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

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

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