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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris

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Chasing a Basking Shark

Photograph of the underside of a gelatinous octopus with a bright yellow bioluminescent ring around her mouth.

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Bioluminescent Animals Photo Gallery

“On an afternoon dive, I spotted a small group of sweetlips in the current among a shoal of juvenile convict blennies. It took me some time to get close to the fish without spooking them. I took several frames but this one was my favorite because of the

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Ocean Fish Pictures

Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.

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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.

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Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

Neighborhood Seafood Market in Rome, Italy

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Seafood for Thought

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

A green mahi-mahi fish underwater

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Fish Heart Out of Water

A screenshot from the video showing a school of swimming fish.

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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

A sea toad from the deep waters off of Curacao.

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Collections from Curaçao

a mola mola fish swims around in the deep sea

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Mola mola - The Ocean’s Gentle Giant