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Fishing Disaster by Supratik Das
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Fishing Disaster

First Place (Middle School age group): In this piece titled Fishing Disaster,...
Tuna caught in the Indian Ocean show the huge scale of commercial fishing.
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Tuna Fishing

Tuna caught in the Indian Ocean show the huge scale of commercial fishing. More...
Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers diving down to ensure the bigger fish don't get away.
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Fishing with a Net

Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers...
This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
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Fishing Gear Solutions

This whale is entangled in fishing gear. Entangled whales often need human help to...
Using dynamite to stun or kill bigger fish to sell at market leaves behind many dead undesired fish as bycatch.
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Fishing with Dynamite

Blast fishing, when dynamite or other explosives are used to stun or kill fish, is...
Fleet or Fishing Boats in Port in Morroco
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Fleet of Fishing Boats

Boats of an artisanal fishing fleet, packed together in a typical Moroccan port....
"Pirate fishing vessel converted to a home in Lembeh Strait off North Sulawesi, Indonesia," wrote Claire Fackler of her winning image.
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Converted Pirate Fishing Vessel

"Pirate fishing vessel converted to a home in Lembeh Strait off North Sulawesi,...
"Surf Fishing In a Golden State"
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Surf Fishing In a Golden State

Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Fishing for the Future

Through a fishing simulation, students model several consecutive seasons of a...
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 17:45
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Illustration of Robotic Glider Evading Fishing Nets
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Robotic Glider Evades Fishing Nets

This illustration shows how Scarlet Knight, the first unmanned, underwater robot or...
Phoenix’s entanglement badly injured her right lip, leaving a distinctive scar from that ordeal.
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Beware of Fishing Gear

There were fewer than 450 North Atlantic right whales in 2006. Yet it has been...
A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.
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Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a...

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