Ancient DNA analysis of Indigenous rockfish use on the Pacific Coast: Implications for marine conservation areas and fisheries management

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Rodrigues, Antonia T., McKechnie, Iain, Yang, Dongya Y.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2018
• Subjects: Research Article; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811035/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29438388; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192716

Rockfish (Sebastes spp.) are a common marine fish in nearshore and continental shelf environments in the North Pacific Ocean. They are frequently identified in coastal archaeological sites in western North America; however, the morphological similarity of rockfish species limits conventional zooarch...