Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Fish Population Genetics Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Tom Cross Coordinator email t.cross@ucc.ie
Coordinator institution
UCC - University College Cork (Ireland)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2007 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 3,712,588 Website NA Summary To develop research capacity in the priority area of fish population genetics through the funding of a research team that will develop a suite of Genetic Stock Identification (GSI) tools to monitor and predict fish population changes resulting from climate change impacts. The general objective of this programme is to increase and to integrate existing research capacity, to maintain continuity, and to conduct both applied and pure research to the highest international standard in the area of fisheries and aquaculture genetics. An additional objective it to retain and expand the existing competitive edge of the Institutions forming this consortium in the field of molecular genetics and ecology. The consortium will be in a unique position to provide scientifically-sound management and conservation advice on relevant fish and invertebrate species from an All-Ireland North-South perspective in face of increasing environmental change. Specifically, the objective of the proposal is to undertake a number of targeted genetic based studies by means of a coordinated All-Ireland North-South approach and availing of the excellent facilities and other biological resources in the Marine Institute. Thus, by providing for the long-term sustainability and conservation of irreplaceable Irish marine bio-resources, we will build on established international expertise to predict the effects of naturally and anthropogenically-induced evolutionary change, including the impact of climate, on the productivity, sustainability and resilience of a number of high-profile commercial finfish and shellfish species.
Keywords
Fish biology;
Population structure;
Genetic;
Fish stocks;
Marine Region
29
West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
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