All is fish that comes to the net: metabarcoding for rapid fisheries catch assessment
T. Russo, G. Maiello, L. Talarico, C. Baillie, G. Colosimo, L. D'Andrea, F. Di Maio, F. Fiorentino, S. Franceschini, G. Garofalo, D. Scannella, S. Cataudella, S. Mariani
This study uses DNA metabarcoding on fishing net slush to assess fish catch composition, showing it mirrors visual inspection and correlates read counts with species abundance.
bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2020Ecology