Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Population genetics of the Icelandic Nephrops norvegicus stock 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 Sigurlaug Skírnisdóttir Coordinator email sigurlaug.skirnisdottir@matis.is
Coordinator institution
MATIS - Matis Ltd (Iceland)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2007 End year 2009 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary "The genetic structure of population and mating behavior of exploited marine species are important criterions for effective fisheries management. The distribution of Nephrops norvegicus, Norway lobster, in Icelandic waters is limited to the warmer sea of the south coast. The distribution of the Icelandic stock can be divided into ten geographical areas but the main aim of this project was to develop microsatellite markers to use for the genetics analysis and to analyze whether the lobsters in each area are a self-contained unit stock or not. The aim was furthermore to determine the paternity of egg masses from individual females, and thus elucidate the breeding structure in Icelandic waters. The final goal was to produce a plan for the conservation and management of genetic resources in the Icelandic Norway lobster stock taking into account possible natural population diversity.
In this study we developed eight new microsatellite markers that were used to characterize the genetic diversity of Norway lobster, in and between isolated geographical areas in Icelandic waters, and an out-group sample from Scotland. In addition, four previously published microsatellite markers were used for the analysis. The microsatellites did not detect significant genetic differentiation among the location sampled, not even among Icelandic samples and the out-group collected in Scotland."
Keywords
Genetic;
Shellfish;
Fisheries management;
Lobster;
Crustacean;
Marine Region
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Iceland Grounds (27.Va)
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