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  • Freshly caught catfish which the boatmen/fishermen caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Freshly caught fish cooking over an open fire which the boatmen/fishermen caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Freshly caught fish which the boatmen/fishermen caught by electric fishing in a small stream flowing into the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A dead puffin lying on the grass after being caught using a net by a puffin hunter, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • Fishermen from the Maldives haul aboard a yellow fin tuna to the deck of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. The tuna has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth but after being dragged up with hooks, the 50kg fish will be clubbed to death by smashing its skull with repeated blows. Next it will be gutted efficiently with sharp knives and immediately plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • Freshly caught local fish being grilled on a barbeque at a restaurant on the small island of Gili Sudak, Lombok, Indonesea
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  • Freshly caught local fish (grouper) at a restaurant on Gili Sudak, Lombok, Indonesea
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  • Freshly caught small fish being sorted and processed at the harbour for selling at the local fish market in the coastal fishing village of Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam.
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  • Local fishermen bring freshly caught fish from their fishing boats using a traditional small round boat known as a coracle to be sorted and processed at the harbour in the coastal fishing village of Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. The fish will be sold at the local fresh market where a large variety of exotic fish are available for sale as well as other products.
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  • The boatmen/fishermen's lunch of sticky rice and freshly caught fish cooked over an open fire for lunch alongside the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Fish cooked over an open fire, which the boatmen/fishermen caught by electric fishing in a small stream which flows into the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Local boatman/fisherman, Sengkham cooks fish over an open fire, which he has just caught by electric fishing in a small stream which flows into the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Seaweed farmer, Marissa Gegante (30) holding a bowl of freshly caught and cooked fried fish for lunch in Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Seaweed farmer, Marissa Gegante (30) holding a bowl of freshly caught and cooked fried fish for lunch in Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fisherman selling his freshly caught fish to fish vendor Imelda Esgana, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fish vendor Imelda Esgana meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations in Bantayan.
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  • A boy holds a blue bird that he has caught using a catapult in a rice field in Phu Vinh village, Ha Tay province, Vietnam. Songbirds kept in bamboo cages hanging outside houses are popular pets in Vietnam.
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  • A young Akha Pouli boy from Ban Picherkao with a bird he has caught with a trap, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. For families living away from the main roads and markets, food caught or collected from the wild, especially edible plants and small animals still make up fifty per cent of their diet.  Nature’s bounty in providing for the Lao may be plentiful, but this does not mean that the task of growing and finding enough food for family subsistence and maintenance is easy. It is a major preoccupation of rural families and takes the bulk of time and energy of every man, woman and child.
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  • Seaweed farmer, Marissa Gegante (30) holding a bowl of freshly caught and cooked fried fish for lunch in Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Facing its own blood and guts on the blue deck, a yellow fin tuna is dead on the floor of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. After clubbing it death, fishermen from the Maldives have removed its respiratory organs with sharp knives and washes it down with a hose. Next it will be plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught (often weighing 50kg) before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • With blood and guts on the blue deck, a fisherman from the Maldives hoses down a yellow fin tuna on the floor of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. After clubbing it death, he has removed its respiratory organs with sharp knives and washes it down with a hose. Next it will be plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught (often weighing 50kg) before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • A fisherman from the Maldives clubs to death a yellow fin tuna on the deck of a dhoni boat in the Indian Ocean. Using a handmade instrument of death, carved from beach flotsam, the man raises his hands to again bring the club down on the dying fish whose skull has already been smashed by repeated blows. Next it will be gutted efficiently with sharp knives and immediately plunged into ice containers to cool the flesh, reducing the risk of self-deteriorating flushed blood which renders it unfit for consumption under EU law (its live internal core temperature is 40 degrees centigrade). When as many fish have been caught before dark using hand and line method, rather than nets, the boat presses on to the processing factory at Himmafushi where they're filleted and boxed for export to Europe and in particular, for UK supermarkets like Sainsbury's.
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  • A Fisherman removes part of an old discarded fishing net caught in the propeller of a fishing boat with a knife. Rubbish in the sea can cause serious problems to boats. Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom.
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  • Part of an old discarded fishing net caught in the propeller of a fishing boat. Rubbish in the sea can cause serious problems to boats. Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone, Kent. United Kingdom.
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  • A Sasak woman sells fresh locally caught squid and fish at the traditional produce market in Kuta, Lombok, Indonesia. The predominantly Muslim Sasak people are the native inhabitants of Lombok where they form 85% of the population.
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  • A Sasak woman sells fresh and grilled locally caught small fish at the traditional produce market in Kuta, Lombok, Indonesia. The predominantly Muslim Sasak people are the native inhabitants of Lombok where they form 85% of the population.
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  • Local boatman/fisherman, Savath prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Using the boat paddle as a chopping board, local boatman/fisherman, Savath prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Freshly caught fish on the weighing scales, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fish vendor Imelda Esgana meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations in Bantayan.
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  • Freshly caught fish, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fish vendor Imelda Esgana meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations in Bantayan.
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  • Local boatman/fisherman, Khamphao prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by dynamite fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A dead mouse, caught in a little nipper mouse trap using an almond as bait.
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  • A dead mouse caught in a little nipper domestic mouse trap, Folkestone, Kent.
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  • Seafood and shellfish on boards in Leigh-on-sea, Essex.  Chalk blackboards are propped up against the wall of a seafront fisheries business selling these seafoods and shellfish - a speciality for hundreds of years in this old town on the Thames estuary where the river opens out into the English Channel. Fresh fish is caught daily here along with shrimp, prawns, kippers, cockles and jellied eels.
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  • Local boatman/fisherman, Savath prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Using the boat paddle as a chopping board, local boatman/fisherman, Savath prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Local boatmen/fishermen Savath and Sengkham prepare fish for cooking over an open fire which they have just caught by electric fishing in a small stream which flows into the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Local boatmen/fishermen cook wild deer meat and small fish which they have just caught by net in the Nam Ou river over an open fire, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Freshly caught and cooked crabs for lunch in Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Freshly caught fish on the weighing scales, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fish vendor Imelda Esgana meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations in Bantayan.
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  • Puffin hunter Jakob Erlingsson swings his net with a 3m long handle to catch the birds in the air. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in the Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • Gary Vasey, Vermin Controller holding moles caught in traps, Newby Hall estate and gardens, Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • Local boatman/fisherman, Khamphao prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by dynamite fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. It is a place where children play and families bathe, where men fish and women wash their clothes. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into “the battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A plastic food tray of prime Maldives-sourced yellow fin tuna steaks makes its journey along a conveyor belt at New England seafood suppliers in Chessington, London England. Driven along by a blue chain it will next be sealed before shipment. Flown by air freight from the Maldives where it has been traditionally line caught in the Indian Ocean, this fish is bound for the UK's main supermarkets. New England Seafood is a major supplier of fresh and frozen premium sustainable fish and seafood in the UK and one of the largest importers of fresh tuna. Their customers are: the UK’s leading supermarkets including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose; as well as smaller retail outlets; restaurant chains; food service markets and wholesale sectors nationwide.
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  • An employee of Cyprea Marine Foods fillets freshly-caught  yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • Two employees of Cyprea Marine Foods fillet freshly-caught  yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • A chunk of prime yellow fin tuna fish steak lies after filleting on a table in a processing factory on the island of Himmafushi, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and having just been line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been encased in ice since being landed at sea to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan butchers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • The head of a freshly-caught yellow fin tuna fish lies inert on a filleting table at a refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcass has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The filleting is performed by Sri Lankan ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • The tail and sharp barbs of a freshly-caught yellow fin tuna fish lies inert on a filleting table at a refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcass has been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth and just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed at sea to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The filleting is performed by Sri Lankan ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw the rest.
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  • A team of employees of Cyprea Marine Foods fillet freshly-caught yellow fin tuna fish at the company's refrigerated processing factory on Himmafushi island, Maldives. The 50kg carcasses have been swimming across the Indian Ocean non-stop since birth, just line-caught by freelance boat crews who share profits for only high-quality fish that passes stringent health tests. The tuna has been in ice since being landed to keep a low-temperature body core so the workers cut out the prime flesh as quickly as possible before boxing the resulting chunks of steak for export by air to Europe and in particular for customers such as UK's Sainsbury's supermarket. The Sri Lankan workers are ex-fishermen and widowers, having lost their families during the Tsunami. Using extremely sharp knives, they skillfully remove valuable meat and throw away the rest.
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  • English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
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  • A detail of freshly-picked English oysters opened using a 'shucker' knife. English Falmouth Estuary oysters have become highly sought-after around European restaurants and we see a freshly-caught specimen still in its shell after being landed from a traditional Falmouth antique working sail boat (fishing without mechanical power is a rule on this local fishery) that still dredge harvested oysters from the river bed using traditional methods unchanged since Victorian times. The fisherman's muddy fingers can be seen lifting (or shuck) the crustacean slightly from the shell with an old oyster knife to display this wild, native Fal oyster which is known for its distinctive sweet, fresh and delicate flavour.
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Theresa May meets with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock in parliament, an EU-flag has been snagged in the branches of plain trees outside parliament in Westminster, on 3rd April 2019, in London, England.
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  • As MPs decide on how to progress with Brexit parliamentary procedure, and EU flag catches the face of a passer-by outside the UK Parliament in Westminster, on 28th March 2019, in London, England.
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  • Aerial view of a adult and child playing in a Miami Beach hotel pool, on 15th May 1996, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
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  • Spiritual revellers celebrate the summer Solstice mid-summer and longest day at the ancient stones of Stonehenge, on 21st June 2017, in Wiltshire, England. According to pagans, the Stonehenge is a sacred place that links the Earth, Moon, Sun and the seasons. Built in three phases between 3,000 B.C. and 1,600 B.C. its purpose remains under study. However, it’s known that if you stand in just the right place inside the monument on summer solstice, through the entrance towards a rough hewn stone outside the circle you will see the sun rise above the Heel Stone.
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  • Fish being processed for sale at the local fish market in the coastal fishing village of Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. A large variety of exotic fish are available for sale in fresh Vietnamese markets such as this, all being sold on small individual stalls.
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  • The daily fish catch on a fisherman's boat on the Nam Ou river in the remote and roadless village of Ban Mouanghoun, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing.
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  • Bamboo containers filled with fish by the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The fishermen will take them to the nearest village of Ban Tang to sell. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • A tray of sardines fry on an outdoor grill in the Bairro Alto district - or Upper City - the oldest of Lisbon's residential quarters. We see in detail 16 fish (sardinhas assadas in Portuguese) all lying in the sunlight on their sides in neat, parralel rows with their clouded eyes staring up towards the viewer. They still have their silvery, scaley skin and Portuguese sardines are traditionally be served with finely-chopped potatoes, considered to be the sweetest and fattest sardines in the world. In Portugal, more than 60 percent of the national sardine catch is consumed fresh: 12 pounds a person, on average, compared to only 2 pounds of the fish canned. The sardine season - when the fish are plump and juicy - lasts from the end of May to the end of October, although the fat fish can keep coming until December. Lisbon's Bairro Alto quarter is located above Baixa and developed in the 16th Century. Suffering very little damage in the earthquake of 1755, it remains the area of most character and renowned for its residential and working quarter for craftsmen and shopkeepers. At night, life takes on a diferent personality when bars and up until the 60s, prostitution gave the district a bad reputation in the past but nowadays tourists and the chic frequent its streets and traditional 'Fado' (classical Portuguese opera) bars.
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  • Fresh fish for sale, laid out on the beach front in Dili, capital of Timor Leste.
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Theresa May meets with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock in parliament, an EU-flag has been snagged in the branches of plain trees outside parliament in Westminster, on 3rd April 2019, in London, England.
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  • Beneath an ugly breeze block concrete wall, a couple are enjoying their holiday in the English seaside town of Paignton, Devon. Sitting in striped deckchairs they are both curiously touching their own genital areas between their legs, perhaps both scratching an itch. The lady in sunglasses wearing a floral dress on the left looks guilty while her topless male partner appears more amused by the interruption. In this depressing corner of Paignton, also called the English Riviera, the grey construction behind them is a grim reminder of what it is often like to holiday in one's own home country where few exotic luxuries are found. Such squalor is unfortunately common around the UK and a reason why people take their vacations abroad. Even the grass below them is bare with weeds growing and soil at the foot of the wall.
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  • Puffin hunter Jakob Erlingsson holds a puffin he has caught using a net in his hands. It is a tradition amongst puffin hunters to release the first puffin caught each season to bring luck for future hunting. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • Puffin hunter Jakob Erlingsson holds dead puffins he has caught using a net in his hands<br />
Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • Portrait of puffin hunter Jakob Erlingsson holding the puffins he has caught that day using a net. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in the Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • It is tradition among puffin hunters to release the first puffin caught each season to bring luck for future hunting – any accidentally caught with fish in their beaks are also released. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in the Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • Freshly caught mackerel at Miavaig Harbour near Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland on 17 July 2018
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  • Family members shave the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.  head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents. at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Family members shave the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.  head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents. at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Fisherman's wives carry the freshly caught fish back to Tamiao village, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Crab freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • A lady carrying a Virgin Active brolly which has caught in the wind as Storm Georgina swept across parts of Britain and in central London, lunchtime office workers were caught out by torrential rain and high winds, on 24th January 2018, in London, England. Pedestrians resorted to leaping across deep puddles at the junction of New Oxford Street and Kingsway at Holborn, the result of overflowing drains. Fifth in a sequence of eight photos.
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  • A lady carrying a Virgin Active brolly which has caught in the wind as Storm Georgina swept across parts of Britain and in central London, lunchtime office workers were caught out by torrential rain and high winds, on 24th January 2018, in London, England. Pedestrians resorted to leaping across deep puddles at the junction of New Oxford Street and Kingsway at Holborn, the result of overflowing drains. Fifth in a sequence of eight photos.
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  • A World War Two mine caught in fishing nets appears on a television mounted above marine navigation equipment,  installed in the cabin of a fishing boat. Hythe Bay, the English Channel, UK.<br />
Luke skippers his boat alone, to keep him company during the trip he has installed a TV. The journey begins with the opening scene of a Bond film where a Trawler boat nets a mine. “I’ve caught a few of those in my time” say Luke as he navigates around mines, shipwrecks and WWII planes.  Luke is a Folkestone based fisherman out trawling for a 12 hour night shift on a fishing trip in his boat Valentine FE20, Hythe Bay, the English Channel, UK.
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  • Freshly caught fish in the village of A on 24th August 2016 in Lofoten, Norway. The Lofoten islands are famous for their jagged mountains, red-painted rorbu cabins and racks with fish hanging closely packed to dry.
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  • Freshly caught fish in the village of A on 24th August 2016 in Lofoten, Norway. The Lofoten islands are famous for their jagged mountains, red-painted rorbu cabins and racks with fish hanging closely packed to dry.
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  • Fish for sale at Hua Kua market on the outskirts of Vientiane city, Lao PDR. The Lao are very reliant on products collected or caught from the wild in nearby forests, fields and streams. A walk through any market will illustrate the agro and bio-diversity of Laos. market on the outskirts of Vientiane city, Lao PDR. The Lao are very reliant on products collected or caught from the wild in nearby forests, fields and streams. A walk through any market will illustrate the agro and bio-diversity of Laos.
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  • A busy evening buying and selling locally caught seafood at the fish market in the coastal fishing village of Ninh Hai, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam. A large variety of exotic fish are available for sale in fresh Vietnamese markets such as this, all being sold on small individual stalls.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay and Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Crab freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Crab freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Crab freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Crab freshly caught by the fishermen of Tamiao, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Shrimp freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Crab freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish freshly caught by the fishermen of Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall. Fishing families who lived in the path of the typhoon have lost boats, nets and tools, the essentials they need to produce food and earn a living. Oxfam is working with fishing communities to rebuild boats and repair nets.
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  • Fish vendor Imelda Esgana holding a bowl of freshly caught crabs, Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am Imelda meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island including establishing boat repair stations.
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  • A woman cooks a rat caught in the rice fields around Vinh An, a village specialising in catching rats, Hung Yen province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • An already caught puffin is propped up with a stick as a decoy to encourage other puffins to come closer. Puffin hunting has been of major importance in Vestmannaeyjar and during the hunting season of just over 6 weeks every year, some 16,000 puffins were caught to make up Iceland’s national dinner. However by 2011 and 2012, breeding failures had taken such a toll that puffin hunting was banned in Vestmannaeyjar.  In 2013 a five-day puffin-hunting season was allowed at the end of July.
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  • Tan, a Tai Lue ethnic minority man holds a fish he has caught in the river and then smoked over an open fire, Ban Bo Ha village, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR.  For families living away from the main roads and markets, food caught or collected from the wild, especially edible plants and small animals still make up fifty per cent of their diet.  Nature’s bounty in providing for the Lao may be plentiful, but this does not mean that the task of growing and finding enough food for family subsistence and maintenance is easy. It is a major preoccupation of rural families and takes the bulk of time and energy of every man, woman and child.
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