Discarded man made object beneath a Palm Beach County jetty, now encrusted in sea sponge, algae and a sea urchin. Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded road marker, or "witches hat", beneath a Palm Beach County jetty, now encrusted in barnacles and sea algae. Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Garbage consisting of fishing line and litter scattered along the bottom of Palm Beach County reefs and intracoastal waterways. Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded toilet on a coral reef. Juno Beach, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with shells and beer bottle cap attached to it. Photographed in the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) with shells, beer bottle cap and newspaper attached to it. Photographed in the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded rope littering a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Rope and fishing line trap, maim and kill thousands of marine animals worldwide every year, including whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded rope littering a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Rope and fishing line trap, maim and kill thousands of marine animals worldwide every year, including whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded shopping carts on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Sergeant Majors (Abudefduf saxatilis) and Spottail Pinfish (Diplodus holbrooki), swarm a discarded shopping cart on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon in Singer Island, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded shopping carts on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded rope and debris on a Palm Beach County coral reef, Florida, USA. This debris can break corals and sponges and trap sea turtles and other marine animals. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Discarded rope and debris on a Palm Beach County coral reef, Florida, USA. This debris can break corals and sponges and trap sea turtles and other marine animals. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with discarded bottle tops and other rubbish attached. Photo taken in Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with discarded bottle tops and other rubbish attached. Photo taken in Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Florida, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
The remains of a Sea Turtle trapped in a ghost net washed ashore. Photo taken on Flinders Beach, Mapoon, Western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Vagrant mooring block, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Vagrant mooring block, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Vagrant mooring block, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Hermit Crab existing in marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Hermit Crab existing in marine rubbish comprising of fishing material, footwear and other plastics. Cocos Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia. © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Hermit Crab existing in marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of fishing debris, ropes and floats, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of fishing debris, ropes and floats, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of fishing debris, ropes and nets, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of small plastic pieces, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of small plastic pieces, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of small plastic pieces, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of fishing float, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia © Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com
Sargassum Anglerfish (Histiro histiro), floating on the surface in a discarded polypropylene rope. Found throughout tropical seas worldwide, except east Pacific. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Jellyfish. Note how plastic bags could easily be mistaken for Jellyfish. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Jellyfish. Note how plastic bags could easily be mistaken for Jellyfish. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
The underwater view of a message in a bottle with tropical foliage seen through the rippled surface. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
The underwater view of a message in a bottle with tropical foliage seen through the rippled surface. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi), hovering over a man-made reef of car tires . Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. Photo Maui, Hawaii © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
;
"Add to Photo Lightbox"){kind=small}
