Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.

Juergen Freund / Hook and line fishermen in dugout canoe and self made goggles catching a coral grouper for growing on in cage for the Live reef fish trade, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Fisherman on outrigger boat catching Yellowfin tuna with hook and line. Sulawesi, Indonesia, December 2009. Fishermen fish close to a fish attracting device, some remain at sea for up to 2 months.

Juergen Freund / Outrigger boats catch Yellowfin tuna fishing with hook and line. Catching a Yellowfin tuna, these fishermen fish near a fish attracting device (FAD) or rumpon, attached to a raft or rakit some 100 km...

Jeff Rotman / Divers remove long-line fishing hook from Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

Larry Michael / Recently caught Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar} USA

Jeff Rotman / Diver examining hooked Swordfish {Xiphias gladius} caught on longline fishing hook, underneath boat, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean, WHS

Jeff Rotman / Live Bigeye Thresher shark {Aliopa superciliosus} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Juvenile Blacktip shark close up {Carcharhinus limbatus} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) on the bottom of the river. Its face has a scar probably caused by a fishing hook. Cher River, Loir-et-Cher Department, France