{"id":40337,"date":"2025-02-17T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azti.es\/el-enigma-de-la-caballa-del-noreste-atlantico-resuelto\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:45:15","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-northeast-atlantic-mackerel-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.azti.es\/en\/the-mystery-of-the-northeast-atlantic-mackerel-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"The mystery of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel solved: a single genetically connected population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus<\/em>) is a highly migratory and commercially valuable species inhabiting both sides of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Despite belonging to the same species, mackerels in these three regions are isolated into three genetically distinct populations. In the Northeast Atlantic population, mackerel spawn annually on the coasts of the Atlantic Arc and the North Sea, before traveling long distances northward for feeding. This behavior has historically led the scientific community to wonder whether there are genetically isolated reproductive groups (called spawning components) within this population, i.e., if the mackerels return to their birthplace after feeding migrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new study conducted by AZTI and recently published in Open Research Europe confirms that there is no genetic evidence supporting the existence of distinct spawning components within the Northeast Atlantic, providing key information for the management of this species.<\/a> Additionally, the study shows that mackerels from Iceland and Greenland, recent colonization areas of the species, come from the Northeast Atlantic population and not from the Northwest.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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