Gm Salmon Research Paper

Genetically modified salmon is a great food source. The salmon is a faster to produce, more reliable source of food. Also, the GM salmon provides an alternative way to get salmon, thus protecting endangered and at-risk natural salmon. In addition, the GM salmon grows larger than normal salmon, meaning less fish are killed to produce the same weight that stores now sell. This is why it is important for the FDA to approve genetically modified salmon as food.

The salmon fully matures faster than wild salmon, because it has transplanted genes from another fish that grows faster. In fact, it grows in 16 months, instead of the usual 30 months for an unmodified fish. Also, according to Genetically Modified Salmon, "[T]he 'promoter' gene makes it grow all year round instead of only in the spring and summer." This means that the fish could grow year round, thus cutting the time down even more. However, it would be necessary to know if the "promoter" gene has any side effects. …show more content…
This means that as more fish from genetically modified hatcheries move into stores, less fish from ocean need to appear in stores to keep the store in stock. Due to the fact that less fish will come from the ocean and rivers, endangered and at-risk salmon will have a better chance of recovering from over-kill.

In addition, to re-quote Genetically Modified Salmon, "The GH gene makes the fish grow bigger. . ." The fact that the fish grow larger means that each fish can equal as much as two normal fish, so over-kill of wild species will decrease not just by the number of GM fish, but by DOUBLE the number of GM fish. Also, this means that less fish need will be made and killed, so not as many resources will be spent on each fish. The only thing that I need to know about the larger fish is how much larger they