permaculture

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

The crux of the matter is that GM salmon can not survive in the wild because 
they depend on unlimited food supplies at all times. They would starve in 
the wild.
Experiments have been done with other GM fish in Japan I think about ten 
years ago. When they are interbred with normal fish and then followed from 
generation to generation it leads to extinction of the lot in 6-7 
generations. When this happens with salmon, it is only matter of time, the 
only salmon left will be farmed salmon and the price will go through the 
roof. Which is maybe the long term idea behind it.
John

> 29 May 2013 Last updated at 02:46 ET
> GM salmon can breed with wild fish and pass on genes
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22694239
>
> This image of transgenic salmon next to an unmodified salmon of the same
> age shows how the GM fish grow far more quickly
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>
> The potential risks of genetically modified fish escaping into the wild
> have been highlighted in a new study.
>
> Scientists from Canada have found that transgenic Atlantic salmon can
> cross-breed with a closely related species - the brown trout.
>
> The fish, which have been engineered with extra genes to make them grow
> more quickly, pass on this trait to the hybrid offspring.
> The research is published the Proceedings of the Royal Society
> B<http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.1047>
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