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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.
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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.
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Discarded shopping carts on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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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
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Discarded shopping carts on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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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.
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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.
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Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with discarded bottle tops and other rubbish attached. Photo taken in Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Florida, USA.
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Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with discarded bottle tops and other rubbish attached. Photo taken in Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Florida, USA.
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Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus), swimming over garbage dumped on a reef off Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
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Scuba Divers picking up cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Scuba Divers picking up cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef.
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Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef.
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Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA.
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Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA.
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Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA.
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Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA.
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Mixed rubbish, including plastics, washed ashore on the north side of the island of Molokai, Hawaii, USA.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi), mother with pup. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), in Kelp Forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). This is the state fish of California. Photo taken off Catalina Island, California, USA.
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Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), in Kelp Forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). This is the state fish of California. Photo taken off Catalina Island, California, USA.
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Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas). Photo taken off Catalina Island, California, USA. East Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas). Photo taken off Catalina Island, California, USA. East Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Polka-dot Batfish (Ogcocephalus radiatus). Photo taken off Florida, USA.
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California Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi dorsalis). Also known as Yellowtail Amberjack or Great Amberjack. Found from southern California to the Baja California Peninsula. Photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
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California Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi dorsalis). Also known as Yellowtail Amberjack or Great Amberjack. Found from southern California to the Baja California Peninsula. Photographed off Guadalupe Island, Mexico.
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Nudibranch (Melibe engeli). This nudibranch is often sighted in beds of calcarious algae (Halimeda kanaloana). Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken in the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, USA.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken in the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, USA.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken in the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, USA.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Photo taken at Fish Tales, Grand Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
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Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), hunting for scraps in the river mouth at Hawks Nest Resort and Marina, Cat Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
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