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Mislabelling in megrims: implications for conservation
Crego-Prieto, Victor
Campo, Daniel
Perez, Juliana
Garcia-Vazquez, Eva
2010
Abstract
Mislabelling of fish catch and commercial seafood products is
relatively frequent worldwide and can affect fisheries management exploitation
when stock estimates are based on landings. In this study we have analyzed
genetically 239 commercial lots of two morphologically similar species of
megrims (genus Lepidorhombus) that are caught together in mixed fisheries.
A high proportion of mislabelling was detected, suggesting enormous
underreported exploitation of one of the species, which can be endangered if
the problem persists. These results highlight the urgency of applying currently
available species-specific molecular tools in fisheries sciences for preventing
biodiversity losses in exploited species.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Victor Crego-Prieto [et al.], Mislabelling in megrims: implications for conservation, in Pier Luigi Nimis and Régine Vignes Lebbe (eds.): “Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems. Proceedings of the International Congress, Paris, September 20-22, 2010”, Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2010, pp. 315-322.
Languages
en
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