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Identification of skipjack tuna juveniles based on DNA control region sequences and potential spawning area around reunion island

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In this study, we confirmed that DNA control region can be used to identify potential spawning area from pelagic juveniles species. We used the mitochondrial DNA control region to identify tuna juveniles predated by common dolphinfish and sampled in surface waters around Reunion Island. These were skipjack juveniles at an early stage (small length and young age). The biological results confirmed the species identification based on DNA analysis. Catch data by longline reveal a higher number of skipjack from October to December around Reunion Island corresponding to the period of our skipjack juvenile sampling.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by European Fisheries Funds EU FEP (GERMON project - http://wwz.ifremer.fr/lareunion/Les-projets/GERMON-en-cours). We acknowledge all the MANOHAL team (Stéphan, Pascal, Olivier, Fata and Joachin) and particularly Jean-Marc Tatibouët and Jean Hugues Lamy. We acknowledge Michel Potier (IRD) for his help on fish anatomy. We also thank Ludovic Hoarau (IFREMER) for his help on ArcGIS. Finally, the authors thank two anonymous reviewers and the associate editor for their very helpful recommendations to improve this manuscript.

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This work was developed under the project GERMON “N°759/DMSOI/2013” funded by European Fisheries Funds EU FEP 2013-2015 and IFREMER.

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Nikolic, N., Jérôme, M., Fonteneau, A. et al. Identification of skipjack tuna juveniles based on DNA control region sequences and potential spawning area around reunion island. Environ Biol Fish 99, 171–178 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0464-7

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