Jouan & Rius / Woman weaving rushes in Sainte Luce fishing village, South East Madagascar

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

Jouan & Rius / Two fishermen bringing catch along the beach, Sainte Luce fishing village, South East Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Lobster fisherman holding lobster, Sainte Luce fishing village, South East Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman bringing catch ashore. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Antandroy child inspecting pufferfish that was brought in by fishermen. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman bringing catch ashore. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman out at sea in Pirogue or outrigger canoe Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Piroque or outrigger canoe going out to sea from the Vezo fishing village of Itampolo for the day to fish. Itampolo. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman bringing catch ashore. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman out at sea in Pirogue or outrigger canoe Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo child playing on the beach with model pirogue. Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo child playing on the beach with model pirogue. Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo fisherman bringing catch ashore. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Piroque or outrigger canoe going out to sea from the Vezo fishing village of Itampolo for the day to fish. Itampolo. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo child playing on the beach with model pirogue. Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Antandroy child inspecting pufferfish that was brought in by fishermen. Lavanono fishing village, south coast of MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Vezo child playing on the beach with model pirogue. Beheloka Vezo fishing village. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Piroque or outrigger canoe out at sea from the Vezo fishing village of Itampolo for the day to fish. Itampolo. South-western MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Fisherman returns from night fishing in Piroque or outrigger canoe, Ampasendava Village. North eastern MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Fisherman returns from night fishing in Piroque or outrigger canoe, Ampasendava Village. North eastern MADAGASCAR 2005

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of 'Miami' fishing village on the Caribbean coast with Laguna de los Micos (the Lost Lagoon) in the background, Honduras, Central America 2006

JIM CLARE / Aerial view of coastal fishing village, Laguna Grande, Paracas NP, Peru, South America

JIM CLARE / Coastal fishing village, Laguna Grande, Paracas NP, Peru, South America

Mike Wilkes / Traditional coastal fishing boats, Tanji village, Gambia

Mike Wilkes / Fish drying in sun, Tanji fishing village, Gambia, West Africa

Pete Oxford / Havoysijnd fishing harbour with traditional buildings, Masoyfjorden, Lapland, Finnmark, Northern Norway. 1997.

Bengt Lundberg / Looking down on traditional fishing village with houses on stilts to accommodate local tidal range, Bohuslan, Sweden

Ross Hoddinott / Clovelly harbour, Devon, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Padstow harbour and fishing boats, Cornwall, UK

David Kjaer / Cuillin hills from fishing village, Elgol, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

David Kjaer / Cuillin hills from fishing village, Elgol, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Norbert Wu / Islanders from Cabo Verde Village use environmentally sound methods to catch tropical fish for the aquarium trade, Philippines

Tui De Roy / Norwegian fjord, traditional fishing village nestled amid granite peaks, Reine, Lofoten Island, Norway

Tui De Roy / Traditional fishing village nestled amid granite peaks and summer wildflowers, Lofoten Island, Norway

Gavin Hellier / Smogen fishing village on Bohuslan Coast, Norway

Gavin Hellier / Hamnoy fishing village on Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Gavin Hellier / Fishing village on Sakrisoya Is, Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Gavin Hellier / Smogen fishing village on Bohuslan coast, Sweden

Ross Hoddinott / Padstow harbour, Cornwall, UK

Eric Baccega / Fishing community on shores of Lake Baikal in summer, Siberia, Russia

Eric Baccega / Fishing community on shores of Lake Baikal in summer, Siberia, Russia

Niall Benvie / Fishing boats and nets, Petty harbour, Newfoundland, Canada

Pete Oxford / Women checking seine net for fishing, Bwejee village, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Juergen Freund / Whale shark model made for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Whale shark model transported on boat for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Whale shark models made of bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Villagers build Whale shark model from bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Children with small model Whale shark made of bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Model Whale shark made of bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Children with Whale shark model made of bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Whale shark model made of bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

Juergen Freund / Whale shark model made of bamboo and rice sack material for whale shark festival in Donsol, a small fishing village in the Philippines 2002

ASHISH & SHANTHI CHANDOLA / Fishing village, Sundarbans, West Bengal, India

Asgeir Helgestad / Coastal landscape with fishing village. Reine, Nordland, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Midnight sun at fishing village, A Lofoten, Nordland, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Midnight sun on fishing village, A Lofoten, Nordland, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Kittiwakes nesting {Rissa tridactyla} above window in fishing village, A in Lofoten, Noway

Bengt Lundberg / Old fishing village. St.Korno, Bohuslan, Sweden in April. Traditional housing.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Boy standing on verandah of his hut in a small fishing village on a little island near Dakak Island, Philippines.

Onne van der Wal / Local man salting fish to preserve them in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico, 2006.

Onne van der Wal / A local man salting fish to preserve them in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico, 2006.

Onne van der Wal / A fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Coastal fishing village of Riomaggiore, in the Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Local fishing bancas at the Coco Beach Village. Dakak Island, Philippines.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Local banca fishing boat pulled up on a coral beach on Balicasag Island, Bohol, Philippines.

Onne van der Wal / Salted and preserved fish hanging to dry in a fishing village with charter sailboats anchored in the background, Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Small beach in the fishing village of Riomaggiore, in Liguria's Cinque Terre, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Coastal fishing village of Riomaggiore, in the Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy.

Onne van der Wal / Fishing boat up on shore in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / A local man hanging fish fillets to dry after they are salted and preserved in a fishing village on Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Salted and preserved fish hanging to dry in a fishing village with charter sailboats anchored in the background, Isla Coyote, Mexico. 2006.

Rick Tomlinson / Children play in the harbour of the fishing village at Grundsund on the west coast of Sweden.

Rick Tomlinson / Seaplane landing off a remote fishing village, south east Alaska.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Rugged promontory with tourists resting on the water's edge in the fishing village of Vernazza, Liguria, Cinque Terre, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Fishing village of Riomaggiore on the coast of the Ligurian region of Cinque Terre, Italy.

Pete Oxford / Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus) and Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) probably caught in gill nets in fishing boats, Santa Rosa Fishing Village, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador

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

Pete Oxford / Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus) and Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) probably caught in gill net along with other species, Santa Rosa Fishing Village, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ec...

Pete Oxford / Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus) and Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) probably caught in gill nets, Santa Rosa Fishing Village, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus) and Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) probably caught in gill nets are cut up by fishermen, Santa Rosa Fishing Village, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ec...

Pete Oxford / Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus) probably caught in gill nets, offloaded from fishing boats, Santa Rosa Fishing Village, Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador

Roberto Rinaldi / Small fishing harbour on the outskirts of Sorrento, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Nick Upton / Novigrad fishing village, Zadar-Knin region, Croatia with Velebit mountain range in background. 2007

Pete Oxford / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) head carried by man, a victim of bycatch, small fishing village of Lavanono on the southern coast of Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) pod wallowing in river and resting on riverbank with herd of Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer). Group of people tending to fishing boats in fishing village on...

Gary K Smith New / View of the harbour at Staithes, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Guy Edwardes / View over Mevagissey fishing harbour at dawn, Cornwall, England, UK. January, 2022.

Guy Edwardes / Mevagissey village and fishing harbour at dawn, Cornwall, England, UK. January, 2022.

Guy Edwardes / Aerial view of Mevagissey village and fishing harbour at dawn, Cornwall, England, UK. January, 2022.

Tui De Roy / Small coastal fishing village at edge of 1km long Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting beach, Grande Riviere, Trinidad Island, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean.

Claudio Contreras / Fishing huts on island coastline. El Pardito Island, Islands of Gulf of California Protected Area, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. May.

Franco Banfi / Panoramic aerial view of the small peninsula with a rising headland that extends westward from Scott's Head fishing village on the southwest coast of Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Janu...

Orsolya Haarberg / Aerial view of fishing village on island far out at sea in Norway's widest strandflat, Brasoya, Helgeland Archipelago, Norway, Norwegian Sea. July, 2019.