Images tagged "bycatch"

A manta ray amidst the fish and bycatch caught by a trawer in the French Mediterranean Sea. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.
The detail of a shark that has been pulled up by the nets of a trawler in the French Mediterranean with thousands of other fish. The animals asphyxiate above water, and bychatch is high. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.
A worker on a trawler sorts fish and bycatch that have been caught in the French Mediterranean Sea. They are sorted by species and then stored in refrigeration units onboard. Photos taken on assignment for Ecostorm / Compassion In World Farming.
A worker onboard the fishing vessel Fasilis shovels fish back into the sea. During the sorting process, unwanted fish (bycatch) are sorted into piles on the deck, where they lay suffocating until they are eventually tossed back into the water. Many do not survive. Greece, 2020. Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media
A fisherman holds a shark taken from the nets of a fishing boat. Common bycatch victims of industrial trawling include sharks, dolphins, turtles and some endangered species. France, 2018. Selene Magnolia / HIDDEN / We Animals Media