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Sawfish Rescue on the Cobourg Peninsula

Sawfish Rescue on the Cobourg Peninsula

Posted on 08 July, 2014 in Cobourg, Wildlife

On a recent tour up on the Cobourg Peninsula while cruising on the Marine Park we came across a large sawfish which had become entangled in an abandoned fishing net. We found him (her?) swimming in the shallows and devised a plan to catch and release him safely…

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