Jeff Rotman / Sternman on American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishing boat stacks traps, Yarmouth Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman holds up American lobster (Homarus americanus) that is 9 pounds, it must be thrown back as it is over the maximum size, Yarmouth Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman holds up American lobster (Homarus americanus) that is 9 pounds, it must be thrown back as it is over the maximum size, Yarmouth Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Men throwing Illegal American lobsters (Homarus americanus) back to the sea, Portland, Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman puts rubber bands on American lobster (Homarus americanus) claws to prevent cannibalism, Yarmouth Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Measuring American lobster (Homarus americanus) to see if it is legal, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman holds Stone crab (Lithodes sp) many are caught in lobster traps, Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman baits his trap before returning it to fish for American lobster (Homarus americanus) Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobster boat returns to dock, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Eggs cover the underside of American lobster's tail (Homarus americanus) it is illegal to take lobsters with eggs so this animal will be returned to the sea, Portland, Maine, USA October. Model releas...

Jeff Rotman / Lobster boat sits in morning fog at harbour, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) pot baited and ready to fish, Portland, Maine USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman measures length of American lobster (Homarus americanus) carapace to determine if it's legal, if too large it will be returned to the sea, Portland, Maine USA October

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen unloading American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobster smack holds American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught by co-operative lobstermen, Portland, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen unloading American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares his traps to fish American lobster (Homarus americanus) Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares his traps to fish American lobster (Homarus americanus) Yarmouth, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) traps baited with fish and waiting to be set, Portland, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman setting traps for American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobster boat sits in morning fog at harbour, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman checks underside of American lobster (Homarus americanus) to see if it is carrying eggs, Portland, Maine, USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares to set traps for American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman holds a fine specimen of American lobster (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman holds American lobster (Homarus americanus) female carrying eggs on underside of tail, it is illegal to catch animal with eggs so this will be returned to the sea, Portland, Maine, USA Octo...

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Portland, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobster (Homarus americanus) traps being unloaded at end of season, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) caught in trap, Yarmouth, Maine, USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman prepares to set traps for American lobsters (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) trying to escape from lobster pots, Portland, Maine USA October

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman packs American lobsters (Homarus americanus) at end of day from lobster pots, Yarmouth Maine USA October. Model released.

Alex Mustard / European clawed lobster (Homarus gammarus) excavating a burrow in the sediment. Grevelingenmeer; Zeeland, Holland, Netherlands. North Sea, May

Alex Mustard / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) looks out from its hole amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) beneath a forest of Oarweed kelp (Laminaria hyperborea). Farne Islands, Northumberland, U...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus) in lost lobster pot / creel, Orkney, Scotland, UK, January.

Sam Hobson / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) calling on lobster trap, Scarborough, UK. July

Tony Wu / Squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in a Sea crinoid, carrying a clutch of eggs, just visible under the crustacean's abdomen. Alexander's Wall, a dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea.

Franco Banfi / Spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) Roca Partida close to San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve. Socorro Islands, Western Mexico

Pascal Kobeh / Squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) living in a crinoid or feather star, Sulu Sea, Philippines

Solvin Zankl / Blind lobster larvae (Stereomastis sp.) Deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.

Solvin Zankl / Blind lobster larvae (Stereomastis sp.) deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.

Alex Mustard / Four California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus) shelter beneath a boulder in a kelp forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East...

Guy Edwardes / Priest's Cove, Cape Cornwall, Cornwall, England, UK. February 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Priest's Cove with fishing boats and lobster pots, Cape Cornwall, Cornwall, England, UK. February 2015.

Niall Benvie / Lobster traps and buoys on pier at Craighouse, Jura, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, April 2014.

Pascal Kobeh / Sculptured mitten lobster (Parribacus antarcticus) at night, Astove, Seychelles. Indian Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Vendee, France. Atlantic Ocean.

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in crevice, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in crevice, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in defensive posture, Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus), Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus), Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) and camouflaged Atlantic Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus), Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in defensive posture, Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in reef, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in reef, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Scott Leslie / American Lobster (Homarus americanus) feeding on sea urchin, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

Jeff Rotman / Hauling in dragger net filled with Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015.

Jeff Rotman / Hauling in dragger net filled with Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. M...

Jeff Rotman / Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015.

Jeff Rotman / Hauling in dragger net filled with Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. M...

Jeff Rotman / Lobster (Nephropidae) on deck of dragger caught in dragger net. Georges Bank, Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015.

Jeff Rotman / Hauling in dragger net filled with Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. M...

Franco Banfi / Spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) inside a crevice, Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica, East Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica, East Pacific Ocean

Alex Hyde / Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi) final instar larva in defensive posture, UK, August. Captive.

Alex Hyde / Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi) final instar larva in defensive posture, taken against a white background, UK, August. Captive.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus), Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Joris van Alphen / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) at a water pumping station in the Grevelingen, the Netherlands. October.

Pete Oxford / Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus), Banco Chinchorro, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Cyril Ruoso / Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Cyril Ruoso / Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Solvin Zankl / Larva of a Slipper lobster (Scyllaridae) Sargasso Sea, Bermuda/

Pascal Kobeh / Galapagos slipper lobster (Scyllarides astori) at night, Cocos island, Costa Rica, Pacific ocean.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) hides under the yellow zoathhid anemone (Parazoanthus elongates) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. Small reproduction only.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand Crayfish or Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand Crayfish or Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. April 2014.(Cropped)

Richard Robinson / New Zealand Crayfish or Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) hides under a Fiordland Black Coral tree (Antipathella fiordensis) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. April 2014.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand Crayfish or Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) hides under a Fiordland Black Coral tree (Antipathella fiordensis) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. April 2014.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand Crayfish or Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) displaying claws and hiding in crevice, Lochgary Wreck, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK, July.

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) displaying claws and hiding in crevice, Lochgary Wreck, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi) female, Lemland, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands Archipelago, Finland. June

Pete Oxford / Reef fish, lobster and octopus for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014

Pete Oxford / Painted spiny lobsters (Panulirus versicolor) for sale, Suva Seafood Market, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, April 2014.

Christophe Courteau / Squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) dorsal view. Brittany, France, January.

Pascal Kobeh / Sculptured mitten lobster (Parribacus antarcticus) at night, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in a giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta), San Salvador Island / Colombus Island, Bahamas. Caribbean.

Pascal Kobeh / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in Giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta), San Salvador Island / Colombus Island, Bahamas. Caribbean.

Sue Daly / Spiny Squat Lobster (Galathea strigosa) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).

Sue Daly / Spiny Squat Lobster (Galathea strigosa) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).

Sue Daly / Spiny Squat Lobster (Galathea strigosa) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).