Project Overview
GEN-FISH is a team of researchers, professionals, and community-members who are working to determine the location and abundance of Canada’s 200+ freshwater fish species, and measure how they are performing in the face of increasing (mostly human-caused) stressors. The team has proposed several toolkits (Fish Survey Toolkit, Fish Health Toolkit and Decision-Guiding Toolkit using environmental DNA and genomics technology and approaches to provide more affordable and reliable methods for surveying fish.
Project Objectives
The team has proposed several toolkits (Fish Survey Toolkit, Fish Health Toolkit and Decision-Guiding Toolkit). Using technology such as environmental DNA and genomics approaches to develop gene expression panel for fish health, GEN-FISH aims to:
1. Develop affordable, quick, easy, reliable, accurate and comprehensive method to survey fish in a water body as well as their health.
2. Work with end-users to better understand the baseline of fisheries management and stewardship. Understanding this baseline can inform how the potential toolkits may fit within the current or potential future fisheries management framework in Canada.
Project Team
GEN-FISH is a team of researchers, professionals, and community-members who are working to determine the location and abundance of Canada’s 200+ freshwater fish species, and measure how they are performing in the face of increasing (mostly human-caused) stressors.