Genetically Modified Salmons: Aquabounty Products
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The fish is an Atlantic salmon engineered to grow twice as fast as its conventional, farm-raised counterpart
which was produced by Massachusetts-based biotech firm AquaBounty Technologies.The company has
been trying to get the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve its salmon for sale for nearly 20 years.
People have been wondering what would happen if these fish got out of the land-based facilities where
they're grown and escaped into the wild? Would genetically modified salmon push out their wild
counterparts or permanently alter habitat?
One scientist say's Genetically modified salmon contain the growth hormone gene from one fish, combined
with the promoter of an antifreeze gene from another. This combination both increases