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Fisherman cleaning his nets, Mykonos, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Cannonball Tree (Couroupita guianensis), Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Old town and the harbour with fishing boats, Izola, Primorska, Istria, Slovenia, Europe

Mangrove forest in the Biological Reserve near the Nosara River mouth; Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Fishing nets and fishing boat, Old Town Harbour, Piran, Primorska, Slovenia, Europe

Fishing nets, Old Town Harbour, Piran, Primorska, Slovenia, Europe

A coconut octopus makes its way over a tangle of sea weed, Anilao, Philippines.

The Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland, beech tree avenue, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Crab pots piled up on the wharf at Portmagee, Skelligs Ring, Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

The Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland, beech tree avenue, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

An electrician works on a tangle of electric wires in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A tangle of electricity wires in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

View of tangled fishing line at Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) caught in creel line. Minke whales are occasionally caught in the lines connecting lobster pots (creels) and will drown if not released promptly. This creel fishermen helped researchers untangle this dead whale from another fisherman's gear. Hebrides, Scotland

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) caught in herring weir (fish trap). Porpoises trapped in herring weirs often die as a result of efforts to remove them (by 'seining' the weir as shown here) but latterly cooperation between fishermen and researchers has improved the situation. Five porpoises were trapped in this weir and none were thought to have survived this operation. Grand Manan, Bay of Fundy, Canada

Hawksbill turtle trapped in fishing net, British Virgin Islands

Tangled Turtles. Sri Lanka

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) caught in fishing net on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) tangled in fishing gear on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Disentangling juvenile gannet (Sula sula). Marine debris, possibly discarded fishing gear, made it impossible for this gannet to feed. Crew and clients on whale-watch boat come to its aid. Gannet released successfully. Hebrides, Scotland

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) caught in fishing net on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), died in local fishing nets. Arabian Gulf

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) with a fishing hook and line embedded in its leg in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. This species is enedemic to the Gulf of California.