Predicting the genetic impact of stocking in Brook Charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) by combining RAD sequencing and modeling of explanatory variables

• DOI: 10.1111/eva.12566
• Publication Date: 2017-10-23T15:22:44Z
• Authors: Justine Létourneau; Anne‐Laure Ferchaud; Jérémy Le Luyer; Martin Laporte; Dany Garant; Louis Bernatchez
• Keywords: Population Genetics; Overfishing

In fisheries management, intensive stocking programs are commonly used to enhance population abundance and maintain stock productivity. However, such practices increasingly raising concerns as multiple studies documented adverse genetic evolutionary impacts of on wild populations. Improvement management relies a better understanding the dynamic introgressive hybridization between domestic assessment state populations after cessation. Québec, Canada, over five million captive-reared Brook Charr (