GM FISH – FAO
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UN Food and Agricultural Organisation has released a series of papers on genetically modified food, with a memorandum on fish highlighting the significant commercial opportunities to fish farmers, but also the potential dire environmental after effects of escapes by GM fish.With the US Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans considering approving a salmon growing 4-11 times faster than wild fish, the FAO says this biotechnology "may improve food security."However, its study stresses that with around 30 ...
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