Teenage girls in swimsuits standing on a golden rock, watching, and ship moored behind them, in summer sunset © Aleksandra Prlincevic Milovic/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and bo... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Calypso Deep expedition 9th - 12th February 2020 on DSSV Pressure Drop owned by explorer and adventurer Victor Vescovo, run by EYOS Expeditions. On this expedition Victor Vescovo and H.S.H. Prince... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Traditional two-masted sailing ship (schooner?) comes into Morro Bay harbour on the swell of the Pacific Ocean. Surf and late afternoon mist descending on hills beyond, Morro Bay, California. © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

A boulder falls into the English channel from the Greenpeace ship, Esperanza. Inert granite boulders were being placed into the English Channel as part of a new bottom trawler exclusion zone in the Of... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

A view towards the Aegean sea at sunset. © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

Sunglasses on a window ledge inside a ferry ship. © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

A view towards the Malaga harbour at sunset. © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

The Malaga harbour. © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

A view towards the lighthouse from Malaga harbour. © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

Detail of the front of a rusty ship's body sitting in the Miami River, in Miami, Florida © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

Detail of a rusty ship on the Miami River, Miami, Florida © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

Detail of a rusty hull of a ship in the Miami river in Miami, Florida, USA © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

A view towards Malaga harbour during sunset. © Tiara Anggamulia/shotbywomen

The JS Kashima naval ship leaving London after 3 days moored on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, as part of the JMSDF naval training. This is the first time in six years that a training vessel has dock... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

The naval crew on the JS Kashima naval ship leaving London after 3 days moored on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, as part of the JMSDF naval training. This is the first time in six years that a traini... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

The rows of Japanese Naval crew on the JS Kashima naval ship as it leaves London along the Thames after 3 days moored next to HMS Belfast, as part of the JMSDF naval training. This is the first time i... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

The Japanese Naval crew band playing as they pass the Tower of London on the JS Kashima naval ship as it leaves London after 3 days moored on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, as part of the JMSDF naval... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

The JS Kashima naval ship passing through Tower Bridge as it leaves London after 3 days moored on the Thames next to HMS Belfast, as part of the JMSDF naval training. This is the first time in six yea... © Wendy Tuffin/shotbywomen

Large crane and boats in dry dock at Falmouth dockyard, April 2022 © Clare McEwen/shotbywomen

Two young girls play in a playground along a section of London's Capital Ring Walk between Beckton and Hackney Wick. The Capital Ring Walk is a walk which circumnavigates London. it is divided into 15... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

People stand near the seawall at Marina East as Kota Restu, a container ship of Singaporean shipping firm Pacific International Lines (PIL) is seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, Mar... © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

People spend their time on the breakwater at Marina East as vessels are seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

People spend their time on the breakwater at Marina East as vessels are seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

A woman rides a bicycle across the Marina Barrage past vessels in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's Anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

A man looks at vessels in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's Anchorages as he moves his bicycle across the Marina Barrage in Singapore March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

Kota Restu, a container ship of Singaporean shipping firm Pacific International Lines (PIL), and other vessels are seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

People fish and spend their time by the sea at Marina Barrage Field as vessels are seen in the background in Singapore, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

Queen Star 8 of Sindo Ferry, a ferry operator that provides ferry service between Singapore and Indonesia's Batam and Bintan islands, travels past vessels in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorag... © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

The CMA CGM Mozart, a container ship of French shipping company CMA CGM, is seen near other vessels in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's Anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

People walk on the breakwater at Marina East as vessels are seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

Norshore Atlantic, a multi-purpose drilling vessel of Norwegian drilling contractor Norshore, and other ships are seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages as people sit at the edge of Mari... © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

People spend their time on the breakwater at Marina East as vessels are seen in the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

The Nakskov Maersk, a container ship of shipping firm Maersk, is seen at the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

Vessels are seen at the Eastern Sector of Singapore's anchorages, March 13, 2022. © Loriene Perera/shotbywomen

Two visiting schooners preparing to sail in the early morning in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. © Mirena Chavdarova/shotbywomen

Two visiting schooners preparing to sail in the early morning in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Sepia tone applied. © Mirena Chavdarova/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local Gabonese marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, shi... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local Gabonese marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, shi... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The ship previously had shark teeth growling in the front which has now been painted over. Sea Shepherd is now working with governments supporting them in monitoring their waters as well as running th... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Purse-seiner industrial fishing is an indiscriminate form of fishing banned in some areas of the world as it takes any species in reach of the net. Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coas... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Purse-seiner industrial fishing is an indiscriminate form of fishing banned in some areas of the world as it takes any species in reach of the net. Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coas... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and bo... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and bo... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Man-handling these animal damages them, and causes them suffering. Very often they die after being returned to the sea. The damage done to the by-catch species, often on the endangered list, is under... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and bo... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The west coast of Africa is an important area for migrating fish such as the Yellow Fin Tuna, going North to spawning sites. Whole schools are caught by waiting purse-seiner ships as they migrate. The... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and bo... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

On this ship they rope the sharks by the body then winch them back over the sea where they are dropped. The sharks would have been feeding on the tuna when the net was worked around the school then cl... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

On this ship they rope the sharks by the body then winch them back over the sea where they are dropped. The sharks would have been feeding on the tuna when the net was worked around the school then cl... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Sea Shepherds ship the Bob Barker works off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Local Gabonese marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, shi... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Traveling with Sea Shepherd here in 2019 the Gabonese Fisheries inspect boats fishing in their waters. They arrive unannounced on any vessel. This Chinese trawler was boarded to check they were trawli... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

Onboard the Pacific Star purse-seiner ship one of the largest fishing ships regularly fishing off the West coast of central Africa. No violations were found by the Gabonese fisheries department, thoug... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Bob Barker ship off the coast of Gabon on patrol. Marines and Fisheries officials are taken out on patrol of their waters, facilitated by Sea Shepherds crew, ships and boats. NGO Sea Shepherd are... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

View of Stockholm, Sweden © Elisa Ferrari/shotbywomen

Postman opening a post box on Deal Seafront. © Gerry Atkinson/shotbywomen

Four blue cranes at the port of Felixstowe from the air © Claudia Gannon/shotbywomen

The Calypso Deep expedition 9th - 12th February 2020 on DSSV Pressure Drop owned by explorer and adventurer Victor Vescovo, run by EYOS Expeditions. On this expedition Victor Vescovo and H.S.H. Prince... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Calypso Deep expedition 9th - 12th February 2020 on DSSV Pressure Drop owned by explorer and adventurer Victor Vescovo, run by EYOS Expeditions. On this expedition Victor Vescovo and H.S.H. Prince... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Calypso Deep expedition 9th - 12th February 2020 on DSSV Pressure Drop owned by explorer and adventurer Victor Vescovo, run by EYOS Expeditions. On this expedition Victor Vescovo and H.S.H. Prince... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Calypso Deep expedition 9th - 12th February 2020 on DSSV Pressure Drop owned by explorer and adventurer Victor Vescovo, run by EYOS Expeditions. On this expedition Victor Vescovo and H.S.H. Prince... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen

The Calypso Deep expedition 9th - 12th February 2020 on DSSV Pressure Drop owned by explorer and adventurer Victor Vescovo, run by EYOS Expeditions. On this expedition Victor Vescovo and H.S.H. Prince... © Tamara Stubbs/shotbywomen