Image Credits

We would like to thank the following people for allowing OSPAR to use their fantastic images on our website;

http://www.ospar.org

Anemone: NOAA

Eutrophication: F Laimot

Windfarm: Paul Langrock

Oil platform: Louis Vest

Reactor core: Wikipedia Commons

Tromso: Justin Gwynn

Ringhals facility in Sweden: Vattenfall

The Azores: Richard Emmerson

Phytoplankton: NOAA

http://www.ospar.org/about

Orkney Islands: David Johnson

http://www.ospar.org/about/how

Bird aggregation: Jan Van de Kam

http://www.ospar.org/about/history

Harbour seals: Klass Kreuijer

http://www.ospar.org/about/publications

Oyster catchers: Jan Van de Kam

http://www.ospar.org/about/principles

Walruses: Marine Photobank

http://www.ospar.org/about/international-cooperation/memoranda-of-understanding

Plumose anemone: David Johnson

http://www.ospar.org/convention

Oil boats in Aberdeen harbour: David Lewis

http://www.ospar.org/convention/agreements

Vlissingen Harbour: FaceMePls

http://www.ospar.org/convention/text

Estuary: Martin Stock

http://www.ospar.org/organisation/staff

The Azores: Richard Emmerson

http://www.ospar.org/organisation/observers

Dan Tysk windfarm: Paul Langrock

http://www.ospar.org/organisation/task-managers-chair-resources

Refinery: Simon Hadleigh-Sparks

http://www.ospar.org/organisation/vacancies

Svalbard Glacier: K Karkow

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/bdc

Cod: Fosshagen, Hordaland

Ocean quahog: Paul Kay

Roseate tern: Jorge E Saliva

Harbour Porpoise: Wikipedia

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/bdc/species-habitats

Lamprey: T Lawrence/Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Thornback ray: Wikipedia

Gulper Shark: Andy Murch/ Elasmodiver

Short-snouted seahorse: Wikipedia

Bowhead whale: Day Donaldson

Ivory gull: Jomilo75

Bluefin tuna : Open Cage

Zostera marina: Harald Fosshagen

Loggerhead turtle: Oceana/Juan Cuentos

Modiolus modiolus beds: Scottish Natural Heritage

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/bdc/species-habitats/list-of-threatened-declining-species-habitats

Ocean quahog: Paul Kay

Azorean barnacle: RSB Photography

Dog whelk: Martin Talbot

Flat oyster: H Zell

Azorean limpet: RSB Photography

Lesser black-backed gull: Mick Lobb

Ivory gull: Jomilo75

Steller’s eider: US Fish and Wildlife Services Headquarters

Balearic shearwater: Marcabrera

Black-legged kittiwake: Yathin S Krishna

Roseate tern: Jorge E Saliva

Iberian Guillemot: Martha de Jong-Lantink

Thick-billed murre: Tony Morris

Sturgeon: Yu Diving

Allis shad: Fernando Coello vicente

Portuguese dogfish: Alan Jamieson

Gulper shark: Gulper Shark: Andy Murch/ Elasmodiver

Leafscale gulper shark: Dr Alan Jamieson

Basking shark: Chris Gotschalk

Spotted ray: Ross Bullimore

Cod: Hans Petter Fjeld

Long-snouted seahorse: Massimiliano De Martino

Short-snouted seahorse: Wikipedia

Orange roughy: OSPAR

Porbeagle: NOAA

Lamprey: T Lawrence/Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Thornback ray: Wikipedia

White skate: Theo Modder

Salmon: Hans Petter Fjeld

Spurdog: NOAA

Angel shark: Philippe Guillaume

Bluefin tuna : Open Cage

Loggerhead turtle: Oceana/Juan Cuentos

Leatherback turtle: U Tinglar

Bowhead whale: Day Donaldson

Blue whale: Tom Benson

Harbour Porpoise: Wikipedia

Carbonate mounds: NOAA

Deep-sea sponge aggregations: MAREANO Institute of Marine Research

Intertidal Mytilus edulis Beds on Mixed & Sandy Sediment: Mark A Wilson

Intertidal Mudflats: Audrey Becconais

Littoral Chalk Communities: Tony Morris

Lophelia pertusa Reef: Joon 1

Maerl beds: Ross Bullimore

Modiolus modiolus beds: Scottish Natural Heritage

Oceanic Ridges with Hydrothermal Vent: Universitat Bremen

Ostrea edulis Beds: Robin Stott

Sabellaria spinulosa Reefs: Sir Ron Jessop, Master of all servant to none

Seamounts: Crown copyright

Sea-Pen & Burrowing Megafauna Communities: Harald Fosshagen

Zostera beds: Thomas Abiven

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/bdc/marine-protected-areas

Map of OSPAR MPAs: BFN, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Germany)

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/bdc/biodiversity-monitoring-assessment-1

Polar bear: Sebastian Unger

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/hasec

Data buoy monitoring: The dearly missed Stumpy & Simon

Eutrophication: Michael Meiters

Lead: Jurii

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha

Pacific Osprey windfarm boat: Paul Langrock

Willy Weston of Morston Mussels: Eastern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority

Thames Barrier: Craig Allen

Munitions: Gauss

Microbeads: Current Biology

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/offshore-renewables

Pacific Osprey windfarm boat: Paul Langrock

Dan Tysk Windfarm: Paul Langrock

Strangford Loch tidal power: Ardfern via Wikimedia Commons

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/marine-litter

Underwater tyre in Norway: Mailk Naumann/Marine Photobank

Whale and diver: Alberto Dario Romeo/Marine Photobank

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/marine-litter/marine-litter-indicators

Beach litter in Norway: Bo Eide

Beach litter collection: Karin Baerwald/Marine Photobank

Fulmar: John Dunn

Microbeads: Current Biology

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/marine-litter/regional-action-plan

Tern: David Cayless/Marine Photobank

Shark: Elaine Blum/Marine Photobank

Gannet: Sasha Regmann/Project Blue Sea/Marine Photobank

Whale and diver: Alberto Dario Romeo/Marine Photobank

Nets: Eleanor Partridge/Marine Photobank

Fishing for litter: KIMO International

Foreshore litter: Bo Eide

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/marine-litter/marine-litter-conference

Microbeads: Current Biology

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/noise

Propeller: Harland & Wolff

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/fishing-mariculture

Willy Weston of Morston Mussels: Eastern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority

Fish: John Dunn

Morston mussel beds: Nick Moys

Fish cages: Thomas Bjorkan

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/shipping

Shipping containers in Rotterdam port: Andri Stashko

Whale struck by ship: Tyler Ingram

Comb jellyfish: Orin Zebest

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/dredging-dumping

Land reclamation images: Andries Jumelet

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/munitions

Munitions: Gauss

Munitions: Yatagan Miam

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/eiha/other-activities

Brighton beach: Anne Roberts

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/oic

BP ETAP platform: Crown Copyright

Oil boat in Iceland: Arne Halvorsen

Helicopter: Bryan Burke

Statoil Gudrun Platform Norway: Sten Dueland

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/oic/installations

BP ETAP platform: Crown Copyright

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/oic/discharges

Platform waves: Bryan Burke

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/oic/carbon-capture-and-storage

Platform: Louis Vest

Carbon Capture and Storage diagram: Department for the Environment and Climate Change UK

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/oic/chemicals

Supply boat: Colin Lowe

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/rsc

Power plant at night: Bjorn Schwartz

Research cruise: Justin Gwynn

Ringhals reactor Sweden: Vattenfall

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/rsc/nuclear-discharges

Reactor core: Wikipedia

Platform: Justin Gwynn

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/cross-cutting-issues

Oil boats in Aberdeen harbour: David Lewis

Polar Bear: Sebastian Unger

Communication: Elycefellz

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/cross-cutting-issues/communications

Message in a bottle: Dasha Bondareva

Cartoon: Jurgen Appelo

http://www.ospar.org/work-areas/cross-cutting-issues/msfd

Bass rock from Berwick: Lisa Jarvis

The Azores: Richard Emerson

http://www.ospar.org/news

Images credited in each article.

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Vacancy: Lauren Mitchell