Sawfish On The Brink Of Extinction, Gone In Over Half Its Natural Habitats

There are lots of unique, wild-looking fish living under the sea — and the sawfish is definitely one of them! But if we don’t act now to save the positively prehistoric ocean- and freshwater-dwellers, future generations may never catch glimpses of the “hedge trimmers with fins.”

Conservation Efforts Are Afoot. Helen Yan, a marine biologist from Simon Fraser University, explained to the BBC that "if we act now," sawfishes can probably repopulate 70 percent of their historical scope. Shark Advocates International researcher Sonja Fordham agrees with Yan but warns that "we're running out of time to save them." Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania are also prime candidates for "rewilding" conservation efforts — as are the fish's current preferred coastlines of Australia and the United States.