Project: 
Project A12 – Australia’s Northern Seascape: assessing status of threatened and migratory marine species
Researcher email address: 
christy.davies@cdu.edu.au
Topic: 
Using BRUVs and drones to survey Green Sawfish aggregations in the sea country around Cobourg Peninsula.
Species of interest in the image: 
Green Sawfish
Species scientific name: 
Pristis zijsron
Date: 
August, 2019
Location: 
Garig Gunak Barlu National Park Northern Territory
Hub imagery ID: 
3874
Habitat: 
intertidal
Platform: 
Download
Caption: 
Surveying Green Sawfish habitat, Knocker Bay Garig Gunak Barlu National Park
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
Marine Futures Laboratory University of Western Australia
Credit: 
Thomas Tothill
Contact email address: 
thomtothill3@gmail.com
Description: 
The sawfish team inspects a potential survey location in Knocker Bay, Garig Gunak Barlu National Park. Despite unsuitable water clarity for deployment of BRUVs on the day, a young of year Green Sawfish was observed from the drone, working the shallow water around the sand bar.