358 
Fishery Bulletin 117(4) 
Section 6 of the U.S. Endangered Species Act (Cooperation 
with the States) and from Mote Marine Laboratory. We 
thank the staff at the Charlotte Harbor Field Laboratory, 
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, for 
assistance with capturing and tagging smalltooth sawfish. 
The senior author was supported by the Forrest Research 
Foundation and an Australian Government Research 
Training Program Scholarship. 
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