Author: Louis Aguirre, Anastasia Pavlinskaya Brenman

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A marine mystery has researchers looking for answers in the Lower Keys.Since December, 20 critically endangered smalltooth sawfish have been reported dead, according to the latest numbers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.”This is a very large species and the size of sawfish that we see coming up the beach and eventually dying,” said Gil McRae, director of the FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.And while the smalltooth sawfish was the only species reported dead, they weren’t the only ones seeing an impact.”That’s not something I’ve seen a fish do… ever,” said Gregg Furstenwerth,…