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A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images

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A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images