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Recovering oiled birds after the Christos Betos oil spill in Milford Haven.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter floating in Sutton harbour.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter floating in Sutton harbour.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter on the beach at Whitsand bay.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Blyth windfarm.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Fish market at Roscoff.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

North Sea oil rig.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Collecting crabs.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Construction rig at the Ilfracombe sewer pipe.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Kelp harvesting in Brittany.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter washed up on beach.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Oil terminal, Shetland.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Scallop dredge furrow, Skomer.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Cockle sample collecting.

Copyright: Crown copyright

Oysters in grow bags.

Copyright: Crown copyright

Oyster culture.

Copyright: Crown copyright

The compass jellyfish Chrysaora hysoscella stranded at Cawsand beach, east Cornwall.

Furrow of a scallop dredge, North Skomer.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Nephrops creels on a quay, Loch Carron.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Small trawler in Plymouth Harbour

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Sea urchins, Echinus esculentus, 'for sale'.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Oil pollution on rocky shore.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Floating dry dock, Goteborg.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Floating dry dock, Goteborg.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

High speed ferry, Goteborg.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Ship docked at terminal.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Container ship.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Jetski wash.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Yachting in the Plymouth Sound.

Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters

Boxes of edible crabs.

Copyright: Sue Scott

Grey seal Halichoerus grypus in oil slick on beach, Skomer.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Diver on the seabed at the Hand Deeps off Plymouth.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Diver ascending from the seabed.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

A grab being brought on board research vessel.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Scuba diver collecting scallops.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter found in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth (August 1999).

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth (August 1999).

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

Litter.

Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock

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