Panamic Green Moray Eel on hook, Gymnothorax castaneus, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Panamic Green Moray Eel on hook, Gymnothorax castaneus, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Diver takes off hook from Panamic Green Moray Eel, Gymnothorax castaneus, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Giant Trevally with hook, Caranx ignobilis, Christmas Island, Australia

Panamic Green Moray Eel on hook, Gymnothorax castaneus, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Fish hanging from hook, northeast coast, island of Praslin, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Harpoon and buoy used to harpoon and tire out giant manta rays, Peru, South America

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos) being hooked with long line, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) hooked on fishing line, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States of America, North America

Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), a carnivorous fish, caught on a line, southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), offshore commercial longline tuna fishing, Brazil, South America

Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) hooked on fishing line, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States of America, North America

Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) hooked on fishing line, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States of America, North America

Research scientist taking hook off hammerhead shark pup (Sphyrna lewini), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), a carnivorous fish, caught on a line, southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America

A Mexican fisherman holds up a Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas - also called the Humbolt squid) hand caught at night off the Baja Peninsula, in Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) colony on sail rock in Frederick Sound, southeastern Alaska

An Inuit man baiting lines for catching Greenland halibut, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

An Inuit man baiting lines for catching Greenland halibut, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Fishing hook snatching money out of the pocket of a pair of jeans

Night fishing on a squid, Japanese common squid or Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus), Japan sea, Far East, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Fishermen's catch, trophy Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush), fishing rod, fishing reel, Big Salmon Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Fisherman¥s equipment

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 26, 2008 Fishing offshore, Big Sur California on the MV Nikki J using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method of sustainable fishing. Crew: David Anderson & Brian Long Fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish and Sable Fish or "Black Cod". A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Sable Fish or "Black Cod" off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 26, 2008 Fishing offshore, Big Sur California on the MV Nikki J using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method of sustainable fishing. Captain Dave Rose (L) and his crew David Anderson reel in a Sable Fish or "Black Cod". A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 26, 2008 Fishing offshore, Big Sur California on the MV Nikki J using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method of sustainable fishing. Crew member David Anderson hauls in a Sable Fish or "Black Cod". A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Sable Fish or "Black Cod" off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Long line fishing, handlining and measuring tagged cod off the coast of Chatham MA. The Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association is an organization of fishermen commited to practicing, researching, and lobbying for sustainable commercial fishing practices within the US fisheries. May 2003 cover story for US News & World Report

Sept 25, 2008 On docks of Morro Bay California fisherman Dave Rose at his processing wharf unloading his catch of Black Gill Rock Fish, caught on sustainable long-lines. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

August 18, 08 A Coho salmon is caught off the coast of Prince of Whales Island Alaska. Trolling for salmon is considered the "high-end" fishery because the way they catch is not harmful to the fish, in fact any by-catch or non-keeper salmon can be tossed back with little damage to the fish. So since the fish are in such good shape when caught, on individual hooks on long lines, they can be brought in and prepared or dressed (gutted and bled) and then iced within minutes and then within hours are on the troll tender that fillets and vacume pacs and then flash freezes them, so that most of the fresh caught fish for pricier consumption is troller caught, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Sable Fish or "Black Cod" off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Sable Fish or "Black Cod" off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Sable Fish or "Black Cod" off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Sept 24, 2008 20 miles offshore of Morro Bay California. Captain Bill Blue fishing for Black Gill Rock Fish off the coast of Big Sur California using the "hook and line", or "long-line" method. A new wave in sustainable commercial fishing is pushing fisherman to switch from higher impact methods of harvesting fish like trawling- to hook and line or long line harvest, United States of America

Brook trout waiting to be released of the hook, Colorado, USA

Fisherman Holding A Fresh Caught Jackfish Tuna, Tahiti

Blue Fin Tuna Hanging From The Boat Off The Coast Of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States Of America

Arctic Grayling (Thymallus Arcticus) Underwater With Hook In Mouth, United States Of America

Veined Kalmar on Fish Hook , Loligo forbesi, Azores, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

Veined Kalmar on Fish Hook , Loligo forbesi, Azores, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

Vintage fishing lures on blue background

Atlantic stargazer(Uranoscopus scaber). He lives buried in the sand, with only his two eyes and his mouth sticking out of the bottom. Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Blue shark (Prionace glauca) with fishing hook and Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor), Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean