Steven Kazlowski / Crew bleeds a full deckload of Pacific cod fish (Gadidae family) before putting them in salt water tanks, on the fishing trawler Western Dawn, Gulf of Alaska, USA. No release available.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel 'Harvester' winching her catch onboard amid a group of hungry seabirds. North Sea, Europe, December 2011. Property released.

Brent Stephenson / Columnar basalt formations at the 180 metre high Edinburgh Hill. Zodiac full of cruise ship tourists for scale. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Brent Stephenson / Columnar basalt formations at the 180 metre high Edinburgh Hill. Zodiac full of cruise ship tourists for scale. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Ernie Janes / Fishing boat just off Holme Beach Nature Reserve with waders flying and on shore, The Wash, Norfolk, UK, September 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets photograph seabirds from zodiac boat on tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets photograph Gannet colony from zodiac boat on tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011. Di...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets in zodiac boat for seabird safari tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Kathryn Jeffs / Filming Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June 1990

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Juergen Freund / Crinoids or featherstars covering a coral bommie with dive boat looming overhead, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Brent Stephenson / Steller's Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) resting on rocks above the tideline. Zodiac with tourists watching in the background. The Brothers, Alaska, United States, July.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" surrounded by Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) whilst hauling the trawl net onboard. North Sea, Europe, February 2011. Property released.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Catch of lobsters being unloaded in the fishing village of Kalk Bay, False Bay, South Africa

Roberto Rinaldi / Wreck of crude oil super-tanker "Amoco Milford Haven", populated by shoals Swallowtail anthias (Anthias anthias) and Bogues (Boops boops). The tanker sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire....

Roberto Rinaldi / Stern of crude oil super-tanker "Milford Haven", which sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire. Genoa, Italy, 2007.

Laurent Geslin / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in water with a group of tourists on a riverboat, watching in the background. Botswana

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" on a stormy North Sea. Europe, November 2010. Property released.

Steven Kazlowski / Photographers photographing of a group of curious Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from motorboats along a barrier island during autumn freeze up, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife...

Juan Manuel Borrero / Upturned canoes (caballitos) owned by the Fishermen of Totora, on Pimentel beach at sunset. Chiclayo. Peru November 2009

Philip Stephen / Fishing trawler surrounded by seabirds as the net is hauled onboard. North Sea, September 2010. Property released.

Russell Cooper / Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) and Black Tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) on the lagoon at Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, UK, October 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Shoal of fish beneath nets and small fishing boats in the Grenadines, Caribbean, February 2010.

Philip Stephen / "Ocean Harvest " fishing on the North Sea, surrounded by seabirds, June 2010. Property released.

Toby Roxburgh / European sprats (Sprattus sprattus sprattus) being winched ashore from a trawler at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of Grande Motte marina, a tourist complex in the Languedoc, France, June 2008

Sue Flood / Russian Icebreaker, NS 50 Lyet Pobyedi (50 Years of Victory) approaching Rubini Rock, bird colony, Tikhaya Bukhta, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic, July 2008

Jim Brandenburg / Boats stranded at low tide, Wales, United Kingdom

Toby Roxburgh / The “Severn Princess”, hauled onto dry-land under the Brunel Bridge in Chepstow. Wales, UK, 2009. She carried motor passengers across the River Severn from Aust to Beachley from 1926 until she became...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets for a boat tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets landing on Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets preparing for zodiac boat tour to Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets board zodiac boat for tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets for boat seabird safari tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Doug Allan / Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on the slopes of active volcano. Zavodoski Island, South Sandwich Group, Antarctic. Freeze Frame book plate page 157.

Kirkendall-Spring / Fisherman with catch and release fish off Henry Island part of the San Suan Islands group, Washington, USA, May 2009

Jeff Rotman / New England fisherman opening the dragger net to release their large catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) onto the boat deck. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October 20...

Jeff Rotman / Catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in pile on fishing boat deck, about to be sorted by size. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in pile on fishing boat deck, about to be sorted by size. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October

Jeff Rotman / Catch of Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in pile on fishing boat deck, about to be sorted by size. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean, October

Jeff Rotman / Substantial catch of Atlantic codfish (Gadus morhua) pulled in from the dragger net. Stellwagon Bank, New England, USA, Atlantic Ocean.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Group of tourists from "The Stockholm" enjoying the midnight sun on Karl XII Oya. Svalbard, Norway, June 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Group of Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on a rock, with boat behind. Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway, June 2006.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Group of sea kayakers watch Bottlenose dolphins breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, July

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / Zodiac landing on the shore at Inaccessible Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Part of the Tristan group, South Atlantic Islands, March 2007.

Roberto Rinaldi / Group of divers on dive boat visiting wreck of crude oil super-tanker "Amoco Milford Haven", which sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire. Genoa, Italy, August 2007.

Suzi Eszterhas / Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spyhopping next to whale watching boats, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

Tim Laman / A trio of peaks in the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of a boat making its way through the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of a boat making its way through the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Pete Oxford / Tourists on municipal dock boarding zodiac boats, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tourists on municipal dock boarding zodiac boats, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Russian Nuclear Icebreaker "Sovetskiy Soyuz" visiting North Pole with group of tourists. Arctic Ocean, 1998.

Richard Du Toit / Tourists in boat watching group of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking from river, Chobe NP, Botswana, July 2009

Onne van der Wal / Stock image shot on charter while sailing in the Grenadines. A group of island in the Caribbean.

Neil Lucas / Adelie penguins viewed under the bow of the Russian ice breaker ship, Kapitan Khlebnikov, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Rob Cousins / Group of young men mooring up at the Bristol Harbour Festival, beer bottles in hand. August 2008

Tim Laman / Group of tourists in inflatable boat beside the shore of Punta Cormorant, Floreana (Charles) Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Nov 2007.

Rick Tomlinson / Fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) in the grass tussock and a group of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on the shoreline, with SY "Adele" anchored in the distance. Prion Island, South Georgia, Februa...

Rick Tomlinson / An adult fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in the grass tussock and a group of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on the shoreline, with SY "Adele" anchored in the distance. Prion Island, South Georgia...

Barry Bland / Tourists watching a group of Dusky dolphins {Lagenorhynchus obscurus} Kaikoura, New Zealand.

Richard Du Toit / Fishing nets and boats, Karungo, Lake Victoria, Kenya

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) sitting on old nets on the beach with fishing boats in background, Quarteira, Algarve, Portugal

Nick Upton / Group of American slipper limpets (Crepidula fornicata), invasive pests of oyster beds in Europe, stacked on top of one another on mudflats near barnacle encrusted Common mussels (Mytilus edulis) and...

Onne van der Wal / Evening light on a tree lined beach in the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

Onne van der Wal / Snorkeling off the back of an 88 foot Tripp designed sloop, "Shaman", in the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

Onne van der Wal / A group of tourists cruise along the Matevulu river in an inflatable boat, Vanuatu, Pacific Islands

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view from the masthead of the 88 foot sloop "Shaman", of the clear waters of the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific. Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view from the masthead of the 88 foot sloop "Shaman", swimmers can be seen below in the clear waters of the Vava'u Group, Tonga, South Pacific. Model and Property Released.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Yachts moored near Faraglioni, a group of rocks on jagged coast of Capri, Italy. This view is from Monte Solaro.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Yachts anchored off Faraglioni, a group of rocks on the jagged coast of Capri, Bay of Naples, Italy. This view is from Monte Solaro.

Rick Tomlinson / Safety rope held by crew in the cockpit whilst crewman climbs the mainsail aboard Drum during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985. Drum was owned and crewed by Simon le Bon, lead singer of the po...

Onne van der Wal / 88ft sloop "Shaman" cruising past a group of seals sitting on rocks on the shore, Alaska.

Onne van der Wal / A group of boat builders working on the skeleton of a wooden boat at the International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS), Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Group of people drinking cocktails aboard a cruising catamaran, Seychelles.

Onne van der Wal / A yacht anchored in front of the shore, Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific, 2000.

Onne van der Wal / Underwater view of the hull and keel of "Shaman," an 88 ft yacht anchored in Tonga, part of the Vava'u Group of islands, South Pacific, 2000.

Onne van der Wal / View from a masthead of 88ft yacht "Shaman" of a small deserted island in the Northern Vava'u group, Tonga, South Pacific, 2000.

Onne van der Wal / Navigating 88ft yacht "Shaman" through the shallow waters of the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

Onne van der Wal / View of clear waters of the Vava'u group in Tonga from the masthead of the 88ft sloop "Shaman", South Pacific, 2000. Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / A wooden jetty in front of the restaurant dock in the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific, 2000.

Onne van der Wal / A tender off the stern of an 88 foot Tripp designed sloop, "Shaman", anchored in the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view from the masthead of the 88 foot sloop "Shaman", swimmers can be seen below in the clear waters of the Vava'u Group, Tonga, South Pacific.

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

Colin Monteath / Tourists cruise in inflatable boats, close to large iceberg arch, Enterprise Island, Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica

Jim Brandenburg / Sail boats on Lake Superior, Michigan

Julia Bayne / Coastal view of Yasawa Group island with boat moored near shore Fiji South Pacific

Erwan Quéméré / Sailing boats, followed by gulls in the passage under the Tas de Pois, a group of rocky islands south of Brest, Brittany, France. Douarnenez 2000 sailing festival.