Table 1. Collection and biological information for 15 sawfish carcasses opportunistically sampled in south Florida from 2003 to 2012.
Sample | Date Collected(M/DD/YY) | Sex | Length (m) | Maturity | Location | Opaque Band Count | Estimated Age (years) |
1 | 4/4/03 | F | 2.45 | I | Charlotte Harbor (A) | 3 | 2.0 |
2 | 7/24/07 | M | 3.08 | I | Marquesas Islands (F) | 6 | 5.3 |
3 | 8/30/07 | M | 0.60 | I | Long Key (G) | 1 | 0.4 |
4 | 5/28/08 | F | 1.70 | I | Ten Thousand Islands (D) | 2 | 1.1 |
5 | 4/20/09 | F | 4.33 | M | Key Largo (H) | 10 | 9.0 |
6 | 6/17/09 | F | 1.88 | I | Caloosahatchee River (B) | 2 | 1.2 |
7 | 1/19/10 | F | 2.22 | I | Chokoloskee Bay (E) | 3 | 1.8 |
8 | 1/27/10 | M | 1.50 | I | Caloosahatchee River (C) | 2 | 0.8 |
9 | 2/8/10 | F | 1.96 | I | Caloosahatchee River (C) | 3 | 1.8 |
10 | 2/10/10 | F | 1.96 | I | Caloosahatchee River (C) | 3 | 1.8 |
11 | 2/26/10 | M | 1.97 | I | Caloosahatchee River (C) | 4 | 2.9 |
12 | 8/19/10 | M | 1.32 | I | Caloosahatchee River (B) | 2 | 1.3 |
13 | 4/28/11 | F | 4.35 | M | Hobe Sound (J) | 15 | 14.0 |
14 | 6/4/11 | F | 4.15 | M | St. Lucie Inlet (K) | 11 | 10.1 |
15 | 1/12/12 | M | 3.81 | M | Biscayne Bay (I) | 11 | 10.8 |
Maturity: M = mature, I = immature. Exact locations of collection are provided on Figure 1.