Objective Objectives:The main objective is to improve a fisheries independent method of fish spawning stock biomass estimation by developing PCR based methods for the accurate identification of the early stages of the eggs of 13 commercially important marine species: Trachurus trachurus, T. mediterraneus, T. picturatus, Macrorhamphosus scolopax, Scomber scombrus, S. japonicus, Gadus morhua, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Merlangius merlangus, Merluccius merluccius, Merluccius senegalensis, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis and L. boscii.The species of each group show overlapped distributions and spawning period and their eggs can be confounded in plankton surveys. Probes will be developed for the following species for commercial fraud identification: Merluccius capensis, M. bilinearis, M. hubbsi, M. gayi, M. australis, M. australis polylepis and Macruronus magellanicus. Results and Milestones: Adult samples of all the studied species have been collected. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal 1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO Address Julian claviera, s/n Oviedo Spain See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address University campus po box univ. box 133 Thessaloniki See on map FUNDACION AZTI - AZTI FUNDAZIOA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Isla de txatxarramendi s/n Sukarrieta (biskaia) See on map INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇAO DAS PESCAS E DO MAR Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenida de brasília Lisboa See on map PESCADOS PACO S.A. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Crta. de viella, 6 Siero See on map University of East Anglia United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address University plain NR4 7TJ Norwich See on map
