GM salmon (was triglycerides (was Carbs and physical activity)

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> > ->i believe that's happened here in maine in one of our coastal salmon

> > farms, but i haven't read or heard of it happening on the pacific

coast. i

> > think the farmed salmon were genetically engineered to grow faster or

> > something, and are larger than the wild atlanit salmon (which is on the

> > endangered species list, IIRC) and the concern is that the big,

> fast-growing

> > escapees will out-compete the wild ones for food, and interbreed and

> > basically be the end of the wild atlantic salmon.

>

### I heard that GM Atlantic salmon had escaped in eastern Canada. I think

the problem with the interbreeding thing is that the GM salmon are bigger

and they may compete regarding breeding. Since they are bigger it's

believed that the GM salmon will win out against the smaller wild salmon.

The problem is that those GM salmon are supposedly sterile. So there won't

be enough fertile salmon to reproduce. I guess the sterile ones get all the

action, but are shooting blanks. Yikes.

Marla