In July, John Piccolo traveled to Bangor, Wales for the annual meeting of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. The meeting focused on genomics and fisheries. Genomics are a new and rapidly-developing tool for understanding the ecology and conservation of organisms. John published a short article about conservation genomics of salmon in the conference proceedings: Conservation genomics: coming to a salmonid near you

He also points out that the keynote speakers at the conference, Robin Waples, Louis Bernatchez, and Craig Primmer did a great job of summarizing recent developments in fisheries genomics in the following symposium papers:

• Waples:Tiny estimates of the Ne/N ratio in marine fishes: Are they real?
• Aykanat, Lindqvist, Pritchard & Primmer: From population genomics to conservation and management: a workflow for targeted analysis of markers identified using genome-wide approaches in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar 
• Bernatchez: On the maintenance of genetic variation and adaptation to environmental change: considerations from population genomics in fishes

John also recommends an article of salmon conservation genomics from Devon Pearse: Saving the spandrels? Adaptive genomic variation in conservation and fisheries management.

Next year is the 50^th anniversary of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles.The annual meeting – themed Understanding Fish Populations – will be held at the University of Exeter (UK), 3-7 July 2017.

John Piccolo och Martin Österling är medförfattare på artikeln “Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice”, publicerad i Trends in Ecology and Evolution. I artikelns inledning skriver författarna:

“The global loss of biodiversity continues at an alarming rate. Genomic approaches have been suggested as a promising tool for conservation practice as scaling up to genome-wide data can improve traditional conservation genetic inferences and provide qualitatively novel insights. However, the generation of genomic data and subsequent analyses and interpretations remain challenging and largely confined to academic research in ecology and evolution. This generates a gap between basic research and applicable solutions for conservation managers faced with multifaceted problems. Before the real-world conservation potential of genomic research can be realized, we suggest that current infrastructures need to be modified, methods must mature, analytical pipelines need to be eveloped, and successful case studies must be disseminated to practitioners.”

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