Arial view of the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's best protected ecosystems

Healthy Reef with intact fish fauna

Herbivorous parrotfish keeping the reef healthy by consuming seaweed

Seaweed smothers reef

A shark that has been caught for its fins

Fins are the only part kept

Bags of shark fins

Sea urchins consume seaweed

Crates of sea urchins for export

Waiting to unload sea urchin load, Winter Harbour, Maine

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