Fisherman sorting nets out of a traditional thung chai (basket boat) at Mieu Island, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women drying fish in Negombo fish market (Lellama fish market), Negombo, West Coast, Sri Lanka, Asia

Women working in Negombo fish market (Lellama fish market), Negombo, West Coast, Sri Lanka, Asia

Local people sorting through the fish they have just caught in the port of Negombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

Sorting the morning's catch of fish, Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Fish for sale at the early morning fish market, Fort Kochi, Kerala, India

Fishermen in Puero Juarez, Quintana Roo state, Mexico

Woman sorting fresh fish catch, spread out on coir matting and left in the sun to dry, Pamban Straits, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Woman sorting small fish on simple fishing raft at popular Marari Beach, Mararikulam, Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kerala, India, Asia

Days catch of sardines being sorted at a fish processing plant in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Sorting and drying the morning's catch of fish, Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Traditional fishing hauling nets, Nilavelli beach, near Trincomalee, Eastern province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Traditional fishing hauling nets, Nilavelli beach, near Trincomalee, Eastern province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Sorting the catch on beach, traditional seine fishing, Nilavelli beach, near Trincomalee, Eastern province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Traditional fishing hauling nets, Nilavelli beach, near Trincomalee, Eastern province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Sorting fresh caught fish in Siglufjorour, Siglufjordur, off the north coast of Iceland, Polar Regions

Woman sorting through fresh catch of fish, Vung Tau fish market, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman sorting through fresh catch of fish, Vung Tau fish market, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sorting freshly caught fish in Siglufjorour, Siglufjordur, off the north coast of Iceland, Polar Regions

Fisherman working in Negombo fish market (Lellama), Sri Lanka, Asia

Woman sorting through fresh catch of fish, Vung Tau fish market, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Men sorting fish at Koh Samui, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fish market, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Fishermen sorting fish on Kalapet beach near Pondicherry in India

Sustainably caught fish on a traditional Greek fishing boat in Myrina harbour on Lemnos, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Fishermen sorting their catch on Kalapet beach near Pondicherry India

Salmon processing in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska at the Norquest fish processing plant.

Salmon processing in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska at the Norquest fish processing plant. Here Japanese and American workers are cleaning and sorting salmon roe (fish eggs) for Asian consumption.

Salmon processing in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska at the Norquest fish processing plant. Here Japanese and American workers are cleaning and sorting salmon roe (fish eggs) for Asian consumption.

Salmon processing in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska at the Norquest fish processing plant. Here Japanese and American workers are cleaning and sorting salmon roe (fish eggs) for Asian consumption.

An Inuit fisherman sorting Greenland halibut he has just caught off Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

An Inuit fisherman sorting Greenland halibut he has just caught off Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Fishermen sorting fishes, Playa Guayacan, Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela

Fishermen sorting fishes, Playa Guayacan, Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela

People sorting fishing at Madraki harbour, Kos-Town, Kos, Greece

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.

Bangladesh, Rajshahi, Women outside sorting tables of small fish which are drying in the sun.

Bangladesh, Sirajganj, Sorting dried fish into baskets.