Suspected illegal fishing vessel with shark fins hanging up to dry on the aft deck, encountered near Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean

Typical Everglades scene Great Blue Heron, Alligator, Black vultures in a pond in The Everglades, Florida, USA

Typical Everglades Scene Alligator and Great Blue Heron in glade in The Everglades Florida, USA

Illegal trading of turtle shells in fish market. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) dead on a beach in Scilly Isles. Net markings on its skin indicate it died from fishing net entanglement. Isles of Scilly, UK

Trumpetfish (Aulostomus sp) caught in nets set for smaller fish. Coast of United Arab Emirates.

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up after a storm. Markings in the skin indicated it died in a fishing net. Scilly Isles, UK

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up dead on a beach. Rows of up to 200 sharp teeth clearly visible. Scilly Isles, UK

Common lionfish, Pterois volitans, blends in with a variety of soft corals and sponges, Cars, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Monrovia, Liberia - September 19, 2007: Children selling snack food on the beach in the the fishing community of West Point in the Liberian capital of Monrovia which is one of the poorest slums in West Africa and suffers from overcrowding, lack of facilities, unemployment and garbage. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipped and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.

Monrovia, Liberia - September 18, 2007: Fishermen in West Point , Monrovia, Liberia sorting out, mending and picking trash out of their fishing nets. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipped and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.

Monrovia, Liberia - September 18, 2007: Children skipping in the street in the fishing community of West Point in the Liberian Capital of Monrovia. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipped and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.