Jeff Rotman / Fisherman holding dorsal fin cut from Scalloped Hammerhead shark {Sphyrna lewini} caught on longline, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

David Tipling / Seized dead birds from raid on illegal trapping operatuon by the Game Fund in Republic of Cyprus area, birds include Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Spotted Flycatcher (Musci...

David Tipling / Seized dead birds from raid on illegal trapping operatuon by the Game Fund in Republic of Cyprus area, birds include Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), many Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla), Spotted Flycatchers...

David Tipling / Seized dead birds from raid on illegal trapping operatuon by the Game Fund in Republic of Cyprus area, birds include Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), many Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla), Spotted Flycatchers...

David Tipling / Police officer dismantles illegal mist nets in olive grove in Dekelia Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus, Birds would have been trapped and sold as the food delicacy ambelopoulia. September 2011.

David Tipling / Police officer dismantles illegal mist nets in olive grove in Dekelia Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus. Birds would have been trapped and sold as the food delicacy ambelopoulia. September 2011.

David Tipling / Person cutting Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundiaceus) from an illegal mist net in olive grove, the bird would have been killed and sold as a delicacy to restaurants, known as ambelopoulia. Cypr...

David Tipling / Officer from the British Sovereign Base Police at Dekeleia Cyrus extracting an illegally trapped Great Reed Warbler from a mist net in olive grove. Bird would be used to serve as a delicacy in resaura...

David Tipling / Christakis an officer from the British Sovereign Base Police at Dekeleia Cyprus, extracting an illegally trapped Blackcap from a mist net in olive grove. Bird would be used to serve as a delicacy in r...

Doug Allan / Inuk man catching Little Auks (Alle alle) with a net from their breeding cliffs. The birds are a kiviak delicacy. Near Siorapaluk (the most northerly community in the world), Greenland, June. Freeze f...

Juergen Freund / Dried sea cucumbers or beche-de-mer gathered from daily gleaning activities. Coastal communities are the main supplier of this high value Chinese delicacy. Green Island, Palawan, Philippines, April 20...

Juergen Freund / Dried sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) or beche-de-mer gathered from daily gleaning activities undergoing the drying process. Coastal communities are the main supplier of this high value Chinese delicacy...

Juergen Freund / Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) or beche-de-mer gathered from daily gleaning activities undergoing the drying process. Coastal communities are the main supplier of this high value Chinese delicacy. Gree...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). The skin, a great source of vitamins, is a delicacy. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit children eating Kiviat, a delicacy of fermented Guillemot (Uria aalge) at confirmation party in Moriussaq. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Michele Westmorland / Bottled snake wine. Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean. June 2007.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter making the Inuit delicacy 'Igunaq' at the site of a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) kill. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) meat & fat is placed in bags made of walrus skin. The meat will be allowed to ferment and become the Inuit delicacy 'Igunak'. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Ann & Steve Toon / Ikowe mushroom (Termitomyces umkowaani) held in the hand, showing long root-like structure, these mushrooms are an edible delicacy. Mkhaya game reserve, Swaziland, Southern Africa

Juergen Freund / Jellyfish and Sea cucumbers served in a Chinese restaurant, Manila, Philippines

Gary K. Smith / Fisherman grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK. July 2006

Gary K. Smith / Fisherman grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK. July 2006

Gary K. Smith / Fishermen grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK. July 2006

Gary K. Smith / Fishermen grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK. July 2006

Gary K. Smith / Fishermen grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK. July 2006

Gary K. Smith / Fishermen grading Mussels {Mytillus sp.} in tidal harbour, Norfolk, UK

Nick Upton / Ecuadorian indian eats Palm weevil larva {Rhyncophorus palmarum} Amazonia, Ecuador

Phil Chapman / Black nest swiftlet chicks in nest {Aerodramus maximus} in Gua Nasib Bagus cave, part of Gunung Mulu NP, Sarawak, Borneo

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Bamboo shoot, Japan. A sought after delicacy.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Bamboo shoot, Japan. A sought after delicacy.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Bamboo shoot, Japan. A sought after delicacy.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Bamboo shoot, Japan. A sought after delicacy.

David Hall / Pile of discarded Giant Clam shells {Tridacna gigas} delicacy, Papua New Guinea

Jeff Rotman / People holding dried shark fins used in shark soup and other products, caught on longline hook, Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean,

Jeff Rotman / Juvenile Blacktip sharks and fins on deck {Carcharhinus limbatus} sharks caught on longline hook, Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Shark fin fibre, final product for shark fin soup and other products, sharks caught on longline hook, Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Coconut crab / Robber crab (Birgus latro), the largest terrestrial arthropod on earth, Sulawesi, Indonesia. ^^^Very powerful with vastly strong pincers, it climbs trees and eat coconuts. Considered a...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lemonade in glass, with chunks of iceberg ice, lately considered a delicacy aboard boats, Labrador Sea, Labrador, Canada

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp) nest being dug up by Aboriginals, ants are considered a delicacy, Australia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp) handful harvested by Aboriginal man, ants are considered a delicacy, Australia