Commercial Fishing Operations

Images of fishermen at work on boats, handling traps and fishing equipment, with a focus on the sea, fishing gear, and the labor involved in marine catch.

Lobsterman, Casco Bay, Maine.

Lobsterman, Casco Bay, Maine.

Detail of commercial fishing boat equipment at the dock.

Back of a fishing boat with all its collected networks

Fishermen work on a commercial boat fishing 'James Archer' (Oceana fisheries) trapping West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii). Fishermen open the bottom of the trap by releasing a string and allowing the lobsters to drop into the crates below. Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. 3rd Prize in the Man and Nature Category of the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2013

SPAIN - Baix Camp (district) - Catalonia - TARRAGONA. Pescadors de ròssec de Cambrils. Cambrils, Baix Camp, Tarragona

Lobster Traps On Wharf By Fishing Boat; Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nass River, Seine Boat crew, retrieving nets, British Columbia, Canada

Santa Pola; su puerto mantiene una fuerte actividad pesquera; reparacion de redes

Fishermen clean Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) on deck of fishing trawler, with herring gulls (Larus argentatus) flocking in the background. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic Ocean

Fisherman Working on Deck in 50 Knot Winds Bering Sea AK /nOpilio Crab Season F/V Erla N

Herring fishery near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Fisherman on The Prime Qaqortoq Cod Trawler based in Qaqortoq, Greenland.

Fishing nets in French harbor Fishing boat with nets in La Cotiniere at island d Oleron in France Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7781877

Fisherman reeling in net, Isle of Skye, Scotland

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Inupiaq Whalers Haul in a Beluga Whale Catch

Usa, Alaska, Inside Passage, Baranof Island, Sitka, Fish Factory, Halibut Catch Being Unloaded

Fishermen unloading nets full of herring off Sausalito California

Oyster harvesting at sunrise on Narragansett Bay

Pulling pots for conch shellfishing on Narragansett Bay

Fishing nets stacked on the pier in a harbour, close-up background fisherman net and boat work. Fishing nets stacked on the pier in a harbour, close-up background fisherman net and boat

Usa, Alaska, Inside Passage, Baranof Island, Sitka, Fish Factory, Halibut Catch Being Unloaded

Steel chain bags used for scallop dredging on harbour quay. Barfleur, Normandy, France, October 2010.

Fish factory and harbor, processing of Atlantic cod for stockfish. Fishing village Sund on the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway during winter. Scandinavia, Norway

Detail of commercial fishing boat equipment at the dock.

Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) Divers working in tuna pen (fish farm). Each pen holds about 60 tonnes of live tuna. The tuna will be caught and killed for the Japanese sushi market when they reach approx. 30kg, Port Lincoln, South Australia, November 2004

Commercial fishing for spawning herring near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

The last herring are scooped into a carrier from a weir Grand Manan Island Bay of Fundy Canada

Bristol Bay set net commercial fishermen near Dillingham, Alaska

Point Pleasant, N.J., Nov. 25, 2012 Fishing boats have resumed their business, but the catch has been diminished due to Hurricane Sandy and its effects on the ocean. FEMA is working with state and local officials to assist residents who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-352-63. Miss Kimberly Salvage Operation. Hurricane Katrina

Purse seiner letting out the net behind the boat in Puget Sound, Washington.

Fisherman at sea checking his nets.

Fishermen unloading their catch, Guilvinec, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

Lines and rope on harbor.. Lines and rope on harbor. Daily work in port. Workplace fishers.

Commercial fishing with net full of Herring on the F/V Ace, offloads to tender during the Sitka sac roe herring fishery, Sitka Sound, southeast, Alaska

Fisherman reeling in net, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Captain consults with diver assisting in herring weir operation, Grand Manan Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.

fisherman hauling in nets with squid catch gulf of policasto, campania, italy, mediterranean sea

Chinese fishing net, Cochin, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Reefnet Fishing on Legoe Bay, Lummi Island, Washington, US

Salmon fisherman, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA

Commercial Gillnetter pulling in net, Frederick Sound, S.E. Alaska

Fishermen laying out nets on docks in Lofoten Islands

Mine pesticides a / b from the coastal mine sweeper hr.ms. Ommen (EX-MSC 178, 1956-1993).

Woman measuring conch on shellfishing boat on Narragansett Bay

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fish are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy

Tribal diver sorts and crates harvested geoducks onboard a vessel in Puget Sound near Suquamish, Washington

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The Dungeness Snack Shack, fresh fish hut, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent, England, UK

Commercial fisherman hauling crab trap in fishing boat

Two fishermen with catch of mackerel, Neil's Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Traditional Sustainable Oyster Fishing. A fisherman opening a fishing creel on a boat deck.

Fishers to the Loano Port (Province of Savona, Italy)

Close up of commercial purse seine fishermen hauling in a full net of pink and chum salmon, Chatham Strait near Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska, Su...

Two Men Prepare To Drop A Crab Pot Baited With Halibut In The Cook Inlet Near Kukak Bay, Katmai National Park & Preserve, Southwest Alaska, USA

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - First Few Days - 26-HK-356-67. Hurricane Katrina

The founder of Loki Fish, Inc., lays out his net aboard the salmon gillnetting vessel Njord in Puget Sound near Seattle in November, 2010.

Preparing bait for Aquaculture conch shellfishing on Narragansett Bay

Commercial driftnet fisherman unloads King Salmon from the net onto the tender boat, Bristol Bay, Alaska

Crab traps stacked, Parson’s Pond, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-352-89. Mrs Tracy Salvage Operation. Hurricane Katrina

The Yellow And White Corks Of A Drift Gillnet Extend Across The Bow Roller As The Net Is Being Set To Catch Socket Salmon On The Copper River Flats, C...

Cape Cod clam digger carrying rake full of clams to harvest baskets

Vintage Photograph. Fisherman preparing crab pots on the dock for a day at sea.

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Bristol Bay set net commercial fishermen near Dillingham, Alaska

Commercial fisherman wearing waders in fishing boat with stormy skies

Commercial Halibut Fishing By Hand Using Longline Gear Out Of An Open Skiff In Kachemak Bay, Kenai Peninsula; Alaska, United States Of America

Loading equipment into a skiff in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

Shrimp fishing (Plesionika narval) is an artisanal activity carried out from small boats. Pots (traps) are used, which are placed on the seabed at depths between 50 and 150 meters, and which also catch some fish. It is practiced year-round, although catches are more abundant in summer. Production is mainly destined for local consumption. VESSEL: El Puma. FISHERMAN: Ayoze Rodríguez (model release). Fishermens Guild of San Marcos in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife. Canary Islands.

Reefnet Fishing on Legoe Bay, Lummi Island, Washington, US

Fshing net on a roller winch and boats in Dillingham harbor, Alaska, USA; Dillingham, Alaska, United States of America

Man working in a mussel breeding Arcachon France

China, Fujian Province, Xiapu, Bachimen, Eight Feet Gate. The fishing enclosures set up in this area create many patterns, and small boats must maneuver through them.

Hook and pulley used for weighing the catch, New Brunswick, Canada

Lobster traps stacked at Parson’s Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Commercial Halibut Fishing By Hand Using Longline Gear Out Of An Open Skiff In Kachemak Bay, Kenai Peninsula; Alaska, United States Of America

Usa, Alaska, Inside Passage, Baranof Island, Sitka, Fish Factory, Halibut Catch Being Unloaded

Commercial fishing for spawning herring near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

A gillnet full of sockeye is brought aboard, Bristol Bay, Alaska/n

Amazon fish markets, Manaus, Brazil.

Crab cutter in the North Sea off Buesum, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Lobstering on Maine coast

Conch shellfish in pot on Narragansett Bay

Cape purse seining commercial fishing vessel Ayakulik participates in the first 2006 Sitka Sac Roe Herring fishery opener on the north side of Middle island in Sitka Sound, March 2006. Southeast Alaska.

A fisherman repairs his nets in the harbour of Ormos Vlichada, Vlichada, Santorini, Greek

Commercial drift net fishermen plucking salmon from a net, Dillingham, Alaska

A setnet fisherman inspects a sockeye on the Naknek, North Shore, Bristol Bay, Alaska

Tad Bell harvesting Oysters at low tied in Willapa Bay, Washington State, USA.

Salmon purse seiner and crew work the waters of Kachemak Bay for returning fish during the summer season in 2017; Homer, Alaska, United States of America

Aquaculture, feeding groupers in floating ponds at sea, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia

Aids to Navigation Operations - 26-HK-63-43. equipment on docks near boat--ATON ops. Hurricane Katrina

Fishermen bring in their harvest of fish from a fish trap in the Danube Delta, Romania in early morning. Tulcea, Danube Delta, Romania, Europe

Fishing of the castle pond in Moritzburg

Working on Boomsticks, Dozer Boat, Port Mellon, Howe Sound, Sunshine Coast, B.C. Canada

Fiji black pearl farming, Savusavu island, Fiji.

Commercial fisherman untangle sockeye salmon from a gillnet aboard a commercial fishing boat Bristol Bay Alaska

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