• Exploiting the “gold of the ocean”: Can live storage solve the paradox of the purse seine fishery for Atlantic bluefin tuna in Norway? 

      Sistiaga, Manu; Anders, Neil; Saltskår, Jostein; Pettersen, Hermann; Breen, Michael; Humborstad, Odd-Børre; Hector Pena, Peña; Munoz-Beñavent, Pau; Martínez-Peiro´, Joaquín; Andreu-García, Gabriela; Espinosa, Victor; Olsen, Stein Harris; Jensen, Tonje Kristin; Ferter, Keno; Nøttestad, Leif; Løkkeborg, Svein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-11-13)
      The Norwegian quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) (Thunnus thynnus) is not completely caught every year. This is paradoxical because Norway is a leading fishing nation. The fishery is currently executed by rod-and-reel and purse seine, with ~ 80 % of the quota being allocated to the latter. Purse seine is therefore the main determinant for the overall success of the fishery and vessels aim to ...
    • Five millennia of mitonuclear discordance in Atlantic bluefin tuna identified using ancient DNA 

      Eriksen, Emma Falkeid; Andrews, Adam Jon; Nielsen, Svein Vatsvåg; Persson, Per; Malca, Estrella; Onar, Vedat; Aniceti, Veronica; Piquès, Gäel; Piattoni, Federica; Fontani, Francesco; Wiech, Martin; Ferter, Keno; Kersten, Oliver Sven; Ferrari, Giada; Cariani, Alessia; Tinti, Fausto; Cilli, Elisabetta; Atmore, Lane M.; Star, Bastiaan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2025-02-07)
      Mitonuclear discordance between species is readily documented in marine fishes. Such discordance may either be the result of past natural phenomena or the result of recent introgression from previously seperated species after shifts in their spatial distributions. Using ancient DNA spanning five millennia, we here investigate the long-term presence of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) and ...