«A fully annotated salmon genome will provide important information about the impact of cultured
fish escapees on wild populations, about preservation of populations that are at risk, about strategies for fighting pathogens, and about environmental sustainability issues,» says ICSASG chair Dr. Steinar Bergseth at the Research Council of Norway.
Not exact matches
With the Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of GM salmon (SN Online: 11/19/15), for example, scientists agree that there is a slim possibility that
escapees could harm native
fish populations; that risk could be curtailed, however, with strict oversight about where and how such
fish are farmed.
Fish present particular challenges, with the Great Lakes girding for the arrival of Asian carp and lionfish, escapees from the tropical fish trade that sport fans of toxin - tipped spines, spreading in the Caribbean and up the East Coast as far as Long Isl
Fish present particular challenges, with the Great Lakes girding for the arrival of Asian carp and lionfish,
escapees from the tropical
fish trade that sport fans of toxin - tipped spines, spreading in the Caribbean and up the East Coast as far as Long Isl
fish trade that sport fans of toxin - tipped spines, spreading in the Caribbean and up the East Coast as far as Long Island.