NOAA Fisheries smalltooth sawfish monitoring survey-FY25: Relative abundance and essential fish habitat studies for smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in southwest Florida, USA

This report describes the results from the 2025 NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory juvenile smalltooth sawfish monitoring survey in southwest Florida from Marco Island to Florida Bay as well as the large juvenile and mature sawfish survey conducted by Florida State University spanning from the big bend region of Florida to Cape Canaveral including the Everglades National Park (including Florida Bay) and inshore/offshore of the Florida Keys, both conducted under protected species permit #ESA 22078, EVER-2024-SCI-0007, and EVER-2025-SCI-0028.