Harnessing the Power of Genomics to Secure the Future of Seafood.

Best use of scientific knowledge is required to maintain the fundamental role of seafood in human nutrition. While it is acknowledged that genomic-based methods allow the collection of powerful data, their value to inform fisheries management, aquaculture, and biosecurity applications remains underestimated. We review genomic applications of relevance to the sustainable management of seafood resources, illustrate the benefits of, and identify barriers to their integration. We conclude that the value of genomic information towards securing the future of seafood does not need to be further demonstrated. Instead, we need immediate efforts to remove structural roadblocks and focus on ways that support integration of genomic-informed methods into management and production practices. We propose solutions to pave the way forward.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2017-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Business, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2017.06.010PMID 28818341
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• The Lobster Node of the CFRN: co-constructed and collaborative research on productivity, stock structure, and connectivity in the American lobster (Homarus americanus)

  2018cited by this paper
• Species identification of bivalve molluscs by pyrosequencing.

  2017cited by this paper
• Financial and Ecological Implications of Global Seafood Mislabeling

  2017cited by this paper
• Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) disease diagnosed on a British Columbia salmon farm through a longitudinal farm study

  2017cited by this paper
• Genome architecture enables local adaptation of Atlantic cod despite high connectivity

  2017cited by this paper
• Genetic architecture of age at maturity can generate divergent and disruptive harvest-induced evolution

  2017cited by this paper
• Assembling and auditing a comprehensive DNA barcode reference library for European marine fishes.

  2016cited by this paper
• Multijurisdictional fisheries performance reporting: How Australia’s nationally standardised approach to assessing stock status compares

  2016cited by this paper
• Fisheries management impacts on target species status

  2016cited by this paper
• Saving the spandrels? Adaptive genomic variation in conservation and fisheries management.

  2016cited by this paper
• Genetic structure and within-generation genome scan analysis of fisheries-induced evolution in a Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) population

  2016cited by this paper
• Two adjacent inversions maintain genomic differentiation between migratory and stationary ecotypes of Atlantic cod.

  2016cited by this paper
• Detecting Polygenic Evolution: Problems, Pitfalls, and Promises.

  2016cited by this paper
• Next-generation biology: Sequencing and data analysis approaches for non-model organisms.

  2016cited by this paper
• Piscine reovirus, but not Jaundice Syndrome, was transmissible to Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), Sockeye Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), and Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar L.

  2016cited by this paper
• Genetic basis of adult migration timing in anadromous steelhead discovered through multivariate association testing

  2016cited by this paper
• Piscine Orthoreovirus from Western North America Is Transmissible to Atlantic Salmon and Sockeye Salmon but Fails to Cause Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation

  2016cited by this paper
• Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining

  2016cited by this paper
• Linking freshwater fishery management to global food security and biodiversity conservation

  2016cited by this paper
• Adaptive genetic variation distinguishes Chilean blue mussels (Mytilus chilensis) from different marine environments

  2016cited by this paper
• From population genomics to conservation and management: a workflow for targeted analysis of markers identified using genome-wide approaches in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar.

  2016cited by this paper
• The life aquatic: advances in marine vertebrate genomics

  2016cited by this paper
• The role of genetics in fisheries management under the E.U. common fisheries policy.

  2016cited by this paper
• Overview of Integrative Assessment of Marine Systems: The Ecosystem Approach in Practice

  2016cited by this paper
• Three chromosomal rearrangements promote genomic divergence between migratory and stationary ecotypes of Atlantic cod

  2016cited by this paper
• DNA barcoding to fishes: current status and future directions

  2016cited by this paper
• On the maintenance of genetic variation and adaptation to environmental change: considerations from population genomics in fishes.

  2016cited by this paper
• Contribution of Fisheries and Aquaculture to Food Security and Poverty Reduction: Assessing the Current Evidence

  2016cited by this paper
• Assessing Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Growth-Accelerated Genetically Engineered Fishes

  2015cited by this paper
• The evolutionary legacy of size-selective harvesting extends from genes to populations

  2015cited by this paper
• From genes to populations: how fisheries-induced evolution alters stock productivity.

  2015cited by this paper
• Fisheries-induced evolution

  2015cited by this paper
• Genomics in aquaculture to better understand species biology and accelerate genetic progress

  2015cited by this paper
• Adaptation to Low Salinity Promotes Genomic Divergence in Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua L.)

  2015cited by this paper
• Feeding 9 billion by 2050 – Putting fish back on the menu

  2015cited by this paper
• Piscine reovirus in wild and farmed salmonids in British Columbia, Canada: 1974-2013.

  2015cited by this paper
• Wildlife forensic science: A review of genetic geographic origin assignment.

  2015cited by this paper
• Accuracy of predicting genomic breeding values for carcass merit traits in Angus and Charolais beef cattle.

  2015cited by this paper
• Piscine Reovirus: Genomic and Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis from Farmed and Wild Salmonids Collected on the Canada/US Pacific Coast

  2015cited by this paper
• Northern Cod Comeback

  2015cited by this paper
• Balancing Conservation and Harvest Objectives: a Review of Considerations for the Management of Salmon Hatcheries in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

  2015cited by this paper
• Sex-dependent dominance at a single locus maintains variation in age at maturity in salmon

  2015cited by this paper
• Assessing the vulnerability of Mediterranean demersal stocks and predicting exploitation status of un-assessed stocks

  2015cited by this paper
• Ocean's eleven: a critical evaluation of the role of population, evolutionary and molecular genetics in the management of wild fisheries

  2015cited by this paper
• Oceans and Climate. Oceans of change. Introduction.

  2015cited by this paper
• Infectious disease, shifting climates, and opportunistic predators: cumulative factors potentially impacting wild salmon declines

  2014cited by this paper
• Term of Reference b): Review and consider methods for integrating genomic methods with marine fisheries management

  2014cited by this paper
• An updated synthesis of the impacts of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity

  2014cited by this paper
• So, You Want to Use Next Generation Sequencing In Marine Systems? Insight from the Pan Pacific Advanced Studies Institute

  2014cited by this paper
• REVIEW: The detection of aquatic animal species using environmental DNA – a review of eDNA as a survey tool in ecology

  2014cited by this paper
• Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries

  2014influential reference
• Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) infects Atlantic salmon erythrocytes

  2014influential reference
• Microevolution in time and space: SNP analysis of historical DNA reveals dynamic signatures of selection in Atlantic cod

  2013cited by this paper
• Exploiting genetic diversity to balance conservation and harvest of migratory salmon

  2013cited by this paper
• Experimental harvesting of fish populations drives genetically based shifts in body size and maturation

  2013cited by this paper
• Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification

  2012influential reference
• FISH-BOL, a case study for DNA barcodes.

  2012cited by this paper
• Seafood mislabelling: comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives

  2012cited by this paper
• Identification and validation of novel SNP markers in European populations of marine Mytilus mussels

  2012cited by this paper
• Scoping current and future genetic tools, their limitations and their applications for wild fisheries management

  2012cited by this paper
• Historical changes in genotypic frequencies at the Pantophysin locus in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in Icelandic waters: evidence of fisheries-induced selection?

  2011cited by this paper
• Five years of FISH-BOL: Brief status report

  2011cited by this paper
• Single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and applications of SNP genotyping in nonmodel organisms

  2011cited by this paper
• Distribution of Mytilus taxa in European coastal areas as inferred from molecular markers

  2011cited by this paper
• The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

  2011cited by this paper
• Tracing fish and fish products from ocean to fork using advanced molecular technologies

  2011cited by this paper
• Experimental assessment of the probabilistic maturation reaction norm: condition matters

  2011cited by this paper
• Defining Overfished Stocks: Have We Lost the Plot?

  2010cited by this paper
• Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species

  2010cited by this paper
• Molecular barcoding reveals mislabelling of commercial fish products in Italy

  2010cited by this paper
• Parallel adaptive evolution of Atlantic cod on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in response to temperature

  2010cited by this paper
• Fishery management in Japan

  2010cited by this paper
• The campaign to DNA barcode all fishes, FISH-BOL.

  2009cited by this paper
• Application of DNA‐Based Methods to Identify Fish and Seafood Substitution on the Commercial Market

  2009cited by this paper
• Intense Habitat-Specific Fisheries-Induced Selection at the Molecular Pan I Locus Predicts Imminent Collapse of a Major Cod Fishery

  2009cited by this paper
• Rebuilding Global Fisheries

  2009cited by this paper
• Paradigm shifts in marine fisheries genetics: ugly hypotheses slain by beautiful facts

  2008cited by this paper
• The Application of Rapid Microsatellite-Based Stock Identification to Management of a Chinook Salmon Troll Fishery off the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

  2008cited by this paper
• DNA barcoding detects market substitution in North American seafood

  2008cited by this paper
• Integrating genetic data into management of marine resources: how can we do it better?

  2008influential reference
• Ecology: Managing Evolving Fish Stocks

  2007cited by this paper
• An evaluation of the effects of conservation and fishery enhancement hatcheries on wild populations of salmon.

  2007cited by this paper
• The fishery conservation policy of the European Union after 2002: towards long-term sustainability

  2007cited by this paper
• Detecting and managing fisheries-induced evolution.

  2007cited by this paper
• Current Problems in the Management of Marine Fisheries

  2007cited by this paper
• The Power of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Large-Scale Parentage Inference

  2006cited by this paper
• The problems with hybrids: setting conservation guidelines

  2001cited by this paper
• Stock and recruitment: generalizations about maximum reproductive rate, density dependence, and variability using meta-analytic approaches

  2001cited by this paper
• Managing fisheries using genetic data: case studies from four species of Pacific salmon

  1999cited by this paper
• Biochemical genetics and fishery management: an historical perspective

  1991cited by this paper

• Revisiting the genetics of Lake Constance Coregonids using lake-wide whole genome sequencing

  2026cites this paper
• Neutral or Non-neutral: A Case Study of the Microsatellite Loci Used in Apostichopus Japonicus Population-genetic Analysis for its Monitoring and Conservation

  2026cites this paper
• Limited Dispersal Drives Strong Genetic Structure in the Commercially Harvested Gastropod Buccinum undatum in the Western North Atlantic

  2026cites this paper
• Challenges in mixed-stock fishery management: The case of the European whitefish in Kvarken, northern Baltic Sea

  2026cites this paper
• Environmental gradients decouple demographic and adaptive connectivity in a highly mobile coastal marine species

  2025cites this paper
• Morphometric Diversity and Population Structure of the Crucifix Crab (Charybdis feriatus) in East Asian Recreational Fisheries

  2025cites this paper
• Morphological diversity and genetic homogeneity in Spondylus squamosus from Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur, Philippines

  2025cites this paper
• Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Vermilion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens)

  2025cites this paper
• High expectation, low implementation: perceptions of African fish and fisheries experts on genetic indicators in fisheries management

  2025cites this paper
• A haplotype-resolved genome assembly of the bocaccio rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis

  2025cites this paper
• Genetics in the ocean’s twilight zone: Population structure of the Mueller’s pearlside across its distribution range

  2025cites this paper
• Comprehensive Whole-Genome Survey and Analysis of the Naozhou Stock of Large Yellow Croakers (Larimichthys crocea)

  2025cites this paper
• Mitochondrial structure despite nuclear panmixia: sex-specific dispersal dictates population structure in sperm whales

  2025cites this paper
• Governing the decline: clam fisheries and the challenges of decentralized management across the western Mediterranean and Gulf of Cádiz (Spain)

  2025cites this paper
• The More the Better: Genetic Monitoring of Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Experimental Restockings in Sardinia (Western Mediterranean Sea)

  2025cites this paper
• Potential impacts of climate change and fishing pressure on important cephalopods in Northwest Pacific: Applications for conservation and management of vulnerable habitats.

  2025cites this paper
• Genes, fish and fisheries: translating science into policy.

  2025cites this paper
• Sequence capture analysis determines spatial and temporal stock contributions to a mixed coastal anadromous fishery.

  2025cites this paper
• Oceanography and Culture Shape Morphometric Divergence in Portunus pelagicus: Defining Actionable Management Units for Climate-Resilient Recreational Fisheries in Asia

  2025cites this paper
• Assessing Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Strategies Using Molecular Ecology Tools in Coastal Ecosystems

  2025cites this paper
• Las merluzas del noroeste de México, una pesquería naciente y oportunidades para una gestión basada en parámetros de diversidad genética.

  2025cites this paper
• Genomic data reveal a lack of range-wide genetic structure for a broadly distributed ommastrephid, Northern shortfin squid ( Illex illecebrosus ), in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

  2025cites this paper
• Phylogenetically diverse introgression drives subtle population structure in Pacific rockfishes

  2025cites this paper
• Population Genomics Reveals Panmixia in Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) of the North Pacific

  2025cites this paper
• Scrutinizing the current management units of the greater argentine in the light of genetic structure

  2024cites this paper
• Population genomics of eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in a well-mixed estuarine system: advancement and implications for restoration strategies

  2024cites this paper
• Genomic architecture and sex chromosome systems of commercially important fish species in Asia – Current status, knowledge gaps and future prospects

  2024cites this paper
• Population genomics of coastal Pacific Hake

  2024cites this paper
• Complex patterns of genetic population structure in the mouthbrooding marine catfish, Bagre marinus, in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Atlantic

  2024cites this paper
• Genome‐Wide Population Structure in a Marine Keystone Species, the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis)

  2024cites this paper
• Genetic diversity and connectivity of Red Snapper Lutjanus gibbus in the Papua Waters, Indonesia

  2024cites this paper
• Kinship and genetic diversity of the Critically Endangered giant shovelnose ray (Glaucostegus typus) in the eastern Indian Ocean

  2024cites this paper
• A multidisciplinary approach to describe population structure of Solea solea in the Mediterranean Sea

  2024cites this paper
• Multidisciplinary estimates of connectivity and population structure suggest the use of multiple units for the conservation and management of meagre, Argyrosomus regius

  2024cites this paper
• Strong philopatry in an estuarine‐dependent fish

  2024cites this paper
• Development of SNP Panels from Low‐Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing (lcWGS) to Support Indigenous Fisheries for Three Salmonid Species in Northern Canada

  2024cites this paper
• Whole‐genome resequencing improves the utility of otoliths as a critical source of DNA for fish stock research and monitoring

  2024cites this paper
• Optimizing reproductive performance in pangasius catfish broodstock: A review of dietary and molecular strategies

  2024cites this paper
• Foodomics as a Tool for Evaluating Food Authenticity and Safety from Field to Table: A Review

  2024cites this paper
• A link between evolution and society fostering the UN sustainable development goals

  2024cites this paper
• Population Genomics of the Blue Shark, Prionace glauca, Reveals Different Populations in the Mediterranean Sea and the Northeast Atlantic

  2024cites this paper
• Combining natural markers to investigate fish population structure and connectivity

  2024cites this paper
• Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective

  2024cites this paper
• Genetic Insights into the Population Connectivity, Biogeography, and Management of Fisheries-Important Spiny Lobsters (Palinuridae)

  2024cites this paper
• Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Differentiation of Farmed and Wild African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Nigeria

  2024cites this paper
• Genomic analysis of NE Atlantic sardine (Sardina pilchardus) reveals reduced variation in a recently established North Sea population and directs reconsideration of management units

  2024cites this paper
• Generational breeding gains in a new species for aquaculture, the Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)

  2024cites this paper
• Bioinformatics approaches and big data analytics opportunities in improving fisheries and aquaculture.

  2023cites this paper
• Heterogeneous microgeographic genetic structure of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: biogeographic barriers and environmental factors

  2023cites this paper
• The genetics and breeding of the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata: lessons, experiences, and challenges in Vietnam

  2023cites this paper
• Tyramine beta hydroxylase-mediated octopamine synthesis pathway in Litopenaeus vannamei under thermal, salinity, and Vibrio alginolyticus infection stress.

  2023cites this paper
• Towards global traceability for sustainable cephalopod seafood

  2023cites this paper
• Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics

  2023cites this paper
• Sample contamination explains evidence of close kin proximity in yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

  2023cites this paper
• Unidirectional trans‐Atlantic gene flow and a mixed spawning area shape the genetic connectivity of Atlantic bluefin tuna

  2023cites this paper
• Fine‐scale environmentally associated spatial structure of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) across the Northwest Atlantic

  2023cites this paper
• Loci associated with maturation, migration and appetite control are linked with signals of fine-scale local selection in a large Atlantic salmon population

  2023cites this paper
• Conserved islands of divergence associated with adaptive variation in sockeye salmon are maintained by multiple mechanisms

  2023cites this paper
• The potential use of genomic methods in bottom trawl surveys to improve stock assessments in Europe

  2023cites this paper
• A review of genomics methods and bioinformatics tools for the analysis of close-kin mark-recapture

  2023cites this paper
• The untapped potential of seascape genomics in the North Pacific

  2023cites this paper
• Editorial: Prospects and challenges for the implementation of HTS genetic methods in fisheries research surveys and stock assessments

  2023cites this paper
• Anemonefishes: A model system for evolutionary genomics

  2023cites this paper
• Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers with Applications in Conservation and Exploitation of Aquatic Natural Populations

  2023cites this paper
• Bioregional boundaries and genomically-delineated stocks in snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) from southeastern Australia

  2023cites this paper
• Vertebrate genomics and adaptation – Status and prospects in Africa

  2023cites this paper
• Towards a unified eco-evolutionary framework for fisheries management: Coupling advances in next-generation sequencing with species distribution modelling

  2023cites this paper
• The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management

  2023cites this paper
• Responses of population structure and genomic diversity to climate change and fishing pressure in a pelagic fish

  2023cites this paper
• eDNA Detection to Help Combat Illegal Fishing and Modern Slavery

  2023cites this paper
• Genomic analyses indicate resilience of a commercially and culturally important marine gastropod snail to climate change

  2023cites this paper
• Insight into selective breeding for robustness based on field survival records: New genetic evaluation of survival traits in pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) breeding line

  2022cites this paper
• Advancing the protection of marine life through genomics

  2022cites this paper
• The universal imprint of oxygen isotopes can track the origins of seafood

  2022cites this paper
• The use of various statistical methods for authenticity and detection of adulteration in fish and seafood

  2022cites this paper
• Neutral and adaptive loci reveal fine‐scale population structure in Eleginops maclovinus from north Patagonia

  2022cites this paper
• Re‐evaluating Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) conservation units in Canada using genomic data

  2022cites this paper
• Sequencing Bait: Nuclear and Mitogenome Assembly of an Abundant Coastal Tropical and Subtropical Fish, Atherinomorus stipes

  2022cites this paper
• Landscape genomics of the American lobster (Homarus americanus)

  2022cites this paper
• Genomic stock structure of the marine teleost tarakihi (Nemadactylus macropterus) provides evidence of fine-scale adaptation and a temperature-associated cline amid panmixia

  2022cites this paper
• Chromosomal assembly of the flat oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) genome as a new genetic resource for aquaculture

  2022cites this paper
• Lack of genetic differentiation in yellowfin tuna has conservation implications in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

  2022cites this paper
• Genomic reaction norms inform predictions of plastic and adaptive responses to climate change

  2022cites this paper
• A cold-water fish striving in a warming ocean: Insights from whole-genome sequencing of the Greenland halibut in the Northwest Atlantic

  2022cites this paper
• DNA sequencing shows that tropical tuna species misidentification can be an underestimated issue in fish landings

  2022cites this paper
• Innovating transcriptomics for practitioners in freshwater fish management and conservation: best practices across diverse resource-sector users

  2022cites this paper
• Chromosomal assembly of the flat oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) genome as a new genetic ressource for aquaculture

  2022cites this paper
• Genome assembly and isoform analysis of a highly heterozygous New Zealand fisheries species, the tarakihi (Nemadactylus macropterus)

  2022cites this paper
• Finding coarse and fine scale population structure in a coastal species: population demographics meets genomics

  2022cites this paper
• Species identification in Haliotis genus from the northeastern Pacific Ocean using genome-wide RAD-SNPs

  2022cites this paper
• Genomics outperforms genetics to manage mistakes in fisheries stocking of threatened species

  2022cites this paper
• Innovation to limit seafood fraud post-COVID-19

  2022cites this paper
• Fisheries genomics of snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) along the west Australian coast

  2022cites this paper
• Standardized microsatellite panels for pedigree management of farmed white-leg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) stocks validated in a VIE tagged family selection line

  2022cites this paper
• Salmonidae Genome: Features, Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Characteristics

  2022influential citation
• A baseline for the genetic stock identification of Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, in ICES Divisions 6.a, 7.b–c

  2022cites this paper
• Lack of panmixia of Bothnian Bay vendace - Implications for fisheries management

  2022cites this paper
• The immunostimulatory effects of Theobroma cacao L. pod husk extract via injection and dietary administrations on Macrobrachium rosenbergii and its resistance against Lactococcus garvieae.

  2022cites this paper
• Genome‐wide analysis reveals the genetic stock structure of hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)

  2021cites this paper
• A future for seafood point-of-origin testing using DNA and stable isotope signatures

  2021cites this paper