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保護政策団体、西オーストラリアのフィッツロイ川から水採取量を倍増する計画が絶滅危惧種のノコギリザメに脅威を与えると警告
Endangered sawfish at risk from plan to double water extraction from WA’s Fitzroy River, advocates say
2026年5月24日 05:00 JST
The Martuwarra Fitzroy catchment is home to four of the world’s five sawfish species, which rely on large groundwater-fed pools to survive the dry season Conservationists fear a government plan to double groundwater extraction from the Martuwarra Fitzroy River catchment in Western Australia could jeopardise threatened sawfish populations. The untamed river, which flows 700km through the Kimberley to King Sound, is considered the last stronghold for sawfish globally and is home to four of the world’s five species.