Close
Contact Us
Help
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Get URL
Keywords
Bycatch
Danger
Death
Fishing nets
KWCI (GPI)
Negative mood
Oceans (campaign title)
Oceans (topography)
Outdoors
Trapped
Turtles
Underwater shots
Olive Ridley Turtle Trapped in a Net
A turtle is trapped in a fish net, just off the Rushikulya mass nesting beaches. Over 10,000 turtles are killed by fishing gear every year in Orissa's coastal waters.
Containers
Shoot:
Documenting Olive Ridley Turtles in India
Every year, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles congregate in Orissa to mate and then nest in a perfectly synchronised arribada. Sadly, many don't make it because they get caught in fishing nets.
Related Collections:
'Taking Stock of Tuna' Report
Conceptually similar
Unique identifier:
GP019AO
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
14/03/2006
Locations:
Asia
,
India
,
Orissa
Credit line:
© Sumer Verma / Greenpeace
Size:
3008px × 2000px 1.22 MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★★ (A)