Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) young animal tangled in fishing net. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2019.

Alex Mustard / Carapace of a dead olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.

Espen Bergersen / Herring (Clupea harengus) caught in fishing net. Gulls in the net are taking of and flying around, shot with long shutter speed. Norway. December. November

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a fishing boat catching Atlantic herring (Clupea harenguis), with Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming around the boat and large numbers of...

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a fishing boat catching Atlantic herring (Clupea harenguis), with Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming around the boats and large numbers o...

Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.

Seth Patterson / A compilation of items found washed up along a half mile stretch of the high tide line of South Padre Island, Texas. October 2016. Some of the plastic bottles and bags of signs of nip marks from hun...

Five Films / Fisherman using a net to land a large Pollack (Pollachius pollachius), with dog on boat, sustainably caught using pole and line, English Channel, near Salcombe, Devon, UK, November 2016.

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trapped in fishing net, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, May, Third Place in the third National Contest 'Visions of our nature' organised by Mexico'...

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen sorting Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius) and Dogfish (Squalidae) from net, Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. Model released.