Man, Nature and Conservation

Traditional fishing gear in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon

Traditional fishing gear coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor

Stranded Portuguese Caravel(Physalia physalis)

Man of war (Physalia physalis) stranded

Roman amphora and spiny starfish(Marthasterias glacialis)

Roman amphora and starfish(Marthasterias glacialis)

Live cuttlefish (Sepia offcinalis) used as bait

Common cuttlefish(Sepia officinalis) live as fishing bait

Sculpture "Whale's Tail" by Fernando Sáenz de Elorrieta at the Port of Cartagena

Sculpture in the Port of Cartagena city

Seahorses(Hippocampus guttulatus), garbage and derelict nets

Seahorses(Hippocampus guttulatus), garbage and abandoned nets

Female common scoter and fishing net(Melanitta nigra)

Common scoter(Melanitta nigra)

Tagging and release of southern barbel(Luciobarbus sclateri)

Freeing spanish barbel(Luciobarbus sclateri)

European Eel(Anguilla anguilla) with hook

Hooked eel(Anguilla anguilla)

Girl and little horse(Hippocampus guttulatus)

Little girl diving with seahorse(Hippocampus guttulatus)

Crab(Callinectes sapidus) entangled and devouring an eel(Anguilla anguilla)

Blue crab(Callinectes sapidus) caught in a net and eating eel(Anguilla anguilla)

Woman fishing in summer

Woman fishing in summer

Female Mediterranean seabream(Symphodus mediterraneus) caught on a hook

Axillary wrasse female(Symphodus mediterraneus) on hook

Chub mackerel(Gobius niger) on a soda can

Black goby(Gobius niger) on a beer can

Long-snouted seahorse(Hippocampus guttulatus) trapped in fishing nets

Seahorse(Hippocampus guttulatus) caught in fishing nets

Artisanal fishermen in the Mar Menor

Artisanal fishermen coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor

Plastic bag and blue acalefo jellyfish(Rhizostoma pulmo)

Plastic bag and shiff arms jellyfish(Rhizostoma pulmo)

Pair of long-snouted damselflies(Hippocampus guttulatus) in a soda can

Seahorses(Hippocampus guttulatus) in a can of soda

Artisanal fishermen in the Mar Menor

Artisanal fishermen coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor

Oceanografic (Valencia, Spain)

Oceanografic (Valencia, Spain)

Seahorse carcasses from anoxia in the Mar Menor

Seahorses killed by anoxia in the Mar Menor

Roman amphora and plastic vat

Roman amphora and plastic tank