NOAA Fisheries smalltooth sawfish monitoring survey-FY25: Relative abundance and essential fish habitat studies for smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in southwest Florida, USA

Hilton, Annsli; Carlson, John K.; Grubbs, R. Dean; Dawdy, Ashley

doi:10.25923/as4m-3j28

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NOAA Fisheries smalltooth sawfish monitoring survey-FY25: Relative abundance and essential fish habitat studies for smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in southwest Florida, USA

2026
By Hilton, Annsli ; Carlson, John K. ; Grubbs, R. Dean ; ...
Series: SEFSC contribution SFD 2026-01

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Hilton, Annsli ; Carlson, John K. ; Grubbs, R. Dean ; Dawdy, Ashley
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Region. Sustainable Fisheries Division. ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (Key Biscayne, Fla.) ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). ; Panama City Laboratory. ; Florida State University. Coastal and Marine Laboratory.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; SER (Southeast Region) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies)
Description:

This report describes the results from the 2025 NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory juvenile smalltooth sawfish monitoring survey in southwest Florida from Marco Island to Florida Bay as well as the large juvenile and mature sawfish survey conducted by Florida State University spanning from the big bend region of Florida to Cape Canaveral including the Everglades National Park (including Florida Bay) and inshore/offshore of the Florida Keys, both conducted under protected species permit #ESA 22078, EVER-2024-SCI-0007, and EVER-2025-SCI-0028.
Keywords:

Essential Fish Habitat Pristis Pectinata Relative And Abundant Fish Habitat Sawfish Studies Smalltooth Sawfish
Series:

SEFSC contribution SFD 2026-01
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/as4m-3j28
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pdf
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Miscellaneous
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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