Underwater Photographer of. the Year 2015 winners in pictures

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1 Underwater Photographer of the Year 2015 winners in pictures Environment Underwater Photographer of the Year 2015 winners in pictures Winner hopes his photograph of a short snouted seahorse that beat thousands of entries from 40 countries will raise awareness of the species dramatic decline Thursday 26 February GMT Shares Comments 5, Underwater Photographer of the Year 2015 winner and International Macro winner: Nuno Sá (Portugal) with 50 Tons Of Me taken in the Algarve Nuno Sá: The natural reserve of Ria Formosa is home to the world s largest population of the two species of seahorses found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. However, the local university together with Project Seahorse has registered an 85% decline in populations between 2001 and Each year 50 tonnes of seahorses are caught for aquariums and traditional oriental medicines and captive breeding would really take the pressure off wild populations. Photograph: Nuno Sá /UPY 2015

2 British Underwater Photographer of the Year and British Waters Wide Angle winner: Matt Doggett with Gannets Feast, Shetland Islands, UK Photograph: Matt Doggett/UPY 2015 Most Promising British Underwater Photographer of the Year winner: Mario Vitalini with Glowing Goby taken in Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia Photograph: Mario Vitalini/UPY 2015

3 International Wide Angle winner: Raffaele Livornese (Italy) with From the Below of Manta ray in the Maldives Photograph: Raffaele Livornese/UPY 2015 Advertisement International Wide Angle runner-up: Hani Bader with Socotra Cormorant of jellyfish and Socotra cormorant in Bahrain Photograph: Hani Bader/UPY 2015 International Wide Angle category, third: Morten Bjørn Larsen with Bottoms Up of freediving world championships in Denmark Photograph: Morten Bjørn Larsen/UPY 2015

4 British Waters Wide Angle runner-up: Trevor Rees with Pike, the lurking predator Photograph: Trevor Rees/UPY 2015 British Waters Wide Angle, third: Steve Jones with Tunnel Vision taken during prelaunch trials of the Orcalight, the most powerful battery powered LED dive lamp in the world Photograph: Steve Jones/UPY 2015 Advertisement

5 International Macro runnerup: Theresa A Guise (US) with Dancing shrimp in formation taken on a dive site mooring, a large concrete block, which was covered in pink sponge Photograph: Theresa A. Guise/UPY 2015 International Macro, third: Filippo Borghi with The passenger of an emperor shrimp on a solar powered nudibranch Photograph: Filippo Borghi/UPY 2015 British Waters Macro winner: Trevor Rees (UK) with The amphipod has landed Photograph: Trevor Rees/UPY 2015 British Waters Macro runnerup: Matt Doggett with Peekaboo puffin taken near the Scottish islands of North Rona and Sula Sgeir in the north Atlantic Ocean Photograph: Matt Doggett/UPY 2015 British Waters Macro, third: Arthur Kingdon with Northern Prawn Photograph: Arthur Kingdon/UPY 2015

6 International Wrecks winner: Tobias Friedrich with Eelastic of a giant moray eel taken inside the wreck of the Chrisoula K in the northern Red Sea Photograph: Tobias Friedrich/UPY 2015 International Behaviour (of natural marine life) winner: Montse Grillo (Spain) with Survival taken off the coast of Tenerife Photograph: Montse Grillo/UPY 2015

7 International Behaviour runner-up: Tammy Gibbs with Good luck my babies Photograph: Tammy Gibbs/UPY 2015 International Behaviour, third: Cathy Lewis with Valet service Photograph: Cathy Lewis/UPY 2015

8 Up and Coming Worldwide winner: Fabrice Guerin (France) with Angelita taken on a Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula in cave called Cenote Angelita at a depth of 30 metres Photograph: Fabrice Guerin/UPY 2015

9 Up and Coming Worldwide runner-up: Tommi Kokkola with Fast Oceanic Photograph: Tommi Kokkola/UPY 2015 British Waters Compact winner: Trevor Rees with Cuttlefish in a blur Photograph: Trevor Rees/UPY 2015 British Waters Compact runner-up: Polly Whyte with Hermit crabs hanging out taken on the west coast of Scotland Photograph: Polly Whyte/UPY 2015

10 British Waters Compact, third: Paul Colley CB OBE with Sharp Shrimp taken near Chesil beach, Dorset See more photos from this year s competition at upylondon.com/ Photograph: Paul Colley/UPY 2015 Topics Wildlife Marine life Zoology Photography