"YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE AS DAZZLING AS YOUR SUBJECTS"

Monday, September 20, 2010

RUN, SALMON RUN; GROW, SALMON, GROW

PRIZE SALMON "CATCH"?
"THE FIRST GE ANIMAL 
APPROVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"?

PACIFIC SALMON CATCH, 
SEA OF OKHOTSK,
OFF THE ISLAND OF SAKHALIN
(RUSSIA), USSR, 1990

According to the Vancouver Sun, there may yet be a spanner thrown into the works -- by the Canadian government.  Awaiting final approval from the U.S. FDA [Food and Drug Administration] is the "AquAdvantage salmon, genetically engineered to grow twice as fast with a gene from an eel-like fish, called an ocean pout [sic], and a growth hormone from a chinook salmon." 

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