fisheries. Among those, the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum 1792) exhibits
significant commercial relevance. While the last decade showed a steady and sharp decline
in capture levels, recent advances in culture husbandry represent promising research
avenues. Yet, the complete absence of genomic resources from sardine imposes a severe
bottleneck to understand its physiological and ecological requirements. We generated 69 …