13-foot sawfish tagged in Cedar Key for first time in decades

13-foot sawfish tagged in Cedar Key for first time in decades

By Jordan Highsmith

Source: wtsp

7/12/2023

Credit: Derrick Biglin/Florida Museum

Following years of decline, a 13-foot female sawfish was captured off the coast of Cedar Key, giving researchers high hopes for a comeback for the species.

It's been 20 years since the last smalltooth sawfish became the first native marine fish listed in the Endangered Species Act, Florida Museum shared in a new report. It came after decades of decline in the sawfish population due to habitat loss, over-harvesting and mortality as fisheries bycatch.

"The sawfish was caught, tagged and released June 6 during an annual shark field course co-taught by Dean Grubbs, the associate director of research at Florida State University’s Coastal and Marine Laboratory and a member of the U.S. Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Implementation Team; and by Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Museum of Natural History’s shark research program," Florida Museum reported.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3301	Giant Tuna Fetches $155,000 in Tokyo’s Fish Auction	aawsat	2022-01-08	JP
3302	‘Nothing but fish nests’: huge icefish colony found in Antarctic sea	theguardian	2022-01-13	UK
3303	Biologists Discovered Two New Species of Goby Fish in the Philippines	natureworldnews	2022-01-15	PH
3304	Researchers explore ways to make hatchery steelhead more like wild fish	thenewsmotion	2022-01-18	US
3305	Holy Mackerel, Where’d You Go?	hakaimagazine	2022-01-18	US
3306	A Freezer Full of Eyeballs (and Other Oddities) Animate the Quest to Save California’s Salmon	ppic	2022-01-18	US
3307	Warm water leads to thousands of salmon deaths in the Sacramento River	Redding Record	2022-01-04	US
3308	10 arrested in Florida for illegally netting 500 pounds of fish	usatoday	2022-01-06	US
3309	Charges Filed Against Electron Hydro Over River Pollution	Associated Press	2022-01-11	US
3310	US to Close Gulf Ports to Mexican Fishing Boats for Poaching	Associated Press	2022-01-12	US
3311	WA Supreme Court OKs Cooke Aquaculture Steelhead Farming	Associated Press	2022-01-13	US
3312	New Hampshire angler catches state record	Fox News	2022-01-23	US
3313	Рыбная отрасль на пороге второго этапа монополизации	Рыболовство	2022-01-24	RU
3314	На Курилах открыли цех по переработке рыбных отходов	Рыболовство.	2022-01-21	RU
3315	Экспорт российской рыбы через китайские порты Далянь и Циндао возобновлен	Рыболовство	2022-01-18	RU
3316	Низкий уровень воды стал причиной массовой гибели рыбы в Чувашии	Рыболовство.	2022-01-17	RU
3317	Владивостокский Морской рыбный порт ставит рекорды	Рыболовство	2022-01-17	RU
3318	В Дагестане объем добычи рыбы за год вырос более чем на 40%	Рыболовство	2022-01-13	RU
3319	ООН провозгласила 2022 год Международным годом кустарного рыболовства	Рыболовство.	2022-01-12	RU
3320	Объем вылова в РФ в 2021 г. вырос до 5 млн тонн	Рыболовство	2022-01-12	RU
3321	Из-за чего цены на щучью икру в Астрахани взлетели?	Рыболовство	2021-06-01	RU
3322	Куда пошла рыба, которую не смогли экспортировать в АТР?	korabel	2021-12-29	RU
3323	Warmer, oxygen-poor waters threaten world’s ‘most heavily exploited’ fish	mongabay	2022-01-06	PE
3324	Tiny but mighty important: What a small fish can tell you about the health of our rivers	newschannel9	2022-01-07	US
3325	Australian writer seeks information on Texarkana falling fish phenomenon	texarkanagazette	2022-01-08	AU

132 of [137 - pages.]