Status Review of the Largetooth Sawfish (Pritis perotteti). March 2010

摘要

This status review summarizes the biological information gathered for an Endangered Species Act (ESA) assessment of the status of the largetooth sawfish (Pristis perotteti). Species are added to a Species of Concern list as a notification to the public that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has concerns about a species or population which may lead to listing under the ESA. The purpose of this list is to facilitate and encourage outside voluntary conservation efforts that act to prevent species from an ESA listing. It is the policy of NMFS to highlight these species before they are listed so that Federal and state agencies, Native American tribes, and the private sector are aware of unlisted species that could benefit from proactive conservation efforts. The following text explains the chronological history of the status of the species starting with its listing as candidate species. The largetooth sawfish was listed as a candidate species by the NMFS on June 11, 1991 (56 FR 26797), along with the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata). Both species were removed from the candidates list on July, 14 1997 (62 FR 37560), but were subsequently added to the revised list published on June 23, 1999 (64 FR 33466).