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Category
Fisheries
Title Wild farmed interactions in a changing world: formulation of a predictive methodology to inform environmental best practice to secure long-term sustainability of global wild and farm fish populations Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
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Activity Area (FP6)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UCC - University College Cork (Ireland)
Institutions involved
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Start year 2016 End year 2021 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary A multidisciplinary study is proposed to exploit novel analytical advances in population genomics (e.g. NGS; high density SNP arrays; gene expression; epigenetics) and quantitative genetics (e.g. animal model) to understand the complex effects of wild-farm hybridisation on the dynamics of quantitative traits and fitness in wild populations. The study aims to produce a working eco-genetic model for predicting the adaptive capacity of hybridised populations to respond to environmental change. The model can be directly applied to inform the sustainable management and/or restoration of wild populations in addition to the improvement of aquaculture strains. In addition we propose to test here several novel ideas: e.g. (1) the use of a archives and pedigrees in common-garden and longitudinal studies to examine gene x environment interactions; (2) a SNP for the MEP-2* allozyme bio-marker, which is linked to metabolism; (3) the first occurrence of the establishment of a Norwegian farm escape population in the wild outside Norway, which will enable the study of divergent selection in the farm fish in the wild relative to their farm progenitors; (4) surveys of gut and skin microbiomes and the application of assays for comprehensive screening of micro-parasites in Atlantic salmon after Miller et al. 2014.
Keywords
Genetic;
Climate change;
Fish;
Salmon;
Escapes;
Restocking;
Marine Region
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