Salmon

foods but consumers want to know what they are consuming. Recently the FDA approved the sale of the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption. The fish is called AquAdvantage Salmon and it can be marketed as Atlantic salmon. There even might be no way for consumers to tell weather the salmon they are eating is genetically engineered. I picked this article because I…

inexpensive, nutritious animal protein and is a contributing factor towards raising nutritional standards, food security and poverty alleviating in low-income countries. Where the demand is high, the shrimp and fish aquaculture will continue to expand. Salmon, as a portion of food that is expected to have a major decline in production due to ecological changes. Impacts on the environment Destruction of Mangrove Aquaculture has been under serious scrutiny due to environmental and wild species…

The purpose of this assay is to elaborate the ethical issues associated with aquaculture especially salmon farming. A rapid increase has been observed in the aquaculture industry over the past few decades. This increase has been seen in the consumption of fish from consumers, increase fishing from wild fish stock and rapid increase in new fish farms. According to animal welfare, the main areas those are highly prior are divided into four various steps: period of breeding, period of growth,…

Over the last few decades, populations of Chinook – or King – Salmon have dropped to all time lows in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Three years ago the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) significantly tightened their restrictions on King Salmon fishing in general and particularly a type of fishing called setnetting (where fishermen employ large nets to catch massive quantities of fish). Since then the King Salmon numbers have been slowly rising to 24,000 fish last season and projections for…

Alaska has an interesting history with fishing, from even before it became a state, when it was acquired by the United States from Russia in 1867 (Naske 1994). Gold miners, whalers, and fishermen were some of the first Americans to move northward to Alaska for natural resources riches. Since the late 1880s, commercial fishing has been an important part of the Alaskan culture and economy (Sechrist & Rutz). In the early 1940s, when Alaska was still a territory, the United States joined WW II. The…

The Pacific Northwest was once full of an abundance of untapped resources, it was barely populated and was the definition of a hinterland. As the Pacific Northwest started to become known and resources started to become majorly exploited and shipped, we slowly become what we are now, not a hinterland. After all the overuse and misuse of the land we are not and will never hinterland again. The definition of a hinterland is defined as parts of the country that is less developed and…

of GMO salmon. Its position in the first quadrant stipulates that the cost-effectiveness is an added value to the technology and the fish industry. This will be an important success factor for AquAdvantage Salmon to emerge in the market with a strong selling point. Cost has a high importance input, as seen in Figure 1, as AquaBounty performs best in this area in comparison to its competitors. AquaBounty are able to lower their production cost to 75 cents per pound of AquAdvantage salmon as…

The restoration of the San Joaquin river may flop harder than the salmon that will die along with it. In Bill McEwen’s article, from the Fresno Bee, “River Plan too Fishy for my Taste Buds”, he explains why the San Joaquin river should not be restored. Bill McEwen used to be a journalist at the Fresno Bee for thirty-five years until he retired and became a local district representative under Jim Costa. The Fresno Bee, where McEwen’s article was published, is located in Fresno, California. Its…

due to their increased growth rates. Also, these transgenic fish require less food than wild fish resulting in the need for less baitfish to feed them. Genetically modified baitfish can also provide a cheaper alternative because for every pound of salmon being harvested, it requires several pounds of baitfish. Another positive outcome of genetically modified fish for fish harvesting is their change in cold tolerance. This allows farmers to expand their farms to areas that are less populated and…

for the extraction of the resources. If they build the huge mining site they so plan to do, it would destroy the entire ecosystem. Pollution would build up and intoxicate the air and water, causing a lot of damage. As it was described in the video, salmon are…