Category: Conservation Strategy Sawfish

Pakistan- Sawfish status and update

18/4/2021

Written by Muhammad Moazzam Khan

WWF-Pakistan | Technical Advisor
Member of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG)

Sawfishes have become one of the rarest groups of marine animals with many populations at high risk of extinction. Three species of sawfishes, i.e. Narrow (Anoxypristis cuspidata), Largetooth tooth (Pristis pristis) and Green (Pristis zijsron), are known from Pakistan. Information about sawfishes in Pakistan is available through the work efforts of Moazzam and Osmany (2014).

New IUCN Report Charts Path to Saving Endangered Sawfish

7/6/2018

Shark Specialists Put Spotlight on Brazil in Strategy to Protect World’s Most Threatened Ray

Tonight at the Sharks International conference, the Shark Specialist Group (SSG) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports on progress and new priorities associated with their Global Strategy to save the sawfishes, the world’s largest and most threatened rays. The expert update highlights the plight of Brazil’s Critically Endangered Largetooth Sawfish, and lays out clear steps for preventing extinction and restoring the population.

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