Sawfish conservation through collaboration.

Sawfish conservation through collaboration.

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The Sawfish Conservation Society’s mission is to connect the world to advance global sawfish education, research, and conservation. The SCS is a group of researchers, aquarists, managers, fishers, and enthusiasts that came together to rescue sawfishes from extinction.

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We are now accepting applications for the SCS Small Research Grant for 2025! You may submit applications from April 1, 2025 through April 30, 2025 using the links below. The grant will be awarded on May 31, 2025.

SCS Small Research Grant RFP

SCS Small Research Grant Application

Pristis pristis1_Released after Daly River sawfish rescue_Peter Kyne.JPG — About Sawfish

Learn all you need to know about the five species of sawfishes.

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International Sawfish Day

Celebrate International Sawfish Day with these shirts, resources, and more!

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Sawfish Identification Guides

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Report a Saw

See a sawfish saw? Learn how to report it to help sawfish researchers.

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Report a Sawfish

Learn what to do if you catch or see a sawfish.

Report a sawfish

The sawfish family (Pristidae) is divided into two genera (Anoxypristis and Pristis) and five species (Anoxypristis cuspidata, Pristis zijsron, Pristis clavata, Pristis pectinata and Pristis pristis).

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Sawfishes have greatly decreased in number in the last century, due in part to habitat modification and mortality from fishing (mostly through bycatch).