Cod fish drying outside on wooden poles, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Cod fish drying outside on wooden pole, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Fumoir d'Antan, a traditional herring smokehouse, Pointe-Basse, Havre aux Maisons island, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec province, Canada, North America

Fish drying at Nazare Beach, Nazare, Oeste, Estremadura, Portugal, Europe

Adult azure kingfisher (Ceyx azureus), perched in Porosus Creek, Frederick Harbor, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Underwater view of the reef along the circumference of the Great Blue Hole on Lighthouse Reef, UNESCO, Belize

West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), with sharksucker, Caye Caulker, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), underwater at Half Moon Caye, UNESCO, Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

A myriad of fish and coral underwater at Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

A view of salted herring in the small fishing town of Siglufjorour, Iceland

Dried stockfish, Giogv, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Stockfish on wood racks, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Norway, Europe

Stockfish on wood racks, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Norway, Europe

Drying fish in Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Horse-eye jacks (Caranx latus), schooling in Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), being fed in Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

A myriad of fish and coral underwater at Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Cod drying on racks temporarily built for that purpose in the small fishing town of A in the Lofoten Island Group, Norway

Cod drying on racks temporarily built for that purpose in the small fishing town of A in the Lofoten Island Group, Norway

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) male bringing female a fish, Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Dry fish for sale on a Market, Mbandaka, Equateur province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Fishing camp on a bank of Lake Eyasi, Tanzania

Horse-eye jacks (Caranx latus), schooling in Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), being fed in Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), being fed in Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

A myriad of fish and coral underwater at Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Stockfish on wood racks, Reine Bay, Lofoten Islands, Nordland, Norway, Europe

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, on foreshore in the Arctic Circle on Ringvassoya Island, Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, on foreshore in the Arctic Circle on Ringvassoya Island, Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish, cod, drying in fisherman's hut in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in the region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

Stockfish cod drying on traditional racks, hjell, in the Arctic Circle on the island of Ringvassoya in region of Tromso, Northern Norway

French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru, Ilha rata, Fernando de Noronha national marine sanctuary, Pernambuco, Brazil (S. Atlantic)

Pennant butterflyfish, juvenile, schooling Heniochus diphreutes, Portlock, Oahu, Hawaii (N. Pacific).

Fish carcasses in lake during drought, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA

Excursion boat passing a fishnet sluice for regulating the fish stock in a river, river delta in the nature preservation area between Caunos and Iztuzu Beach, Dalyan, Mugla Province, Turkey, Asia Minor

Close-up of a sign at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary. McNeil River Camp is operated by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The Department hosts guests in small numbers throughout the summer and early fall and provides bear-viewing tours. Guests must enter and be drawn in an annual lottery to be granted access to this world-famous brown bear sanctuary, Alaska, United States of America

Fish fossil is held in the palm of a hand. Some of the world's best preserved fossils are found in the Fossil Butte National Monument on flat-topped ridges of southwestern Wyoming's cold sagebrush desert. Discoveries from the ancient lake sediments the Eocene Green River Formation of Fossil Basin are world-renowned, Wyoming, United States of America

Research divers from the MOC Marine Institute glue broken coral heads back together and map out coral damage at Molokini Marine Preserve off the island of Maui, Hawaii. In the future, data from here will help to determine the health of Hawaii's reefs, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Research divers from the MOC Marine Institute map out coral damage at Molokini Marine Preserve off the island of Maui, Hawaii. In the future, data from here will help to determine the health of Hawaii's reefs, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Floating islands of the Uros near Puno, an ancient culture of lake people, famous for their totora boats, drying fish on island, Lake Titicaca, Peru