Abstract: Apparatus and method for collecting a target fluid submerged in a carrier fluid when the specific gravity of the target fluid is lower than the specific gravity of the carrier fluid and the target fluid is essentially immiscible with the carrier fluid. The apparatus includes a funnel, a system effective for achieving submersion of a majority of the slant height of the funnel within the carrier fluid, and a pump in fluid communication with the interior volume of the funnel proximate the smaller end of the funnel for pumping fluid collected at the smaller end of the funnel. The method involves positioning a funnel between the submerged target fluid and the upper surface of the carrier fluid so as to catch and direct an upward flow of the target fluid towards the smaller end of the funnel before the target fluid reaches the upper surface of the carrier fluid.