Photos to be used to illustrate the IUCN Shark Specialist Group report
Sawfish: A Global Strategy for Conservation

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PictureCredit: Colin Simpfendorfer Tagging Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata November 2006 Florida Bay, Everglades National Park
PictureCredit David Morgan: Tracking Critically Endangered Indo-Pacific subpopulation of Largetooth Sawfish Pristis pristis in Kimberly region of northern Australia.
PictureCredit David Morgan: The Dwarf Sawfish Pristis clavata reaches up to 3 m in length and is Endangered. It is now only found in Australian waters, and is extinct throughout much of its former range in Southeast Asia.
PictureCredit David Wachenfeld: Largetooth sawfish Pristis pristis in an aquarium
PictureCredit John Carlson: Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata seen in Andros, Bahamas earlier this year during a research survey

Culturally important

PictureCredit Armelle Jung: Sawfishes are iconic symbols in many coastal cultures areound the world. Here is a sawfish headdress worn at a carnival in the African country Guinea Bissau
PictureCredit Armelle Jung: Sawfishes are iconic symbols in many coastal cultures areound the world. Here is a sawfish headdress worn at a carnival in the African country Guinea Bissau
PictureCredit Lucy Harrison: Sawfishes are so important in West Africa that they feature on their bank notes and coins.
PictureCredit Ruth Leeney: Sawfishes are revered in the Bijagos archipelago, Guinea Bissau.

Threats

PictureCredit Jeff Whitty: Sawfishes are caught by a wide range of fishing gears due to their tooth-studded rostra being easily entangled.