The Marine Photobank is a leading visual resource that has galvanized people from all over the planet to collect, share and download marine photos, images and graphics that shed light on how humans have affected life in the ocean. The Marine Photobank was founded in response to a lack of readily available, high quality underwater and above water ocean conservation images. These images are available at no cost for non-commercial purposes as well as for media use.
Opposite page: A spawning aggregation of the bigeye trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico. Description: Life at sea produces many extraordinary natural phenomena. Aggregations of thousands of fish are formed during reproductive periods. Their courtship, mainly during certain lunar phases and at dusk, triggers surprising artistic shapes.Octavio Aburto-Oropeza/Marine Photobank. Below: Sharks lined up for finning in Manta, Ecuador. Several tonns of sharks are captured in Ecuadorial waters every week and transported back to Manta for de-finning. In Ecuador, the harvest of sharks is only legal if the shark is captured as accidental bycatch. Rikke Færøvik Johannessen/Marine Photobank.
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