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Title Only 1950's Kids will Recognise this Endangered Fish Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Hakai Magazine Media type Print Duration/Length/Size 650 Words Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 27/07/20 Description New research conducted in Tanzania is providing a chilling example of shifting baselines: the idea that how much an ecosystem appears to have changed depends on when one starts paying attention. Through a series of interviews with Tanzanian fishers, people who spend nearly every day out on the water, scientists found a troubling trend: while all of the older fishers could recognize sawfish, only a handful of young fishers had even heard of these amazing and endangered fish. The research, led by Gill Braulik, a marine ecologist at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, in collaboration with Tanzanian scientists, suggests that sawfish have nearly completely disappeared from Tanzanian waters in just a few decades. Producer/Author David Shiffman URL https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/only-1950s-kids-will-recognize-this-endangered-fish/ Persons Gillian Tracey Braulik