School Visit - Sawfish Focus

Team members Annie and Skye travelled to a very remote part of Andros, named Red Bay. The area is widely recognized for its history and thrives with Bahamian culture. Red Bay is the only settlement on the west side of Andros and is known for its subsistence lifestyle.

Given the settlements’ isolated location and the abundance of sea life close by, including sawfish, the team were eager to connect with the children to discuss conservation. Annie had visited the school before, however this visit was to solely talk about smalltooth sawfish. Annie and Skye engaged the children with stories and fun facts, whilst also emphasizing the importance of protecting these high endangered animals.

On leaving the school all students were gifted a Saving the Blue t-shirt which featured a sawfish on the back, a sawfish coloring sheet and a copy of Annie’s book which features a sawfish.