Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap around the head and mouth, damaging the baleen of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglem...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) caught in fishing nets on the island of Chiloe, Chile

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with plastic six pack holder in mouth, Hawaii

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarct...

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in net, Sri Lanka

Doug Gimesy / Rescued Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) is released back into his Melbourne colony by wildlife carer Francois Malherbe. The bat was rescued several months earlier as a result of enta...

Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) struggling to free itself from entanglement in fishing gear, showing wounds on tail fluke, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. August.

Nick Hawkins / Entanglement scars from fishing gear on the tail of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Nick Hawkins / Entanglement scars from fishing gear on the tail of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Nick Hawkins / A North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) struggles to free itself from being entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of...

Nick Hawkins / A North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) struggles to free itself from being entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of...