APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Plastic Debris
Collar / funnel from an inkwell
or parlour crab / lobster pot 1

Plastic Debris
Collar / funnel from an inkwell
or parlour crab / lobster pot 2

Plastic Debris
Collars / funnels from inkwell
or parlour crab / lobster pots 1

Plastic Debris
Collars / funnels from inkwell
or parlour crab / lobster pots 2

Images taken near Hayle, Cornwall. 09.01.14 and other dates and locations. The funnels separate from pots during storms. The items here contained many interesting species including cold water corals, barnacles, hydroids, sponges, marine worms and bryozoans.

Plastic Debris
Solid funnel from lobster trap
washed-up from SE USA 1

Plastic Debris
Solid funnel from lobster trap
washed-up from SE USA 2

Plastic Debris
Solid funnel from lobster trap
washed-up from SE USA 1

Plastic Debris
Solid and vented funnels from lobster trap SE USA 1

Funnels from lobster traps found at Top Tieb beach, Marazion, Cornwall. 09.01.15. Funnels very similar to those used in Florida.

I.M.P. Group Limited Escape
Vent from Canadian lobster trap
- washed-up at Marazion 1

I.M.P. Group Limited Escape Vent from Canadian lobster trap washed-up at Top Tieb, Marazion, Cornwall, 08.02.16.

Escape Vent
from Canadian lobster trap
- Wade's wire traps 1

Escape Vent
from Canadian lobster trap
- Wade's wire traps 2

Orange escape vent from Canadian lobster trap washed-up at Holywell Beach, Cornwall, 10.02.16.

PLANTE Escape Vent
from Canadian lobster trap
- washed-up at Marazion 1

PLANTE Escape Vent
from Canadian lobster trap
- washed-up at Marazion 2

Numerous PLANTE Escape Vents from Canadian lobster traps were washed-up at Top Tieb, Marazion, Cornwall, 29.01.16.

PLANTE 2 7/16 Escape Vent
from Canadian crab trap
- Brooks Trap Mill 1

PLANTE 2 7/16 Escape Vent
from Canadian crab trap
- Brooks Trap Mill 2

PLANTE 2 7/16 Escape Vent from Canadian crab trap washed-up at Top Tieb, Marazion, Cornwall, 08.02.16.

Commercial Trap Supply LLC
Lobster Trap Side Head
- washed-up at Marazion 1

Commercial Trap Supply LLC
Lobster Trap Side Head
- washed-up at Marazion 2

Commercial Trap Supply LLC
Lobster Trap Side Head
- washed-up at Marazion 3

A lobster trap side head manufactured by Commercial Trap Supply LLC, Plymouth, MA, USA. This side head washed-up at Top Tieb, Marazion, Cornwall, 27.01.16.

Assorted plastic
creel hooks
- Probably from UK and USA 1

Assorted plastic
lobster tags
- Probably all from USA 1

Plastic
Bait cleat
- from American cage trap 1

Items above washed-up at Gwithian, Cornwall. 11.02.16.

Panel from
Stone crab trap
- Florida, USA 1

Stone crab trap above washed-up at Par Beach, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 20.12.15. The trap had 15 Isognomon bicolor shells from Florida attached to it.

Panels from
Stone crab trap
- Florida, USA 1

Stone crab trap above washed-up at Praa Sands, near Helston, Cornwall, 10.11.15. The trap had numerous species of Jewel box shells, Chama, from Florida attached to it.

Panel from
Stone crab trap
- Florida, USA 2

Stone crab trap above washed-up at Long Rock Station, near Marazion, Cornwall, 23.01.16. The trap had numerous Crested oyster, Ostrea equestris, and an Astrangia species of Stone coral from Florida attached to it.

Polystyrene
Stone crab trap float
- Florida, USA 1

Stone crab trap float above was found at at Gwithian, Cornwall. 11.02.16.

Polystyrene
Stone crab trap float
- Florida, USA 2

Stone crab trap float above was found at Long Rock Station near Marazion, Cornwall, 27.01.16.

Stone crab trap panels and flots from the traps were frequently washing-up during storms in winter 2015/16. The traps are a primary source of non-native species, because of the fouling accumulated on the traps during their use in catching Stone crabs around the coast of Florida. These traps are also an environmental problem in Florida and wash-up on the beaches there in considerable numbers after storms.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.