Abstract Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing has had a major role in the
overexploitation of global fish populations. In response, international regulations have been
imposed and many fisheries have been'eco-certified'by consumer organizations, but
methods for independent control of catch certificates and eco-labels are urgently needed.
Here we show that, by using gene-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms, individual
marine fish can be assigned back to population of origin with unprecedented high levels of …