| Grantee | Texas A&M University- Corpus Christie ↗ |
| Location | North America |
| Grant Amount | $131,421 |
| Duration | 3 years |
| Type of Grant | Core |
The smalltooth sawfish is critically endangered and a recovery team has been tasked with facilitating recovery in the United States. Recovery requires monitoring changes in population size, but no such estimates exist. This project uses cutting-edge genetic techniques to provide the recovery team with estimates of current and baseline population size while building a tool for future monitoring that will be used to assess recovery, inform conservation actions, and enhance legal protections.