Genetic analysis redraws the management boundaries for the European sprat

• Published in: Evolutionary Applications
• Main Authors: Sanchez, Maria Quintela, Kvamme, Cecilie, Bekkevold, Dorte, Nash, Richard David Marriott, Jansson, Eeva, Sørvik, Anne Grete Eide, Taggart, John B., Skaala, Øystein, Dahle, Geir, Glover, Kevin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Kattegat; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2683136; https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12942

Sustainable fisheries management requires detailed knowledge of population genetic structure. The European sprat is an important commercial fish distributed from Morocco to the Arctic circle, Baltic, Mediterranean, and Black seas. Prior to 2018, annual catch advice on sprat from the International Co...