Halting extinction:ensuring live-release of sawfish alleviating barriers of fishers in Bangladesh

Halting extinction:ensuring live-release of sawfish alleviating barriers of fishers in Bangladesh

Photo: Alifa Haque
Grantee Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka
Location Bangladesh
Grant Amount 25,000
Duration One year
Type of Grant Small
Status: Completed

Science and fishers’ traditional knowledge are needed to create policies in an inclusive manner. To accomplish this, it is important to create a network of fishers and motivating them to release sawfish live by helping them to break barriers. This project aims to create a model approach in collaboration with primary stakeholders, policy makers and researchers to mitigate sawfish bycatch in developing countries and limit further population decline.