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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Sawfish?

Ocean Conservancy

The rostrum has small pores (sensory organs) that can detect electric fields produced by prey. Ocean Conservancy submitted the petition that led to the listing of smalltooth sawfish under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2003. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. Sawfish need our help.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

The dams meet nearly 40% of today’s regional electricity needs. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council — have failed to implement recommendations from their own scientists about how to improve outcomes at the hatcheries they support. The pacts between sovereign nations did not stop the U.S.

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