotman / Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) caught in an overflowing dragger fishing net. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October 2009

Jeff Rotman / Catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in pile on fishing boat deck, about to be sorted by size. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) caught in an overflowing dragger fishing net. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October 2009

Jeff Rotman / Two caught Skate (Raja batis) sorted into a box on the dragger boat deck. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October

Jeff Rotman / New England fishermen cleaning, washing, and measuring their catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) on board to make sure they follow regulation standards. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA...

Jeff Rotman / Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea), Skate (Raja Batis), Lobster (Nephropidae) and Starfish (Asteroidea) from catch hauled in from dragger fishing net. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic...

Jeff Rotman / Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), Monkfish (Lophius americanus) and Cod fish (Gadus morhua) on deck of drag net fishing boat. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / New England fishermen cleaning, washing, and measuring their catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) on board to make sure they follow regulation standards. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA...

Jeff Rotman / Catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in pile on fishing boat deck, about to be sorted by size. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October

Jeff Rotman / Catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in pile on fishing boat deck, about to be sorted by size. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October

Jeff Rotman / Fisherman with a dragger net overflowing with Atlantic codfish (Gadus morhua), Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Substantial catch of Atlantic codfish (Gadus morhua) pulled in from the dragger net. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean.

Ernie Janes / Fish drying in the sun, Cha-Am, Southern Thailand

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter with Kakivak (fishing spear) and caught fish, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1993. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter with Kakivak (fishing spear) and caught Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1993. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ide (Leuciscus idus) fish hanging up to dry at a Forests Nenets summer camp. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, August 2008.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yupik Eskimos catching Ascidians in winter under the ice of Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Yupik Eskimo man catching Ascidians in winter under the ice of Tkachen Bay. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010

Philippe Clement / Steel chain bags used for scallop dredging on harbour quay. Barfleur, Normandy, France, October 2010.

Philippe Clement / A man fishing for shrimps with shrimping net along the beach at Le Treport. Normandy, France, March.

Philippe Clement / A man fishing for shrimps with shrimping net along the beach at Le Treport. Normandy, France, March.

Philippe Clement / A man fishing for shrimps with shrimping net along the beach at Le Treport. Normandy, France, March.

Sandesh Kadur / Fishermen displaying their catch. Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India.

Juergen Freund / Men sorting the night's fish catch in the early morning. Northern Palawan, Phillipines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Bucket of fish, crustaceans and molluscs gleaned from the sea at low tide using only a net and basket by local woman, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2011.

Juergen Freund / Squid (Teuthoidea) caught in Malampaya Sound. Northern Palawan, Phillipines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Fishermen's catch of Shrimps caught in Malampaya Sound, Northern Palawan, Phillipines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Tuna fish being graded at harbour market, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009.

Juergen Freund / Tuna fish landing from longliner boats that stay out at sea for a month or longer, Benoa Harbour, Bali, Indonesia, July 2009. Mother boats with a fresh load of ice, pick up tuna from these longliners...

Juergen Freund / Tuna fish landing from longliner boats that stay out at sea for a month or longer, Benoa Harbour, Bali, Indonesia, July 2009. Mother boats with a fresh load of ice, pick up tuna from these longliners...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Filleted fish laid out in the fishing village of Kalk Bay, False Bay, South Africa

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fish hung out to dry in the fishing village of Kalk Bay, False Bay, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) meat drying in the sun, legal harvest on quota, Guyana, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) meat drying in the sun, legal harvest on quota, Guyana, February 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Catch of prawns, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, July 2005

Juan Carlos Munoz / Catch of Cigalas /Dublin Bay prawn, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, July 2005

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cooked Fish roasted in leaves, for sale at the Market of Belen. Iquitos. Loreto. Peru October 2009

Alex Hyde / Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) freshly caught. Ulva, Isle of Mull, Scotland. June 2010.

Pete Oxford / Fish sun-drying at a temporary fishing camp, Mapari, Rupununi, Guyana

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Turtles (Testudines) a favourite Micronesian food, winched aboard boat. Yap Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, 1984.

Laurent Geslin / Catch of Perch (Perca fluviatilis) boxed up ready for sale, caught in lake of Geneva, Switzerland. April 2007.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Young boy with several dead Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) caught on a fishing hook, Itapuru community, Amazon Rainforest, in Piagacu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas State, Nor...

Tim Laman / Fish drying on racks, Jaring Halus village vicinity, near the mangroves, North Sumatra, Indonesia. June 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to extract honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to extract honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to fish honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to extract honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to extract honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to extract honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) learning how to use twigs as tools to extract honey out of holes in termite mound, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) being shown how to use twig to extract honey out of a hole by caretaker Rodney Lemata, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq subsistence hunter throwing a hook out to pull in a Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch, on the pack ice outside the Arctic village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, April 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunters throwing a hook out to pull in a Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch, on the pack ice outside the Arctic village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, April 2008

Pete Oxford / Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhynchus) and Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena) in the area's largest fish market for artisanal fishermen, Santa Rosa Fishing Village, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador

Rob Cousins / Man preparing food in hull of traditional Danish Fishing boat, Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. July 2008, Model Released

Rob Cousins / Man preparing food in hull of traditional Danish Fishing boat, Bristol Floating Harbour, UK. July 2008, Model Released

Jouan & Rius / Child looking out from between octopus hung up to dry in Vezo village, West Madagascar

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) freshly harvested in sacks, North Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, north Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) freshly harvested in sacks, North Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, north Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) in washing pit on saltmarsh, north Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) in washing pit on saltmarsh, north Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, North Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, North Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, North Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, North Norfolk, England, UK

Gary K. Smith / Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) being hand graded on saltmarsh, north Norfolk, England, UK

Juergen Freund / Octopus hunter using a rubber octopus puppet to lure an octopus out of its hole, Philippines, South East Asia

MORLEY READ / Fishing with barbasco, bundles of rotenone placed in river which poisoon the fish downstream, Ecuador

Dan Burton / Fish trap, Barbados

Chris Gomersall / Mixed haul of fish, Spain

John & Mary-Lou Aitchison / Shark fins drying, Bijagos Islands, Guinea Bissau, West Africa

Juergen Freund / Spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) in trap, Caribbean

Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of tribesman repairing traditional fish trap fences at low tide, Kosi Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Gary K. Smith / Herring kippers (Clupea harengus) hung up in smoking shed, Yorkshire, UK