TY - JOUR T1 - Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification A1 - Nielsen,Einar E. A1 - Cariani,Alessia A1 - Mac Aoidh,Eoin A1 - Maes,Gregory E. A1 - Milano,Ilaria A1 - Ogden,Rob A1 - Taylor,Martin A1 - Hemmer-Hansen,Jakob A1 - Babbucci,Massimiliano A1 - Bargelloni,Luca A1 - Bekkevold,Dorte A1 - Diopere,Eveline A1 - Grenfell,Leonie A1 - Helyar,Sarah A1 - Limborg,Morten T. A1 - Martinsohn,Jann T. A1 - McEwing,Ross A1 - Panitz,Frank A1 - Patarnello,Tomaso A1 - Tinti,Fausto A1 - Van Houdt,Jeroen K. J. A1 - Volckaert,Filip A. M. A1 - Waples,Robin S. A1 - Carvalho,Gary A1 - Albin,Jan Ej A1 - Vieites Baptista,Juan M A1 - Barmintsev,Vladimir A1 - Bautista,Jose M. A1 - Bendixen,Christian A1 - Berge,Jean-Pascal A1 - Blohm,Dietmar A1 - Cardazzo,Barbara A1 - Diez,Amalia A1 - Espineira,Montserrat A1 - Geffen,Audrey J. A1 - Gonzalez,Elena A1 - Gonzalez-Lavin,Nerea A1 - Guaniero,Ilaria A1 - Jerome,Marc A1 - Kochzius,Marc A1 - Krey,Grigorius A1 - Mouchel,Olivier A1 - Negrisolo,Enrico A1 - Piccinetti,Corrado A1 - Puyet,Antonio A1 - Rastorguev,Sergey A1 - Smith,Jane P A1 - Trentini,Massimo A1 - Verrez-Bagnis,Veronique A1 - Volkov,Alexander A1 - Zanzi,Antonella AD - Tech Univ Denmark, Natl Inst Aquat Resources, Sect Populat Ecol & Genet, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark. AD - Univ Bologna, Dept Expt Evolutionary Biol, I-40126 Bologna, Italy. AD - Katholieke Univ Leuven, Lab Biodivers & Evolutionary Genom, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium. AD - EC, JRC, IPSC, I-21027 Ispra, Va, Italy. AD - Univ Padua, Dept Publ Hlth Comparat Pathol & Vet Hyg, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy. AD - TRACE Wildlife Forens Network, Royal Zool Soc Scotland,, Edinburgh EH12 6TS, Midlothian, Scotland. AD - Bangor Univ, Environm Ctr Wales, Sch Biol Sci, Mol Ecol & Fisheries Genet Lab, Bangor LL57 2UW, Gwynedd, Wales. AD - Matis, Iceland Food & Biotech R&D, IS-113 Reykjavik, Iceland. AD - Aarhus Univ, Fac Sci & Technol, Dept Mol Biol & Genet, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark. AD - NOAA, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv, NW Fisheries Sci Ctr, Seattle, WA 98112 USA. AD - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain. AD - University of Bergen (UiB), Postboks 7800, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway. AD - University of Bremen (UNI.HB), Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany. AD - IFREMER, Centre de Nantes,Département Sciences & Techniques Alimentaires Marines Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, BP 1105, Nantes CEDEX 03, France. AD - National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF), Fisheries Research Institute, Nea Peramos, Kavala, GR 64007, Greece AD - Spanish National Foundation of Fish and Seafood Processors, Area of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ANFACO-CECOPESCA, 36310 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. AD - University of Aarhus (AU), Nordre Ringgade 1, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. AD - The Centre of Molecular Genetic Identification, Russian Federal Research Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), 17, V. Krasnoselskaya, 107140 Moscow, Russia. UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00090/20085/ DO - 10.1038/ncomms1845 N2 - Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing has had a major role in the overexploitation of global fish populations. In response, international regulations have been imposed and many fisheries have been 'eco-certified' by consumer organizations, but methods for independent control of catch certificates and eco-labels are urgently needed. Here we show that, by using gene-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms, individual marine fish can be assigned back to population of origin with unprecedented high levels of precision. By applying high differentiation single nucleotide polymorphism assays, in four commercial marine fish, on a pan-European scale, we find 93-100% of individuals could be correctly assigned to origin in policy-driven case studies. We show how case-targeted single nucleotide polymorphism assays can be created and forensically validated, using a centrally maintained and publicly available database. Our results demonstrate how application of gene-associated markers will likely revolutionize origin assignment and become highly valuable tools for fighting illegal fishing and mislabelling worldwide. Y1 - 2012/05 PB - Nature Publishing Group JF - Nature Communications SN - 2041-1723 VL - 3 ID - 20085 ER -