Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Fish

Photo: Native Americans fish for salmon on the Columbia River in Washington.

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Native Americans fish for salmon on the Columbia River in Washington.

Photo: A Native American catches squawfish at the McNary Dam. A government program allows them to continue fishing for squawfish, a traditional practice.

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A Native American catches squawfish at the McNary Dam. A government program allows them to continue fishing for squawfish, a traditional practice.

Photo: Joel Sartore with his "flying fish" rig, used to take a photo for the Drilling the West story that ran in the 7/05 NGM.

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Joel Sartore with his “flying fish” rig, used to take a photo for the Drilling the West story that ran in the 7/05 NGM.

Photo: Joel Sartore's "flying fish" rig, used to take a photo for the Drilling the West story that ran in the 7/05 NGM.

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Joel Sartore’s “flying fish” rig, used to take a photo for the Drilling the West story that ran in the 7/05 NGM.

Photo: A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil.

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A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil. Over 350 teams competed for a new car.

Photo: A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil.

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A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil. Over 350 teams competed for a new car.

Photo: A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil.

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A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil. Over 350 teams competed for a new car.

Photo: A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil.

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A man holds up bait fish at the 24th Annual Fishing Festival in Caceres, Brazil. Over 350 teams competed for a new car.

Photo: Working on the nets of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Working on the nets of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Fish on the deck of a bottom-trawling boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Fish on the deck of a bottom-trawling boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Bycatch is hosed off the deck of a bottom trawler fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. This method of fishing produces a great deal of bycatch, most of which is killed, and disturbs life on the ocean floor.

Photo: Small fish caught in a net on a fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Small fish caught in a net on a fishing boat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

Photo: Big Spring in Ash Meadows NWR, home to the endangered Devil’s Hole pupfish, as well as many other species unique to the refuge.

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Big Spring in Ash Meadows NWR, home to the endangered Devil’s Hole pupfish, as well as many other species unique to the refuge.

Photo: The endangered Devil's Hole pupfish, captive at Ash MeadowsNWR.

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The endangered Devil’s Hole pupfish, captive at Ash MeadowsNWR.

Photo: The endangered Devil's Hole pupfish, captive at Ash MeadowsNWR.

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The endangered Devil’s Hole pupfish, captive at Ash MeadowsNWR.

Photo: The Ash Meadows speckled dace is one of many endangered species at the Ash Meadows NWR in Nevada.

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The Ash Meadows speckled dace is one of many endangered species at the Ash Meadows NWR in Nevada.

Photo: The Ash Meadows speckled dace is one of many endangered species at the Ash Meadows NWR in Nevada.

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The Ash Meadows speckled dace is one of many endangered species at the Ash Meadows NWR in Nevada.

Photo: Pink salmon migrate upstream toward a spawning ground on Adak Island, Alaska.

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Pink salmon migrate upstream toward a spawning ground on Adak Island, Alaska.

Photo: Salmon heads washed up on the banks of the Columbia river at a Native American fish-cleaning site near Celilo, OR.

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Salmon heads washed up on the banks of the Columbia river at a Native American fish-cleaning site near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Salmon heads washed up on the banks of the Columbia river at a Native American fish-cleaning site near Celilo, OR.

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Salmon heads washed up on the banks of the Columbia river at a Native American fish-cleaning site near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Salmon heads washed up on the banks of the Columbia river at a Native American fish-cleaning site near Celilo, OR.

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Salmon heads washed up on the banks of the Columbia river at a Native American fish-cleaning site near Celilo, OR.

Photo: "Flying fish" (minnows) over the Powder River in Wyoming, an ecosystem threatened by coal bed methane development.

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“Flying fish” (minnows) over the Powder River in Wyoming, an ecosystem threatened by coal bed methane development.

Photo: Daily life along the Capim River in the village of Quiandeua: a man cleans tiny fish for his family's supper.

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Daily life along the Capim River in the village of Quiandeua: a man cleans tiny fish for his family’s supper. After villagers sold off the logging rights to much of the rainforestaround them, some locals have taken to fishing. Rivers havebeen badly over-fished here, however, and catches consist of fewer and smaller fish than in years past.

Photo: A bald eagle at Lake McConaughy near Ogallala, Nebraska.

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A bald eagle at Lake McConaughy near Ogallala, Nebraska.

Photo: Bald eagles feed on fish stunned by the turbines in Ogallala, Nebraska's Kingsley Dam.

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Bald eagles feed on fish stunned by the turbines in Ogallala, Nebraska’s Kingsley Dam.

Photo: Bald eagles feed on fish stunned by the turbines in Ogallala, Nebraska's Kingsley Dam.

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Bald eagles feed on fish stunned by the turbines in Ogallala, Nebraska’s Kingsley Dam.

Photo: A grizzly bear tears into a fish he just caught in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

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A grizzly bear tears into a fish he just caught in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Photo: A grizzly bear fishes in Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

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A grizzly bear fishes in Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

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