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Jaywun Fisheries Resource Assessment: Marine eDNA and Fish Genomics
Large fisheries assessment integrating conventional survey methods with the first UAE marine eDNA baseline and genomic sequencing of commercially and ecologically important fish.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- UAE territorial waters, coordinated from Abu Dhabi
- Project type
- marine biodiversity survey and genomic baseline
- Research domain
- marine eDNA, fisheries genomics, and conservation
- Years
- 2023–
- Lifecycle status
- active program; first phase completed
- Status basis
- EAD completed the first survey phase in 2023 and continues to present Jaywun as its marine-research platform.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- First phase ran 108 days across 324 sites and collected about 1,500 samples; genomic baseline reported for more than 10 major fish species.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
- Partner organizations
- M42/G42 · OceanX
- Organism / population
- Marine communities and major UAE fish species
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- environmental DNA
- fish genome sequencing
- fisheries survey
- biological specimens
- oceanographic measurements
Data access
Aggregate official results; no public sequence accession identified.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Major national marine survey with explicit eDNA and multi-species genome-sequencing outputs.
Editorial note
The later OceanX climate expedition is related and may share methods/partners, but is separately documented as a distinct expedition.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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