Population structure and demographic history of the Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius a highly piscivorous and migratory marine fish, were assessed using mitochondrial DNA control region sequences ( n = 720) and microsatellite genotypes at five loci ( n = 1331) for samples collected on Japanese coasts from 2001 to 2010. The population structure was panmictic and the haplotype and allele frequencies were tempora...

Variation in the mitochondrial DNA transcriptional control region sequence was investigated in wild and hatchery‐released red sea bream Pagrus major from Kagoshima Bay, where an extensive hatchery‐release programme has been conducted for >30 years. The programme has successfully augmented commercial catches in the bay (released juveniles have been produced from the captive broodstock, repeatedly used over multiple generations)...