: : SAVE THE SAWFISH GUY HARVEY + FLORIDA MUSEUM FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
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Save The Sawfish Fundraising Campaign Now Underway!
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Database Internship Annoucements!
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A Fish Tale: Sawfish Fact and Fiction Through History
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Sawfish Snout Has Sixth Sense
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VISIT THE INTERNATIONAL SAWFISH ENCOUNTER DATABASE FACEBOOK PAGE!!
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Pitch Precision- Adult Sawfish Actively Tracked For First Time
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SAWFISH ATTACKED - Marine debris to blame for sawfish fatalities
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Endangered Status for the
Largetooth Sawfish
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Federal Register - Listing Endangered and Threatened
Species: 90-Day Finding on a Petition
to List Six Species of Sawfishes as
Endangered or Threatened Species
Under the Endangered Species Act
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Smalltooth Sawfish Stakeholder Workshop Held in December 2010
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Oil Spill Threatens Toothy Marine Predator That Is Cultural And Historic Icon
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Status Review of the Largetooth Sawfish
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Final Version of Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Plan
: : Federal Register Notice For Smalltooth Sawfish Proposed Critical Habitat
: : Sawfish Encounter Reporting Form / Cuestionario para Reportar Encuentros con el Pez-sierra
: : Sawfish Encounter Reporting Informational Sheet (pdf file)
: : Panfleto de informacion sobre reportar encuentros con el pez-sierra (pdf file)
: : International Sawfish Encounter Database Announcement / Anuncio sobre la Base Nacional de Encuentros con el Pez-Sierra
The Florida Program for Shark Research (FPSR) is grateful to the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, Benedict Advertising, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for their support and research of the International Sawfish Encounter Database (ISED).
Guy Harvey and the Florida Program for Shark Research are teaming up for a fundraising campaign dedicated to providing money for sawfish research and conservation. The eventual goal is to help rebuild sawfish habitats and increase their population. Learn when, where, and how you can get involved.
Sawfish are in trouble worldwide. This section includes how you can get involved with conservation efforts
and the importance of reporting sawfish encounters to the recovery plan for the smalltooth sawfish.
Las poblaciones del pez-sierra están amenazadas mundialmente. En esta sección puedes aprender como ayudar en la
conservación del pez-sierra, y la importancia que tiene el reportar tus encuentros con el pez-sierra para el éxito
de su Plan de Recuperación.
If you encounter a sawfish, it should be handled very carefully to avoid injury to the sawfish as well as injury to yourself.
In this section, you will learn how to handle sawfish if an encounter occurs, including possible entanglement
in fishing gear as well as sawfish encounter reporting procedures.
Si te encuentras un pez-sierra, debes manejarlo con mucho cuidado de modo a evitar lesiones tanto en él como en
ti mismo. En esta sección, aprenderás que debes hacer caso te encuentres un pez-sierra. Podrás leer tanto las
instrucciones para liberar un pez-sierra con seguridad, caso se atrape en el aparejo de pesca, como que debes hacer
para reportar tu encuentro con un pez-sierra.
The International Sawfish Encounter Database is a new addition to the research initiatives of the FPSR.
This section includes the history and importance of the ISED, sawfish distribution maps, sawfish encounter
reporting form, and information on recent sightings. This data collected through this initiative will greatly assist
in the smalltooth sawfish recovery efforts.
La Base Internacional de Encuentros con el Pez-Sierra (ISED) es una nueva adquision en los proyectos de investigación
del FPSR. Esta sección incluye la historia e importancia de la ISED, mapas de distribución del pez-sierra e
información sobre observaciones recientes. Los datos obtenidos através de esta iniciativa ayudarán fuertemente
a los esfuerzos de recuperación del pez-sierra-peine.
Sawfish research at the Florida Program for Shark Research includes tagging and tracking smalltooth sawfish in the Indian River Lagoon and Banana River along the Atlantic coast of Florida.
The largetooth sawfish (Pristis perotteti) and the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) are the only
species of sawfish inhabiting U.S. waters. Overfishing and habitat destruction, coupled with low intrinsic
rates of population increase, have resulted in the decline of both sawfish species from most of their
original U.S. ranges. Data for largetooth sawfish was and remains very limited. Learn more about the life history
and conservation status of this rarely observed species.
The Sawfish Implementation Team (SIT) seeks to promote the conservation of threatened sawfish populations around the world. Very little is known about this unique type of ray which used to be very abundant in the tropics. In addition to the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata), the largetooth sawfish (P. perotteti) has recently been listed for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Sawfish bioprofiles include taxonomic, habitat, description, dentition, feeding habits, reproduction, importance to humans and conservation information for each featured species.
Education and public outreach initiatives are important components of the smalltooth sawfish recovery plan. In this section, you will find information useful in further educating and answering common questions the public may have on the conservation status of sawfish.
This section includes recent photos as submitted to our online image gallery as well as photos from our sawfish tagging and tracking research. In addition, historic images of sawfish catches can also be viewed.
| Florida Program for Shark Research: Sawfish |
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Sawfish Conservation
* Spanish Version * Portuguese Version · About the Endangered Species Act · Largetooth Sawfish Conservation · Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Plan (pdf) |
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Sawfish Encounters * Spanish Version * Portuguese Version · Sawfish Encounter Reporting Informational Sheet (pdf) · Panfleto de informacion sobre reportar encuentros con el pez sierra (pdf) |
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Sawfish Implementation Team · SIT Members · Listing History · Key Listing Documents |
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Sawfish Bioprofiles · Smalltooth Sawfish · Largetooth Sawfish · (Pacific) Largetooth Sawfish · Green Sawfish · Freshwater Sawfish · Dwarf Sawfish · Knifetooth Sawfish |
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Largetooth Sawfish · Largetooth Sawfish Images · US Records · Global Records · Largetooth Sawfish References · Largetooth Sawfish Links |
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Sawfish Images · Image Gallery · Sawfish Research Images · Historical Images |
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Sawfish Research · Florida Program for Shark Research · National Marine Fisheries Service · Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
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Sawfish Links |
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Sawfish References |