Juergen Freund / Brightly painted local fishing boats in Bali which still use traditional sails. Bali, Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Island children playing in the sea after school. They spend the whole time there until it gets dark and are called home for dinner. M'buke Island, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010.

Juergen Freund / Fisherman with a net full of freshly blasted or dynamited schooling fish collected from the reef. Phillipines, April 2009.

Juergen Freund / Men hauling net of fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks are attracted by th...

Juergen Freund / Fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, April 2012

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger boat, with a net between outriggers and strong light at night to attract anchovies and scad. The whale sharks a...

Juergen Freund / A traditional sailing canoe of M'Buke Islanders, part of the community canoe making project of WWF Western Melanesia. This big outrigger canoe can easily sleep 20 people. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea...

Juergen Freund / A traditional sailing canoe of M'Buke Islanders, part of the community canoe making project of WWF Western Melanesia. This big outrigger canoe can easily sleep 20 people. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea...

Juergen Freund / Man spear fishing from his dugout canoe. This is a Marine Protected Area managed by the local community, and fish are abundant. M'buke Island, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010

Juergen Freund / Old man of the of M'buke community gathering firewood for his home in a small traditional outrigger canoe. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010.

Juergen Freund / Fisherman brings in Yellowfin tuna for weighing and grading at harbour market, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / People crossing Lake Nagin by shikara. Kashmir, India, 1986.

David Tipling / Boats on the river bank by cave entrance, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Palawan Philippines, March 2009

Tim Laman / Boys transporting fishing traps by boat on the Kholpatura River, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / Passenger ferry / shuttle crossing the Kholpatura River, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / Villagers paddling dugout canoes along the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, August 2005

Juergen Freund / Papuans in traditional dug-out fishing canoes, Papua New Guinea. 2008

Juergen Freund / Papuans in traditional dug-out fishing canoes, Papua New Guinea. 2008

Juergen Freund / Papuans in traditional dug-out fishing canoe, Papua New Guinea. 2008

Juergen Freund / Fisherman on traditional local outrigger boat, near Pitogo Island, Caramoan Peninsula, Philippines. 2008

Juergen Freund / Fisherman and son on traditional sailboat out for night fishing using a kerosine "Petromax" lamp to attract fish, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008.

Juergen Freund / Family in dugout canoe on lake, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008

Juergen Freund / Family in their outrigger boat, split-level showing coral reef and limestone cliffs in the Caramoan Peninsula, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Outrigger boat / banca navigating a river lined with Nipa palms {Nypa fruticans} Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008.

Juergen Freund / Sunrise illuminating the coast and limestone cliffs with canoe passing. View from Gota Beach Resort, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008

Juergen Freund / Fisherman preparing his fishing gear and boat to go night fishing with his son, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008.

Juergen Freund / Bajau fisherman dives underwater to spear fish, children watch from traditional canoe, Pulau Gaya, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Bajau fisherman with his two sons on a fishing trip, Pulau Gaya, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Canoes attached to Bajau houseboat, Borneo, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Canoes tied to Bajau houseboat, Borneo, Malaysia

Roberto Rinaldi / A traditional canoe, pirogue, on the beach, small island between New Hannover and New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Roberto Rinaldi / Longboats on beach, Lankayan Island, Borneo.

Roberto Rinaldi / Bangka, traditinal outrigger boat on shore of Kayangan Lake, Philippines.

Roberto Rinaldi / Local fishing boat over coral reef off Walea island, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Palafitte cottage on stilts in Baju village on southern tip of Walea island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tagbanua tibe settlement on Coron island, Palawan, Philippines.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man from the tagbanua tribe, Coron island, building a bangka (typical outrigger canoe).

Tim Laman / Boarding pumpboat used to travel from Foli to Labilabi along the Halmahera coast, Maluku Islands, Indonesia 2008

Tim Laman / Fishing in shallow island waters at Yenbeser Village, Raja Ampat, Indonesia 2009