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In a community that faces structural poverty and the ongoing legacy of colonialism, that allocation stands to make a real difference. Filled, the bass quota is worth over a million dollars to Eel Ground, where 40% of the population doesn’t have secure access to food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/877eddc2-5a9b-4dd8-8555-122cbe4e27ab/Nick-Hawkins-Cocos-Island-6293.jpg Photography - Fisheries Fishes take shelter below a fish aggregating device, also known as a FAD. Illegal in many areas, FADs are used by fishing boats to capture large quantities of larger fish, like tunas, that are attracted to the fish that take shelter around the raft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/0b01c69f-1fdd-40c2-a38e-dd50d077ac8b/weir-fishing-Minas-Basin-Nick-Hawkins-9262.jpg Photography - Fisheries Tony Lewis’ weir in Five Islands, Nova Scotia has been in continuous operation since the mid 19th century. 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It is estimated that shark populations have declined by 90% worldwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/233cfdc5-21bb-4cdb-ac22-51d845eafe0f/Sturgeon-Minas-Basin-Nick-Hawkins-7900.jpg Photography - Fisheries A team of researchers from Dalhousie and Acadia University place an acoustic transmitter directly into the abdomen of an Atlantic Sturgeon. From May to October each year, about 9000 sturgeon migrate into the Minas Basin from across the eastern seaboard. The tag will record the fishes movements along the journey, helping to inform management decisions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/de019550-6b23-403c-8e07-306d71cfb8b3/_DSC2809.jpg Photography - Fisheries Sport fisherman pose with a giant bluefin tuna caught off Prince Edward Island, Canada. Overfishing has caused the decline of bluefin tuna throughout the world. The fishery in Atlantic Canada aims to strike a balance between commercial exploitation and conservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/4c0b5221-9082-4f8d-b3e8-80457204d8f5/Nick-Hawkins-snow-crab-fishery-Shippigan-3474.jpg Photography - Fisheries Fisherman offload a fresh catch of Canadian snow crab in the port of Shippigan, New Brunswick, Canada. The fishery has come under fire for its impact on the endangered North Atlantic right whale, but new innovations could help improve the fisheries reputation. https://www.nickjhawkins.com/photography/right-whales monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/e10daa71-7f11-4e1b-9ad7-a449a13461b6/Right-Whales-Bay-of-Fundy-Nick-Hawkins-0191.jpg Photography - Right Whales Two North Atlantic right whales feed (Eubalaena glacialis) in the rich, green waters of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. North Atlantic right whale migrate thousands of miles from southern wintering grounds to feed in rich northern waters of the Atlantic Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/2314268d-66e5-43b4-90b7-f7f2e13710ee/Nick-Hawkins-right-whales-7796.jpg Photography - Right Whales The head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) emerges from the waters of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/9a68e8d3-4dc5-453c-a8ac-e1c1b8e01c51/Nick-Hawkins-right-whale-necropsy-Wolverine-4444.jpg Photography - Right Whales Wolverine, a North Atlantic right whale, was known by scientists for three long scars incised on his back by a boat’s propeller. Since that first ship encounter when he was a calf, Wolverine survived three known entanglements in fishing gear. In June 2019 his body was found floating in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Towed from sea, then pulled ashore, he here awaits necropsy on Miscou Island, N.B. There are around 400 North Atlantic right whales remaining, and they’re dying by ship strike and fishing gear entanglement faster than they can reproduce. Wolverine’s body will provide researchers with abundant data—vital for protecting remaining right whales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/2595e6c1-5a0d-4b47-9d7b-e26bc22eb34f/Nick-Hawkins-lobster-fishing-bay-of-fundy-9932.jpg Photography - Right Whales A lobster fisherman prepares to set a trap in the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada. The ropes from trap and pot fisheries pose a serious threat to North Atlantic right whales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/120b8c7d-c0ba-49ca-a9b8-56136f9bd215/Nick-Hawkins-GSL-right-whales-5729.jpg Photography - Right Whales Fishing ropes wrap around the head and mouth, damaging the baleen of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of death in North Atlantic right whales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/752d0bd4-2919-4f86-8bc8-fdf5b0ff4b93/Nick-Hawkins-right-whale-necropsy-Punctuation-6390.jpg Photography - Right Whales Researchers perform a necropsy on a dead North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) on a beach in Cape Breton, Canada. The whale, known as "Punctuation" to researchers, was a large female who scientists have been tracking since she was first spotted in 1981. Findings of the necropsy revealed the whales fatal injuries were due to "sharp trauma," consistent with a vessel strike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/e98f911a-7a26-469b-ba11-0c908bfc1025/Nick-Hawkins-right-whale-necropsy-Wolverine-5169.jpg Photography - Right Whales A researcher removes a rib from the body of 11 year old North Atlantic right whale right whale, "Wolverine". Bones will be investiagted for fractures and breaks that could indicate blunt force trauma consistant with a ship strike. Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/5019b3d4-6d4a-48f6-bfb6-bac4b37c78fa/Nick-Hawkins-right-whale-necropsy-Wolverine-5155.jpg Photography - Right Whales Researchers stand in the body of North Atlantic right whale "Wolverine" while conducting his necropsy on Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/12179c0b-520d-42b2-bee1-fb93c3fb9380/Nick-Hawkins-right-whale-necropsy-Wolverine-0877.jpg Photography - Right Whales The body of North Atlantic right whale "Wolverine" is flensed during a necropsy conducted by a team of more than two-dozen, including biologists, veterinary pathologists and veterinary technicians, on Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/80f7ce1f-6390-4159-8e60-9e52acec48d2/Nick-Hawkins-GSL-right-whales-5039.jpg Photography - Right Whales Hansen Johnson from Dalhousie university, assisted by a snow crab fisherman, lowers an optical plankton counter into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The optical plankton counter measures the size and density of plankton through the water column. Understanding more about the food source of right whales is key to their protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/01891288-7223-4586-9bfa-b4f83cdfeb9d/Nick-Hawkins-marine-mammal-survey-DFO-2441.jpg Photography - Right Whales Samuel Mongrain, a survey technician with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, gazes out the specially modified window of a Twin Otter airplane. His team gathers vital data on right whale locations to inform management decisions on shipping and fishing activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/394e5d70-e5b6-4c37-8794-a31b069ae3b3/acoustic-glider-OTN-Nick-Hawkins-7330.jpg Photography - Right Whales The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) deploys an autonomous glider off Halifax, Nova Scotia. The gliders provide oceanographic data and record the presence of right whales by listening for their vocalizations. 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Humpbacks, like most baleen whales, migrate thousands of kilometers from tropical wintering grounds to feed in the nutrient rich waters of the worlds temperate oceans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/63dbdb76-4623-4679-ae55-4dd98de799c1/black-vultures-sea-turtle-costa-rica-2641.jpg Photography - Oceans A green sea turtle is consumed by a group of black vultures on a beach in Costa Rica. The turtle likely died as a result of bycatch from indiscriminate fishing practices that kill millions of marine animals each year. This image was awarded in the 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/796682a9-05d3-4c4c-a4be-b2d80160eb96/Nick-Hawkins-blue-shark-Nova-Scotia--4.jpg Photography - Oceans A blue shark and pilot fish cruise the open ocean off Nova Scotia, Canada. A truly oceanic shark, blue sharks can roam accross entire ocean basins in search of food in the big blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/e22a9dae-339d-4ee1-91f2-8d5af09e6af9/Nick-Hawkins-mola-mola-Nova-Scotia-9598.jpg Photography - Oceans It’s peculiar that people often claim mola molas, or ocean sunfish, as their favourite fish. Perhaps it’s because molas are almost unimaginable — so strange and wonderful that it’s hard to believe evolution actually produced such a thing. In the crystal blue waters off Halifax, Nova Scotia, we watched them move with astonishing efficiency — even grace. Swimming beside the sunfish I returned their curious gaze and marvelled at their unique elegance. And I understood that the open ocean is a place full of life strange, beautiful, and awe-inspiring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/caa6212e-8e72-4e0f-a134-9d21782dc921/Port-Joli-Nick-Hawkins-0245.jpg Photography - Oceans Aerial view of the complex and beautiful coastal ecosystem found along Nova Scotia's South shore, Canada. Oceans are intimately connected to coastal and freshwater ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/ea77e10b-de9f-4c36-9001-f644ad9d9838/Port-Joli-Nick-Hawkins-3634.jpg Photography - Oceans A lion's mane jellyfish drifts in the current off Nova Scotia, Canada. The lion's mane is the largest jellyfish in the world and can reach lengths of over 30 meters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/d03c3d67-7fe0-4b11-82e5-07b4cbc6baea/Nick-Hawkins-Raja-Ampat-0470.jpg Photography - Oceans Aerial view of the Wayag lagoon; an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone islands in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Raja Ampat lies at the heart of the coral triangle - the centre of marine biodiversity on our planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/30195a71-c95d-4744-be13-850fda724843/Nick-Hawkins-Raja-Ampat-7311.jpg Photography - Oceans Western clownfish (Amphiprion oceallaris) in a sea anemone on a reef in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Not long ago, reefs in this area were devastated by bomb fishing and unsustainable fishing practices, but community led conservation efforts have turned the tide. Raja Ampat is now home to some of the healthiest coral reefs on Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/6db0583c-330d-451e-9002-8f66c775fe22/Nick-Hawkins-Raja-Ampat-5805.jpg Photography - Oceans A school of glassfish shelter around a thriving coral reef in the shallow waters of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/5a41b00a-4318-4f15-8ad6-dc0912e9f9e0/Nick-Hawkins-Raja-Ampat-6726.jpg Photography - Oceans Orbiculate cardinalfish find refuge within a twisted fortress of mangrove roots in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Rather than growing in murky waters, these unique "blue water mangroves" grow in clear, blue water, often occuring alongside colorful coral communities. Their dense roots provide an important nursery for young fish before moving off onto the reef. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/71ed2a8a-5bd9-41cb-a32d-1120ba44e249/Nick-Hawkins-bluefin-tuna-9181-Edit.jpg Photography - Oceans A giant Atlantic bluefin tuna, weighing as much as 700 kilograms, in the cold waters of the Guf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Nearly driven to extinction by overfishing, this ocean giant is now recovering in some areas due to positive conservation action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e8321be4f8351f08baf426/3da7b6f0-fbcb-422a-b9ff-900124ee63db/Galapagos-Ecuador-Nick-Hawkins-4089.jpg Photography - Oceans A Galápagos green sea turtle swims off the coast of San Cristobal Island in the Galápagos. The Galápagos islands has one of the highest densities of sea turtles on Earth - proof of the effectiveness of conservation efforts.