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  • Icelandic fishermen use the open air to dry fish heads. They salvage waste from fish factories.<br />
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The Icelandic "hardfiskur" or dried fish has been very popular with Icelanders throughout the centuries. Providing Icelanders with a healthy snack that's full of protein and nutrients. The Icelandic fishing grounds are also without a doubt among the purest in the world.
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  • A pair of cuttlefish in a Chinese restaurant tank where customers are attracted to see the fresh fish for a dinner.
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  • Icelandic fishermen use the open air to dry cod heads.<br />
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The Icelandic "hardfiskur" or dried fish has been very popular with Icelanders throughout the centuries. Providing Icelanders with a healthy snack that's full of protein and nutrients. The Icelandic fishing grounds are among the purest in the world.
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  • Icelandic fishermen use the open air to dry cod heads.<br />
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The Icelandic "hardfiskur" or dried fish has been very popular with Icelanders throughout the centuries. Providing Icelanders with a healthy snack that's full of protein and nutrients. The Icelandic fishing grounds are <br />
among the purest in the world.
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  • Fuselier fish that aggregate on the east coast of Komodo are members of the Caesionidae family. Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific water, they are marine fishes that inhabit mostly on coral reefs. Fusiliers can be recognized by their protractile small mouth and deeply forked caudal fin.
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  • Sweeper fish swarm in the waters off of Banta Island in Indonesia. The global trade in live reef fish may top a billion dollars a year with many species captured by cyanide or traps. Use of dynamite to kill reef fish increases the toll taken by the live trade.
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  • Hanging cages hold reef fish before transport to China and Hong Kong. Colorful fish also swim freely around the cages.
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  • Fish swim around the hanging cages holding reef fish before transport to China and Hong Kong.
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  • Hanging cages hold lobsters being harvested off the coast of Palau Misa in Indonesia.
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  • Hanging cages hold reef fish to be transported to China and Hong Kong.    <br />
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These cages are located just off the coast of Bimi, Indonesia. Initially reef fish only came from the South China Sea, but transport developed and fish now come from all over S.E. Asia. The fish are often used for celebratory meals in Hong Kong, but in Guangzhou the fish are so cheap and the apartments are so small that many people eat out. And the stereotype is that there is lots of food left on the table.  Often a fish is popular because of its color more than its taste.
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  • Arranged stacks of Atlantic bumpers dry on racks. The fish are a crucial food source in Africa.
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  • Atlantic bumpers are a crucial food source in Africa. A tide of protein comes ashore on Senegal’s coast where the Sahara meets the sea. <br />
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Fishermen often catch so many of these Atlantic bumpers that some days they take only half their boats out to fish. Such grass roots conservation is heartening. But even at the local level, global demand for fish continues to rise: 60 per cent of the world’s population lives within 40 miles of the sea.
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  • Atlantic bumpers are a crucial food source in Senegal and elsewhere in Africa, where 200 million people depend largely on seafood for their animal protein. Worldwide, fish sustain one billion people, many of them poor. As pressure on stocks increases, the challenge for developing countries—whose share of fish production is projected to increase to 81 percent by 2015—is to balance the need for revenue with the need for food.
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  • Atlantic bumpers are a crucial food source in Africa. Worldwide, fish sustain one billion people. Fish drying on racks appear to swim across the sand in Senegal.
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  • A small community seen from the air is located in the fringes of an estuary along the Lynn Canal part of the Inside Passage. The intertidal or littoral zone in Alaska's Southeast maintains a balance between the land and the sea. The habitat of fresh and salt water is harsh and critical for marine life and birds.
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  • Estuaries seen from the air along the Lynn Canal are shrouded in morning fog. The intertidal or littoral zone maintains a balance between the land and the sea. The shoreline is along the Inside Passage in Alaska's Southeast is a combination of saltwater and freshwater, a hostile environment but a habitat refuge for some species.
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  • Harsh winds blow snow across the craggy peaks of the South Chilkat Mountains, illuminating intense, orange colors of a winter sunset.<br />
The Coastal Range is directly across the Lynn Canal and the Juneau Icefield in southeast Alaska.
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  • In spite of the 200 inches of rain the area receives every year, nearly a million cruise ship passengers visit Alaska, sometimes doubling a town’s population on a summer day. As many as six cruise ships make daily stops - and as many as 500 a year - bringing tourists on the Inside Passage, the route through a network of passages between islands along the coast of Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state. Tourism is Southeast Alaska’s fastest growing industry.<br />
One of the stops in Alaska’s Panhandle is the former logging town of Ketchikan. Travelers can shop for Native art and souvenirs or diamonds in one of many jewelry stores along what was a former red-light district during the Gold Rush.
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  • Store window reflections mirror cruise ships arriving to unload shoppers and sightseers in the former logging town of Ketchikan located in Alaska’s Panhandle. Travelers can shop for Native art and souvenirs or diamonds in one of many jewelry stores along what was a former red-light district during the Gold Rush.
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  • Taku Glacier advances in the Juneau Ice Field.
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  • Clear cut on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • A float plane takes off from the fishing village of Craig on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Barge loaded with cargo makes its way past Ketchikan from Seattle.
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  • Hoonah Cannery in Tlinigit village on Chichagof Island.
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  • Meadow of blooming fireweed frames Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • A juvenile grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Pack Creek.
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  • Fog shrouds steep cliffs in Southeast Alaska.
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  • Fog shrouds steep cliffs in Southeast Alaska.
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  • Deer crossing an estuary on Chichagof Island.
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  • Ferns in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Moss covered tree that was logged and continued to grow.
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  • Vine maples on forest floor in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Moss covered trees in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Ferns in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Mendenhall River surrounded by McGinnis Mountain and other peaks.
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  • McGinnis Mountain in early morning after a fresh snow.
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  • Fresh snow on mountains overlooking Mendenhall Glacier and Lake.
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  • A luxury spa and overnight inn in the Mendenhall Valley.
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  • Snowfall on evergreen trees.
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  • Ice tunnels and crevices in Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • Totem poles and clan house at Totem Bight Historic Site.
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  • A fisherman unloads his catch of sockeye salmon.
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  • Houses and boats in harbor of fishing village on Baranof Island.
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  • Seaplane over Ketchikan Harbor with one of the many cruise ships.
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  • Houses built above Ketchikan Harbor where many cruise ships dock.
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  • A brown bear or grizzly bear paw with long claws.
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  • Seaplanes land in the wilderness regions of Alaska.
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  • Tributary of the Unuk River in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Tracy Arms, a retreating glacier in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Morning fog in Sitka Sound in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Tlingit totem art in Totem Park of Sitka.
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  • Gray currants are gathered by Tlingit people for subsistence.
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  • Tlingit weaving in the Chilkat style.
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  • Seiners bring in their catch to Craig Harbor.
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  • A haul of salmon.
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  • Timber is loaded onto barges and taken to a saw mill for processing.
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  • Fishing village of Petersburg with Glaciers of Stikine Ice Fields.
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  • Waterfall of melting ice from glaciers in Stikine icefieds.
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  • Shrimp ready to boil for a dinner.
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  • Black bear shakes water off head and feeds on salmon in Anan Creek.
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  • Black bear on tree branch in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear climbing tree in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear on tree branch in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeds on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeding on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeding on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Juvenile black bear in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Juvenile black bear feeds on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Logging truck hauls timber in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Logging in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Salmon running in the Thorn River.
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  • Salmon running in the Thorn River
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  • Black bear at Margaret Creek feeding on salmon next to a  fish ladder.
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  • Black bear at Margaret Creek feeding on salmon.
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  • Logs are floated and will be loaded on a ship for export.
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  • Fresh clear cut and logging roads on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Logs are floated and will be loaded on a ship for export.
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  • Logging roads through a clear cut on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Timber is stacked to be processed and loaded onto ships for export.
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  • Fresh clear cuts on Prince of Wales island in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Aerial of Revillagigedo Island.
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  • A waterfall spills into a rocky karst area of Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Clear cut trees grow together letting no light in the forest.
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  • Ferns carpet the forest floor in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Clear cut scrub and bushes begin to cover the hillside.
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  • Maretesch or Mareccio Castle surrounded by vineyards.
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  • Aerials of the Dolomite Mountain near Austria.
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  • Dairy cows on alm in the Tyrol.
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  • Crevace on Mer de Glace Glacier.
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  • Aiquille Verte and other craggy peaks  with Mont Blanc.
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  • The Matterhorn.
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  • The Alps near the Matterhorn.
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  • Fresh clouds and snow surround the tip of the Matterhorn.
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  • Bossons Glacier near Mont Blanc Tunnel.
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  • Religious icons outside a Catholic church on a hillside.
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  • Golden Gate Bridge at sunset with fog over San Francisco.
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  • Feral cats lounge at a rescue center run by the community.
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  • Rescued feral cats lounge in between feeding times.
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  • Sunlight streams though clouds after a storm.
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