Fisheries genomics of snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) along the west Australian coast.

ABSTRACT: The efficacy of fisheries management strategies depends on stock assessment and management actions being carried out at appropriate spatial scales. This requires understanding of spatial and temporal population structure and connectivity, which is challenging in weakly structured and highly connected marine populations. We carried out a population genomics study of the heavily exploited snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) along ~2600 km of the Australian coastline, with a focus on Western Australia (WA). We used 10,903 filtered SNPs in 341 individuals from eight sampling locations to characterize population structure and connectivity in snapper across WA and to assess if current spatial scales of stock assessment and management agree with evidence from population genomics. Our dataset als

SUBMITTER: Bertram A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9309437 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature