Can we manage fisheries with the inherent uncertainty from eDNA?

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 341 - 353
• Main Author: Jerde, Christopher L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic environment; Asian carp; Climate change; Cost effectiveness; Decisions; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Design of experiments; DNA; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic - standards; Electric fishing; Environmental DNA; Environmental DNA - chemistry; Environmental DNA - genetics; Environmental Monitoring - standards; error analysis; Evaluation; evidence; Experimental design; face; Fish; fish poisons; Fisheries; Fisheries - standards; Fisheries management; Fishery management; Fishes - genetics; Fresh Water - chemistry; Freshwater; Freshwater fish; habitats; Inland water environment; Introduced species; Invasive species; Management decisions; Marine fish; Marine fisheries; Methods; New species; Occupancy; Piscicides; pollution; Quality assurance; Quality control; Research programmes; risk; species richness; Stock assessment; Uncertainty; Water pollution; Asian carp; species richness; environmental DNA; evidence; error analysis; invasive species

Environmental (e)DNA, as a general approach in aquatic systems, seeks to connect the presence of species' genetic material in the water and hence to infer the species' physical presence. However, fisheries managers face making decisions with risk and uncertainty when eDNA indicates a fish...