Fish population genetics

Areas of Expertise: Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems

Service: Diagnostic & Analytical

AFBI is actively involved in various national and international research projects on aquatic organisms involving genetic techniques.

Projects

Specific research lines include:

Studies on genetic population structure in fish stocks
Genetic Assignment and Genetic Stock Identification studies on Atlantic salmon and sea trout
Effects of aquaculture escapees on the genetics of wild Atlantic salmon
Parental assignment studies in supportive breeding programmes
Environmental DNA (eDNA) studies on presence/absence of cryptic aquatic organisms