Maybe they could create a gmo steelhead that would even eat Daniels swung fly.....

 

Maybe that could create a gmo steelhead that would even eat Daniels swung fly.....

 

Whats the difference between that and hatchery fish.

Hatchery salmon and steelhead have been genetically modified through selective breeding. The GMO Atlantic salmon were modified by inserting genes from other fish species into their genome. I worry about the latter escaping and entering the natural populations along with their genes.

 

Ah ha I see. That is a very valid concern and I could totally see how that could be a bad thing. So there both genetically modified but one is just more generically altered then the other.

 

So where are the fish going to be? Held in pens?

 

Wikipedia says: "AquAdvantage built a 100-ton/year aquaculture facility in landlocked highlands in Panama, a fraction of the 230,000-ton global output of farmed Atlantic salmon."

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that if the market supports it they will expand. To where though?

 

Will it also be accepted by the people when they start mass genetically modifying the human race? It will be presented in a way to reduce medical costs with no pre-disposed disease genes, a populace of tolerant/subdued individuals (minds) so little need for police/prison space, etc. The billions it will save, and the people will buy it. Really heading for a hell-hole of no return. Yes it is a bad idea! IMHO

 

It's a slippery slope. We've been genetically modifying plants on an industrial scale for a while now.

 

Just a matter of time before one of these incontrollable experiments bites us in the ass.

Man has replaced Darwin and it will not end well.

 

I think that big business is going to do whatever it wants and ram anything they want down our throats and most Americans will not care.

 

Salmon.....and Panama.
I'll pass.
SF

 

This is in the news because the FDA just approved these fish for human consumption in the U.S. The problems I have with GM Salmon are (1) they aren't going to identify it as a GMO when they sell it, and (b) they can reproduce in the wild.

The originating fish will be bred in Canada in a indoor pen separated from all natural bodies of water. The females - supposedly triploid mules - will be shipped to closed pens in Panama. The fertile males and females will remain in Canada.

That's all well and good until some minimum wage employee thinks that these fish would be perfect in their favorite river.

From the application to the FDA, and proven by FDA researchers, the males and fertile females can reproduce with wild fish. I'm going to do this from memory, but I believe the FDA application states that reproductive success rate for hatchery fish in the wild is abut 94%, and the success rate for the GM salmon is around 4%. It's low for these GM salmon because they don't develop the physical characteristics of a wild fish in spawn (the males don't develop hooked jaws).

I have a third problem, now that I think about it: I cannot think of a single thing that humans have ever successfully contained...

 

geeezz....It wont be a party thing, it will be corporation thing by then. A select few corporations will be running the show, political parties will be a cute little sideshow manipulated by Wal-mart, or Amazon, or the Koch sucking brothers, etc. Oh wait