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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2006 63(7):1290-1296; doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.03.005
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© 2006 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Genetic variation in restored Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) populations in the Ulla and Lérez rivers, Galicia, Spain

María Sauraa, Pablo Caballerob, Armando Caballeroa and Paloma Morána,*

a Departamento de Bioquímica, Genética e Inmunología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Vigo Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
b Centro de Investigaciones Ambientales de Lourizan Apartado 127, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain

*Correspondence to P. Morán: tel: +34 986 813899; fax: +34 986 812556. e-mail: paloma{at}uvigo.es.

The populations of Atlantic salmon in the Ulla and Lérez rivers, located in Galicia in northwestern Spain, were close to extinction early in the 1990s. A restoration programme involving supportive breeding has been conducted since 1995, using a mixture of salmon populations from several Galician rivers. The programme utilizes progeny of adults returning to the rivers and wild parr reared in fresh water until maturity. Five microsatellite loci were used to compare genetic variability in the restored populations with that in populations before their collapse in the 1950s. DNA samples were obtained from scale collections (old samples) and from tissue samples of live fish caught in the rivers (modern samples). Average heterozygosities and allelic richness are very similar in modern and old samples. Populations inhabiting the Ulla and Lérez rivers today are more similar than they were in the past, possibly because they originated in the same stock mixture.

Keywords: Atlantic salmon, genetic variability, heterozygosity, stocking

Received 22 September 2005; accepted 17 March 2006.


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