Genetic evidence of local exploitation of Atlantic salmon in a coastal subsistence fishery in the Northwest Atlantic
Authors: | Bradbury, I. R. (Ian Robert); Hamilton, Lorraine C.; Rafferty, Sara; Meerburg, David John; Poole, Rebecca; Dempson, J.B.; Robertson, Martha J.; Reddin, D. G.; Bourret, Vincent; Dionne, Mélanie; Chaput, Gerald J.; Sheehan, Timothy F.; King, Timothy L.; Candy, John R; Bernatchez, Louis |
Abstract: | Fisheries targeting mixtures of populations risk the overutilization of minor stock constituents unless harvests are monitored and managed. We evaluated stock composition and exploitation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a subsistence fishery in coastal Labrador, Canada, using genetic mixture analysis and individual assignment with a microsatellite baseline (15 loci, 11 829 individuals, 12 regional groups) encompassing the species’ western Atlantic range. Bayesian and maximum likelihood mixture analyses of fishery samples over 6 years (2006–2011; 1772 individuals) indicate contributions of adjacent stocks of 96%–97%. Estimates of fishery-associated exploitation were highest for Labrador salmon (4.2%–10.6% per year) and generally <1% for other regions. Individual assignment of fishery samples indicated nonlocal contributions to the fishery (e.g., Quebec, Newfoundland) were rare and primarily in southern Labrador, consistent with migration pathways utilizing the Strait of Belle Isle. This work illustrates how genetic analysis of mixed stock Atlantic salmon fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic using this new baseline can disentangle exploitation and reveal complex migratory behaviours. |
Document Type: | Article de recherche |
Issue Date: | 11 September 2014 |
Open Access Date: | Restricted access |
Document version: | VoR |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/287 |
This document was published in: | Journal canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques, Vol. 2(1): 83-95 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0058 NRC Research Press |
Alternative version: | 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0058 |
Collection: | Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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