Aardvarking Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I was just walking along blackwattle bay today, and saw a dead sawfish floating in the water. I had no idea they lived in Sydney, how would that have even gotten there? Looked decent sized too, at least a metre long. Unfortunately didn't have my phone with me to grab a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 they are endangered so they probably are in sydney just rare unless you mean sword fish?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvarking Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, ARC H said: they are endangered so they probably are in sydney just rare unless you mean sword fish?? Nope, a saw fish. I know they are critically endangered, but I thought they only lived in Northern Australia, no idea they were as far south as Sydney. Blackwatlle bay is also a weird place to see a fish like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 bycatch from prawn trawling..they are right around aust...rick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Thanks for that Rick, I never knew about them here off the East coast. I had a read up about them and they seem to be a deep water species so maybe thats why very few are captured by fisherman but come up in the deep water Trawl nets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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