May 13, 2014 — This is the latest frontier in the battle over genetically modified food. Atlantic salmon, altered with genetic material from a chinook salmon and an ocean pout. The result is a fish that grows to market weight twice as fast as wild salmon.
"Most producers will say it takes 24-30 months to produce a market size salmon. We can do that in 18," said AquaBounty CEO Ron Stotish.
AquaBounty created the fish 25 years ago and is waiting for FDA approval. The salmon would be the first genetically modified meat sold for human consumption.
"This is a generation of technology that can improve productivity, can improve availability of food worldwide," said Stotish.
But the opposition is fierce.
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