Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Identifying the population origin of aquaculture-reared caviar is crucial for both conservation and management strategies of farmed fish but could also facilitate international trade of a CITES regulated product. Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) is the main source of caviar production in Atlantic Canada, from Breviro Caviar Inc. aquaculture facility. Shortnose sturgeon are… more Full Text: MITOGENOME CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SHORTNOSE STURGEON (Acipenser brevirostrum) FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE VALIDATION OF AQUACULTURE-REARED CAVIAR A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the …