What its gonna do is screw things UP

Frankly, I look at young people & feel sorry for them. The future looks darned grim to me. From more & more govt control, limited opportunity & ruined food, I see poverty & disease for them. Ive watched the downward spiral of America. Like the water in a toilet, it spins faster & faster, till it gurgles & disappears down the tubes. Our rate of spin is increasing & we are steadily moving down. Unless thers a real change in direction in DC, we're gonna go down the tubes.

phelonius is quite right, all the above did happen in Oregon.
I have not heard of this generic salmon you guys are talking about,
The real problem are the commercial fishermen,if left alone they would happily fish the salmon until they are were all gone,So the fishermen are forced to only fish during the season,and thats fine,but what they should do is ban commercial fishing all together for five years or 8 years,that would bring them back to normal, meanwhile eat farm raised Salmon.
Or you can make a trip to Scotland were they have the best Salmon in the world, please don't argue that point it is true.
My brother in law and Sister are on there anual salmon fishing trip down at the Alsea river Oregon,so far been there 10 days caught one salmon. in a normal year they catch two.

He tell the ladies c0ck a doodle do,The ladies tell him any c0ck adool.

what would be the point of genetic salmon ? if they are sterile ?

Wolfman,

Share your sources on the sterile thing, I haven't seen it explained fully yet in what I have read.

Closest I have come is some chatter talk like this .....

"The main problem most people have with GM salmon is the thought of environmental impact they could cause. These problems may include interbreeding to cause a “Trojan gene”, or the possibility of creating a pest fish such as Tilapia or Carp.” If transgenic salmon do breed successfully with native fish, their novel gene will escape into the wild gene pool and destroy native salmon populations, which is the so-called “Trojan Gene” theory.” (http://www.primidi.com/2006/01/11.html)  

However, these fish are 100% sterile, and therefore not able to reproduce. This is done by preventing the development of the ovaries needed to produce eggs. Make your choice."



Well, that may keep the bulk of the production momma fish out of the picture, but what happens when the unintended and very rare but still gonna happen occasionally males spew their sperm all over standard salmon eggs?

You do realize that there are fertile females that produce eggs and healthy males that spew all over them somewhere in the background of this scheme don't you?

All they got to do is lose track of one male fish that survives the ocean and the trip up a creek somewhere and whammo -- free breeding first generation mixes with normal salmon.


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Do you think all of these puppies are sterile too?


"The pending decision is being tracked by biotechnology companies that have invested millions of dollars in developing genetically modified animals for food and are waiting for the FDA to act on their approval requests.

Scientists at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, have asked the FDA to approve their "Enviropig," a hog genetically altered to produce environmentally friendly manure. Hematech of Sioux Falls, S.D., is developing genetically modified cows that are resistant to mad cow disease."

lets make sure those cheer leaders not only never get head aches, but they only like men over 65.