GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON SOON IN STORES NEAR YOU!

Yale Environment 360 had an online debate on genetically modified salmon between Elliot Entis and Paul Greenberg. Elliot Entis is the co-founder and for CEO of AquaBounty Technologies, the company creating the genetically modified salmon. Paul Greenberg is the author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food and is a known critic of "Frankenfish", a termed used to name the altered salmon. The genetically modified fish are introduced with an eel like fish's DNA to help them reach the harvesting weight in only 9 months instead of the 18 months it normally takes. The FDA has already granted preliminary approval in December and after a public comment period, which ends on April 26^th; the fish could get the final approval from the FDA to be sold in the US. 

I have heard this subject come up in multiple of my classes so this is serious and a current event that could potentially still change. I hope that the FDA would recognize how this goes against the laws of nature and should be reconsidered for human consumption. I would hope people would reduce their need for salmon instead of reducing their standards. I also like some of the comments of the debate that deals with other types of opinions, like those of the KOSHER community. It was interesting to read about a culture that I don’t know much about and their opinion on a subject that I am interested in.

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_final_us_decision_nears_a_lively_debate_on_gm_salmon/2641/