Research fuels fear of gene-altered fish

[icymist]

Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - Page updated at 12:37 A.M.

Research fuels fear of gene-altered fish

By Sandi Doughton
Seattle Times staff reporter

In a head-to-head battle for food, normal coho salmon lose out to their genetically engineered cousins, says a new study that adds to the controversy over what critics call "frankenfish."
Not only did the aggressive, gene-modified salmon gobble up most of the feed when raised in tanks with ordinary salmon, but they also gobbled up their weaker competitors — including their own type, British Columbia scientists reported in yesterday's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The results were often dramatic population crashes, with only one or two of the genetically modified fish surviving in tanks that originally held 50 animals, said lead author Robert Devlin of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

"When food supplies are low, transgenic (genetically modified) fish have a very significant effect on the population," he said, adding the caveat that laboratory experiments may not predict what would happen if bioengineered salmon escaped into the environment.

But that's a question that needs to be answered

More at this

[mmm]

1. Danger! Danger!

Of course they will escape.
It only happens every time.

[struggle4progress]

2. Say it again!

[Eloriel]

3. Ah, gives new meaning to the term Frankenfood, doesn't it? n/t

[Eurobabe]

4. i'll repeat what I said about GM food

i am against this, it is ethically WRONG and immoral.

[loudsue]

5. Yee-gads! These Frankenfish sound like REPUBLICANS!!!

"Not only did the aggressive, gene-modified salmon gobble up most of the feed when raised in tanks with ordinary salmon, but they also gobbled up their weaker competitors — including their own type."

Bred by republicans, implanted with republican brain genes. Destroy these fish before they start going to church!!!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[cestmoi]

6. DOES KILLER BEES RING A BELL?

[crossroads]

7. Hello? Kill those monsters now!

They seem... just... dangerous!
:eyes:

[nodehopper]

8. Could this lead to Mad Fish Disease? Isn't it from cannibalism?