Hand-picking oysters from dredge material

Hand-tonging for oysters

Oyster dredge at work

Oyster dredge at work

Oyster dredge at work

Oyster dredge at work

Oyster dredge stranded at low tide

An oyster bed

Picking oysters by hand at low tide

Picking oysters by hand at low tide

Gusty Chocknok, skipper of the F/V HELEN MARG out of Togiak Bay. Salmon gillnetter operating in Bristol Bay.

Gusty Chocknok, skipper of the F/V HELEN MARG out of Togiak Bay. Salmon gillnetter operating in Bristol Bay.

Gillnetter F/V HELEN MARG putting out net for salmon in Bristol Bay

Gillnetter F/V HELEN MARG putting out net for salmon in Bristol Bay

F/V HELEN MARG and crew bouncing around in Bristol Bay while fishing for salmon

F/V HELEN MARG fishing for salmon in Bristol Bay

Rama Geroux, a crew member of a salmon fishing vessel, removing salmon from a gillnet in Bristol Bay

Rama Geroux, a crew member of a salmon fishing vessel, monitoring gillnet as it is reeled in

Rama Geroux, a crew member of a salmon fishing vessel, removing salmon from a gillnet in Bristol Bay

Rama Geroux and another crewman removing salmon from a gillnet in Bristol Bay

A native American gillnet fishing in the Columbia River

A native American gillnet fishing in the Columbia River

Gillnet fishing for salmon on the Washington coast

Gillnet fishing for salmon on the Washington coast

Salmon purse seiner operating in Prince William Sound

Salmon purse seiner in Icy Bay

Native American dipnet fishing on the Klickitat River

Native American dipnet fishing on the Klickitat River

Native American dipnet fishing on the Klickitat River

The purse seiner LOU-ANNE

Purse seining for herring on the Maine coast

Purse seining for herring on the Maine coast

Purse seining for herring on the Maine coast

Dory used as purse seine boat fishing for herring on the Maine coast

Setting a purse seine inside pocket while fishing for herring on the Maine coast

Harvesting the herring after closing the purse on the Maine coast

Trawling for shrimp on the east coast of Florida

Separating shrimp from bycatch

Separating shrimp from bycatch

Shrimp bycatch

Separating shrimp from bycatch

Emptying the bag on deck at the end of a trawl. The colorful lines at the end of the net are the tangles and keep the net from chaffing on the bottom.

Hauling in the net on a shrimp trawler

Bringing the net aboard on a shrimp trawler

Trawling for shrimp

Separating shrimp from bycatch

Separating shrimp from bycatch

Utilizing part of the bycatch of shrimp fishing

The prize - shrimp being readied for market

Separating shrimp from bycatch