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  • Coral fish. Fishing off Boheydulang island.
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  • Giant clam. Man named Tobel fishing for coral fish, giant clams and scallops, off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140211_11320.jpg
  • Kid sleeping on a fish net. Fishermen fishing with nets on duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09403.jpg
  • Giant clam. Man named Tobel fishing for coral fish, giant clams and scallops, off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140211_11308.jpg
  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_12005.jpg
  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_11973.jpg
  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_12162.jpg
  • Man named Tobel fishing for coral fish, giant clams and scallops, off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140211_11337.jpg
  • Kids fishing coral fish on dug out canoes, near Bodgaya island.
    MM8243_140208_07977.jpg
  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09141.jpg
  • Old man named Sahad fishing off Bodgaya island.
    MM8243_140211_11021.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_08872.jpg
  • Fishing line. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
    MM8243_131209_01761.jpg
  • Old man named Sahad fishing off Bodgaya island.
    MM8243_140211_10983.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_08925.jpg
  • Fishing from inside the bamboo stilt house of Robeldati, off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09346.jpg
  • A fisherman's catch after a morning fishing. In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
    MM8243_140208_08109.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_08835.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_08929.jpg
  • Fishing from inside the bamboo stilt house of Robeldati, off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09307.jpg
  • Catching a stingray. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09057.jpg
  • Under a half moon, beside a desert, a Mongolian nomad throws a line for fishing in the Bayan Nuur lake, Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
    MM8243_140210_10028.jpg
  • Cabinet in a boat. Going fishing with Marcus Stephen (Nauru's President, white baseball cap), Kieren Keke (Minister of Finance, black hat),  Riddel Akua (Minister for Transport and Telecommunications, with goatie beard), Dominic Tabuna (Member of Parliament, green shirt) and Rod Henshaw (Director of Media to the Government of Nauru, white shirt)...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
    Pacific_Nauru_10_07.jpg
  • Scientist doing research studies on the Taimen.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
    Mongolia_culture_08_65.jpg
  • Scientist doing research studies on the Taimen.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
    Mongolia_culture_08_66.jpg
  • Scientist doing research studies on the Taimen.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
    Mongolia_culture_08_69.jpg
  • Dido cooking blue coral fish called "Ogus". On Mantabuan island.
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  • Colorful orange corral fish, caught off Mantabuan island.
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  • Fried fish. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Julio levo, 31, hunting for wild animals (Coati, collared peccary, monkeys, fish etc) in the jungle, with his dog and his bow and arrows.
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  • Colorful orange corral fish, caught off Mantabuan island.
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  • Cooking blue fish named Ogus. On Mantabuan island.
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  • Frederick Cannon, who competed in running internationally...Fred, a known spear fisherman, who believes in transmitting the knowledge of hunting in the sea to his kids. In front of his hosue, octopus etc that he recently fished are for sell...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
    Pacific_Nauru_10_55.jpg
  • Solpan, a fisherman, at dusk, off Bodgaya island.
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  • A low tide, woman named Moti collecting urchins and extracting the meat of it. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_12223.jpg
  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_12211.jpg
  • Dido fishing for coral fish and shells off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_12197.jpg
  • Tricher and Wilson Levo going fishing, using worms as bait.
    MM8243_140111_01535.jpg
  • Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
    MM8243_131215_03858.jpg
  • Scientist doing research studies on the Taimen.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
    Mongolia_culture_08_68.jpg
  • A scientist shaving after a night spent in the field.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
    Mongolia_culture_08_67.jpg
  • Juma Boi is trying to catch a fish that he banged up by throwing stones in the water. Even though the Pamir has a lot of fish in summer (so many that you can hope to hit one just by throwing a stone in the water!), Kyrgyz are not especially talented with catching them using a line and a hook - seeing it as a pointless excercice. They don't particularly like it either....Near the summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0722_MM8120_120...jpg
  • Juma Boi is trying to catch a fish that he banged up by throwing stones in the water. Even though the Pamir has a lot of fish in summer (so many that you can hope to hit one just by throwing a stone in the water!), Kyrgyz are not especially talented with catching them using a line and a hook - seeing it as a pointless excercice. They don't particularly like it either...<br />
Near the summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    MM8120_120701_03871.jpg
  • Juma Boi is trying to catch a fish that he banged up by throwing stones in the water. Even though the Pamir has a lot of fish in summer (so many that you can hope to hit one just by throwing a stone in the water!), Kyrgyz are not especially talented with catching them using a line and a hook - seeing it as a pointless excercice. They don't particularly like it either....Near the summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0723_MM8120_120...jpg
  • Juma Boi is trying to catch a fish that he banged up by throwing stones in the water. Even though the Pamir has a lot of fish in summer (so many that you can hope to hit one just by throwing a stone in the water!), Kyrgyz are not especially talented with catching them using a line and a hook - seeing it as a pointless excercice. They don't particularly like it either....Near the summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0721_MM8120_120...jpg
  • Fish caught by trekkers. Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0574_MM8120_120...jpg
  • Kyrgyz rarely catch fish. At the Kyrgyz settlement of Bozoi Gumbaz, before Chaqmaqtin lake, Amon Boi's camp...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
    97_Afghanistan_Pamir_0548_MM8120_120...jpg
  • House and family of Romelio.
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  • Luxurious Yurt camp for catch and release fishing of the  Taimen.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
    Mongolia_culture_08_71.jpg
  • A fisherman scares fish with a long pole, to bring them into a fish net. A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
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  • Men hauling a fishing net into an industrial fishing boat.
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  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
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  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_22.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
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  • PIotr Ivanovich, born Moynaq, 75 yrs old, thinks of days when he was the captain of his boat, now beached in the desert near Moynaq. People are extremely poor in this region.<br />
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In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
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  • The former shore of the Aral sea. now 180 Km away.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_28.jpg
  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Dido fishing for coral fish and shells off Mantabuan island.
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  • The Amu Daria shortly before drying out in the Aral Sea.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_01.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_21.jpg
  • PIotr Ivanovich, born Moynaq, 75 yrs old, thinks of days when he was the captain of his boat, now beached in the desert near Moynaq. Eyes blue as the long gone sea!<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_10.jpg
  • Abandoned sanatorium in Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_13.jpg
  • Ironic... a house interior from one of the rare inhabitants, in Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_03.jpg
  • Esbolov Saylau (Karakalpak man), owner of the only hotel in  Moynaq, now adandoned. Sits under a painting of the Sea in the late 70's.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_04.jpg
  • Fish and crabs in a fishing net.
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  • Near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_15.jpg
  • Esbolov Saylau (Karakalpak man), owner of the only hotel in  Moynaq, now adandoned. Sits under a painting of the Sea in the late 70's.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_06.jpg
  • The former shore of the Aral sea. now 180 Km away.<br />
<br />
In Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. <br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_27.jpg
  • Frigatebirds are kept inside nets. They are not eaten nor used for fishing, they are rather a strong cultural symbol as well as a status symbol for fishermen. To catch them, men stand on the beach at sunset, ready to throw their lassos at the incoming birds..After 4 weeks of being fed fish inside the net, the frifgatebird is released outside but stays near the net as it is tamed...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
    Pacific_Nauru_10_44.jpg
  • Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • Julio Levo fishing.
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  • Boats returning at a fishing harbor in Goa.
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  • Bottleneck dolphins. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1371.jpg
  • Mobula rays. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1010.jpg
  • Sei whale. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190928_2594.jpg
  • Old man named Sahad fishing with net and pole off Bodgaya island.
    MM8243_140211_10978.jpg
  • Catching a stingray. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09095.jpg
  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Fishing nets are laid out before being repaired.
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  • From the top of a truck, many fishermen fold a gigantic fishing net.
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  • The white fishing net of a fisherman hangs in front of  house.
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  • Bottleneck dolphins. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1394.jpg
  • Mobula rays. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1178.jpg
  • Sei whale. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190928_2606.jpg
  • Laila sleeping. Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
    MM8243_131215_03996.jpg
  • Solpan returning to his stilt house on his duggout canoe after fishing early morning.
    MM8243_140211_11042.jpg
  • Portrait of man named Rusli with rice powder on his face to protect himself from the sun when fishing. On Maiga island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_09169.jpg
  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • Nepali men working on industrial fishing boats in a harbor.
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  • Returning from fishing, a farmer waters his field at sunrise.
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  • Mobula rays. Wildlife has returned to the Azores islands, following lift on whale hunting in the last 1980's and industrial fishing, as well as the creation of several coastal Protected areas. In recent years, Azores's economy has been boosted by tourism attracted to the rich waters.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1226.jpg
  • A young boy takes a break after fishing along a river in Mongolia.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
    MM8243_140209_09166.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_08899.jpg
  • Two russians, Alec and Tokin, are going fishing on Song Kol (3300m) in the middle of winter, cut from the outside world 6 months of the year.
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  • Moonrise in the afternoon. Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • A Shamanist shrine made of stacked up pieces of pine woods.<br />
The Eg river where the Taimen is found. The Taimen is the world's largest salmon fish, it is also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, a species of fish in the salmon family.<br />
It is becoming a more well known game fish, particularly for fly fishermen.<br />
Mongolian tells many legends about this fish.
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