This thread is for all you water lovers out there, whether you're blowin bubbles or turnin blue while you hold your breath. There's a great program going on at Mote Marine Lab that focuses on gathering information about sawfish. The sawfish are about to be added to the endangered species list and could use a little help. Below is the information from Mote. This mostly relates to those of you in the U.S., but if you've seen them elsewhere I'm sure they'd appreciate the information.
The Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota is in the midst of a study on the sawfish, Pristis pectinata. The study began in 1999 to address inadequacies
in the current state of knowledge about sawfish and to assist in the development of effective conservation strategies for the critically endangered species. One component of the project is to compile a sawfish sightings database. And that is where you can help. If anyone catches or encounters a sawfish, (while sampling, fishing, diving, boating) the researchers would like to know about it. Report as much information as is available
such as date and time of capture, location, habitat type, water quality, method of capture or encounter, and size of the sawfish. Any photos that are available from the encounter are also helpful. To report information regarding a sawfish capture or encounter email
sawfish@mote.org. Or log on to
www.mote.org/~colins/Sawfish/SawfishHomePage.html. Or call 941-388-4441 for more information.
I knew if there was one place where there might be a wealth of untapped information, it would be Deeper Blue. Thanks for your help everybody!
-Mike
The Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota is in the midst of a study on the sawfish, Pristis pectinata. The study began in 1999 to address inadequacies
in the current state of knowledge about sawfish and to assist in the development of effective conservation strategies for the critically endangered species. One component of the project is to compile a sawfish sightings database. And that is where you can help. If anyone catches or encounters a sawfish, (while sampling, fishing, diving, boating) the researchers would like to know about it. Report as much information as is available
such as date and time of capture, location, habitat type, water quality, method of capture or encounter, and size of the sawfish. Any photos that are available from the encounter are also helpful. To report information regarding a sawfish capture or encounter email
sawfish@mote.org. Or log on to
www.mote.org/~colins/Sawfish/SawfishHomePage.html. Or call 941-388-4441 for more information.
I knew if there was one place where there might be a wealth of untapped information, it would be Deeper Blue. Thanks for your help everybody!
-Mike
