A basket fisherman on Inle Lake scans the still and shallow water for signs of life, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Old port, Monopoli, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Port of Trani, Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

A basket fisherman on Inle Lake scans the still and shallow water for signs of life, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Man casting a weighted throw net at Nosara Boca (river mouth), local fishing spot, Boca Nosara, Nosara Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Local man handline fishing at the mangrove fringed Nosara Boca (river mouth) estuary at sunset, Nosara River, Boca Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Maldivian fisherman cleaning fish on Fulidhoo island, The Maldives, Indian Ocean

View of the Fishing town of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, United States of America

View of the Fishing town of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Fisherman with dugout canoe on the Mekong River, Pakbeng, Oudomxay Province, Laos

Inishbofin island, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

David Keanes, owner of Connemara Oyster Farm with oyster-bags, Ballinakill Bay, Letterfrack, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Crayfish farm near Beaumont, Texas, United States of America

A basket fisherman on Inle Lake scans the still and shallow water for signs of life, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A basket fisherman on Inle Lake scans the still and shallow water for signs of life, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Intha fisherman holding traditional fishing net, Inle Lake, Nyaung Shwe, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Intha fisherman fishing in a traditional fishing boat, Inle Lake, Nyaung Shwe, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) at Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, port, San Francisco, California, United States of America, PublicGround

Zen-ei Nakamura, an 88 year old fisherman form the town of Motobu, hauls up his catch from a net he had set earlier. "Fishing is my life" he said. "Ikigai" a Japanese word that roughly translated means "reason for living", is something most elderly Okinawans have always had.

Close up of fresh lobsters