Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) tail fluke, diving to feed in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Endangered species. July

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...

Nick Hawkins / Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, patches of roughened skin that are unique to each whale. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Nick Hawkins / A group of frilled anemones (Metridium senile) off Bonaventure Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. September.

Nick Hawkins / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) opening mouth close up off Bonaventure Island, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. September.

Ingo Arndt / Harp Seal (Phoca groenlandicus) pup on ice, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec, Canada

Doug Allan / Harp seals {Phoca groenlandicus} males underwater, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada

Pascal Kobeh / Landscape around the waterfalls of Grand Falls, Gulf of Saint Lawrence Canada.

Pascal Kobeh / Group of Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus) resting on a rock around Bonaventure Island, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada

Pascal Kobeh / Reef covered with two red Stomphia sea anemones (Stomphia coccinea), with Plumose anemones (Metridium senile), Red soft corals (Eunephthya / Gersemia rubiformis) and Green sea urchins (Strongylocentro...

Pascal Kobeh / Diver on a reef covered with Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada