salmon genetic Articles
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Project - Fresh, Local Salmon Raised in the Midwest - 122,000 sq. ft. - Albany, Indiana
Our northeast Indiana farm is capable of raising 1,200 metric tons of salmon each year. The first harvest of conventional Atlantic salmon commenced at the end of June 2020 and the first harvest of our genetically engineered salmon is expected in Q4 of ...
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FDA Commissioner Releases Statement On Biotechnology Innovations
On March 8, 2019, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., released a statement on the continued efforts to advance safe biotechnology innovations, and the deactivation of an import alert on genetically engineered (GE) salmon. In his statement, Dr. Gottlieb emphasized FDA’s mission to evaluate the safety of intentional genomic alterations (IGA) in animals ...
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Transgenic fish are ready for us. Are we ready for them?
After decades of regulatory and legal challenges, AquaBounty aims to bring genetically engineered salmon to U.S. and Canadian markets next year. On a hill above the cold waters around Prince Edward Island, technicians painstakingly create fertilized Atlantic salmon eggs that include growth-enhancing DNA from two other fish species. The eggs will be shipped to ponds in the high rainforest of ...
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