This week we go abroad to Sri Lanka with conservation expert Akshay Tanna! We discuss his article, "Where have all the sawfishes gone? Perspectives on declines of these Critically Endangered species in Sri Lanka" by Tanna et al. 2021. Akshay and his colleagues use critical historical knowledge from local fishers. This knowledge is often referred to as "Fishers Ecological Knowledge", or FEK. This knowledge that Tanna and colleagues gathered allows them to identify 2 distinct species of sawfishes that historically visited Sri Lanka, and evaluate the specific point in history when sawfish sightings drastically decreased. This critical knowledge that Tanna and colleagues at Blue Resources Trust have conducted is just the beginning of the many incredible conservation evaluations they are leading in Sri Lanka. 

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