All Fishes Regional Perspectives Europe

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All Fishes- Regional Perspectives-Europe

• Gary Carvalho
• School of Biological Sciences, University of
  Wales Bangor, Bangor UK

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SYNOPSIS

• Brief overview of biodiversity/fisheries
• Existing initiatives and data
• Logistics for European coverage
• Sampling/barcoding
• Voucher specimens
• Funding plans and activities
• Forensic validation

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SYNOPSIS

• Brief overview of biodiversity/fisheries
• Existing initiatives and data
• Logistics for European coverage
• Sampling/barcoding
• Voucher specimens
• Funding plans and activities
• Forensic validation

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Marine fishes- biodiversity

• N marine fish 1355 (ERMS)
• N comm. European FW/Brackish 2528 (EU JRC)
• N Marine fish (NE Atlantic) 1700 (FISHBASE)
• N UK- marine 364
• N UK- freshwater 97

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Marine fisheries

• Major groups (FAO)
• Salmons, trouts, smelts
• Founders, halibuts soles
• Cods, hakes, haddocks
• Redfishes, basses, congers
• Mackerel, mullets
• Herrings, anchovies, sardines

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Marine fishes by Catch (NE Atlantic) (Sea Around
Us Project- Large Marine Ecosystems)
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SYNOPSIS

• Brief overview of biodiversity/fisheries
• Existing initiatives and data
• Logistics for European coverage
• Sampling/barcoding
• Voucher specimens
• Funding plans and activities
• Forensic validation

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Data and Initiatives

• COI- very limited data- GENEBANK- data for Clupea
  harengus, Gadus morhua, Salmo salar, Salvelinus
  aplinus, Squalus acanthias, Hippoglossus
  hippoglossus
• Relevant EU Consortia
• FISH and CHIPS
• FISHTRACE
• Marine Genomics Europe
• MARBEF

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SYNOPSIS

• Brief overview of biodiversity/fisheries
• Existing initiatives and data
• Logistics for European coverage
• Sampling/barcoding
• Voucher specimens
• Funding plans and activities
• Forensic validation

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Logistics and Vouchers

• Local Coordinators
• Tom Cross- Irish/Celtic Sea
• Geir Dahle- sub-Arctic and Norwegian Seas
• Einar Nielsen North Sea and adjacent waters
• Roman Wenne- Baltic Sea
• Filipe Costa (Portuguese and adjacent waters)
• Serge Planes (Mediterranean)
• Filipe Volckaert- General Antarctic
• Voucher specimens/ taxonomic expertise
• Patrick Campbell NHM, London

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SYNOPSIS

• Brief overview of biodiversity/fisheries
• Existing initiatives and data
• Logistics for European coverage
• Sampling/barcoding
• Voucher specimens
• Funding plans and activities
• Forensic validation

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Funding/activities

• PhD Studentship in fish barcoding (2005-2008)
• 5 year RC-UK Fellowship in Fisheries Genetics and
  Conservation (2005-2008)
• EU Marie-Curie Fellowship- EUROFISHCODE- Filipe
  Costa pending
• DEFRA/CEFAS/EU e.g. forensics, egg/larval
  dispersal, cryptic species (e.g. redfish)
• Forensic validation

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SYNOPSIS

• Brief overview of biodiversity/fisheries
• Existing initiatives and data
• Logistics for European coverage
• Sampling/barcoding
• Voucher specimens
• Funding plans and activities
• Forensic validation

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Forensic Validation
The application of bar-coding to conservation
enforcement will require two forms of forensic
validation

• 1. Marker Validation
• All loci used in forensic analysis must be
  validated.
• A validation study for COI is underway that
  includes different forms of fish.

• 2. Sequence Validation
• Individual bar-coded sequences will require extra
  validation for forensic application.
• Validation studies include examining variation in
  PCR conditions and source DNA.
• Forensic validation could be included in the
  bar-coding protocol as an optional extra.