Since October, the construction of many seawalls, docks and
boatlifts has been on hold in Cape Coral because of, among others, a pending
study on the smalltooth sawfish, a species that is listed as critically
endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List.
In the United States, the smalltooth sawfish population was listed by the
National Marine Fisheries Service as endangered under the ‘Endangered Species
Act’ in 2003.
