Genetically engineered salmon headed to your tables

[diehardblue]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The inaugural harvest of genetically modified salmon began this week after the pandemic delayed the sale of the first such altered animal to be cleared for human consumption in the United States, company officials said.

Several tons of salmon, engineered by biotech company AquaBounty Technologies Inc., will now head to restaurants and away-from-home dining services — where labeling as genetically engineered is not required — in the Midwest and along the East Coast, company CEO Sylvia Wulf said.

Thus far, the only customer to announce it is selling the salmon is Samuels and Son Seafood, a Philadelphia-based seafood distributor.

AquaBounty has raised its faster-growing salmon at an indoor aquaculture farm in Albany, Indiana. The fish are genetically modified to grow twice as fast as wild salmon, reaching market size — 8 to 12 pounds (3.6 to 5.4 kilograms) — in 18 months rather than 36.

https://apnews.com/article/whole-foods-market-inc-lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-technology-a4ef4f24801f62ac65918e4560d7eb8a

[lagomorph777]

1. One more reason not to eat dead animals.

[getagrip_already]

4. So live animals are ok?

There is likely nothing wrong with these critters, other than what is generically wrong with farm raised vs wild fish (which is a lot).

Post some science. GMO ain't bad in it's own right.

[lagomorph777]

15. ok - one more reason not to eat animals.

[IcyPeas]

2. ..."where labeling as genetically engineered is not required "

I think it ought to be labeled as such.

Frankenfish.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. No warning labels. One more thing I'll be giving up.

[getagrip_already]

5. Both farm raised and gmo should be labelled....

Farm raised is the real health risk though.

[Jirel]

6. No reason for hysteria.

It’s fine. I’ll happily eat it, as long as it’s not going to screw up another species. There is literally no risk in eating GMOs. The only major problem is with licensing of seeds that prevents farmers from saving their own, and with some varieties of produce posing a danger to some beneficial insects.

[NickB79]

9. Even the seed licensing is overblown

The vast majority of farmers switched to hybrid seed in the 70's, long before GM crops came about. And the thing with hybrid seed is that you can't save your own seed, because hybrids don't breed true from year to year. They'll grow, but your yields will collapse compared to first-year hybrid seed.

So, licenses outlawing seed saving have almost no impact on farm operations, because farmers gave up on seed saving back when my Grandpa was still driving his John Deere.

[Happy Hoosier]

12. The left has its own anti-science movements...NT

[brooklynite]

7. Just to be clear, human farmers have been genetically modifying foods for tens of thousands of years

[NickB79]

8. A fish that grows twice as fast, using less food, and is sterile? Oh noes!

The horror!

In the meantime, conventionally farmed salmon and the fish food industry that services it are destroying vast areas of the ocean while we speak.

Take your pick.

[frazzled]

10. I only get wild caught

And never order salmon at a restaurant ... not because I’m skeptical of the fish, but rather why would I order something that I could so easily make at home?

[Happy Hoosier]

13. Quality of preparation? The dining experience?

I cook a mean steak. I still sometimes order steak in. restaurant.

[frazzled]

14. Well

It will sound like I’m boasting, but I’m a pretty experienced and adventurous cook. I’ve even made coulibiac of salmon on a few special occasions: a Franco-Russian dish consisting of layers of salmon, mushroom veloute, slices of hard-boiled eggs, and dilled rice, all wrapped in a homemade brioche dough lined with dilled crepes. But usually something much simpler!

Steaks on the other hand are understandably tempting to order at a good steakhouse restaurant, because in general, we can’t get the same quality or cuts of beef. My husband is usually the steak griller at home.

I like to order things I could not or do not want to cook myself (e.g., Indian food, which I love).

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Frankenstein Fish

Hooray if they glow in the dark