MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) -- A Florida man has pleaded guilty to killing an endangered fish unique to state waters whose extended nose is lined with teeth that resemble a saw.

Florida fisherman who sawed nose off endangered fish is sentenced to fines, community service By Michael Bartiromo Fox News Published January 27, 2020 8:54am EST ...

A man in Florida is facing prison time and fines of up to $50,000 for sawing off the rostrum, or the snout-like protrusion, of a live endangered fish before throwing it back in the sea. Chad Ponce ...

Chad Ponce, 38, of Jacksonville, Fla., faces up to a year in federal prison and a $50,000 fine when sentencing takes place at a later date, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of ...

JACKSONVILLE — A man has pleaded guilty to killing an endangered fish unique to Florida waters, whose extended nose is lined with teeth that resemble a saw. Federal prosecutors say Chad Ponce of ...

The sawfish is one of the ocean’s stranger sights – with its unique long, narrow nose lined with teeth, it resembles a hedge-trimmer or chain saw.. But the shark-like rays are on the brink of ...

So, its saw, itself, was about five feet long. That was the first sawfish that I’ve ever seen so it was really cool." But right away something didn’t look right.

A man has pleaded guilty to killing an endangered fish unique to Florida waters whose extended nose is lined with teeth that resemble a saw. Federal prosecutors say Chad Ponce of Jacksonville ...

Chad Ponce, a 38-year-old commercial fisherman, was first reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in July 2018 by another fisherman who witnessed the incident, the ...