The FDA found AquaAdvantage salmon safe for use in 2015, but congress blocked the fish in 2016 until labeling identified the food source as being genetically modified. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration determined that the producer of what some have called “Frankenfish” has meet congress’ requirements and the item can now be offered to consumers. More
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I do not eat fish from supermarkets or restaurants. I am fortunate that I live near the great lakes. I have friends who do a lot of fishing in lake Huron/St.Clair river. I get walleye from them occasionally but still seldom partake in fish. I also avoid processed foods as much as possible. I plan to learn to can my own food.
Diff Tim. Hello neighbour.
I am not afeared! I face the future, standing brave and tall.
Bring on your fast-growing, fat salmon — and *I* will eat it! ….Lady in Red
These are going to be farmed fish, living in pens and swimming around in what amounts to a mud puddle of fish shit. I think I’ll stick with wild caught.
I never drink water; fish sh!t in it.
Joe Beer….. You’re correct: farmed fish. But I’m actually working with a development operation in the Shenandoah Valley to grow healthy fresh water salmon in *very clean* tanks on the farms of cattle farmers around the county.
A big emphasis is upon flavor and, if we pull it all off, the salmon should be superior to wild caught in all ways. …and economical…? ….Lady in Red
I, for one, look forward to shoveling heaps of any kind of GMO food into my gapping mouth. While the genetics may have been modified by man, the proteins and nutrients in these foods will all digest the same as those provided by nature alone. Perhaps this will bring the price down and or take the pressure off of other fish stocks that need time to recover from over exploitation, not to mention all the heart health benefits of adding fish to one’s diet on a regular basis.
If it smells like fish have a dish. If it smells like cologne leave it alone.
They could always grow them in one of settling ponds or small lakes in N. Idaho where the toxic waste from the Silver mines used to accumulate. We still joke about the 3 eyed and other mutant fish up there. I’ve never fished there but occasionally you will see some people fishing out there. And then there’s the legendary W. Medical Lake mud fish in Spokane County in the lake where they used to dump the raw sewage from the State Mental institutions located just off the lake, YUCK!
@Huron – By your spelling I presume a Canadian neighbor? Lampton? My parents live in Sarnia.
Diff Tim. Bingo. Point Edward.
@Huron – Used to walk our bikes across bridge to go to the french fry truck under the bridge as kids. Spent lots of time at Canatara park also. I’ll wave to you next time I drive the parkway. Small world!
Diff Tim. Alberts rolling lunch. Best fries around. I worked on that truck like alot of the point kids. My yard backs onto the park i am looking at it as i type this.
Fish I like to eat:
Catfish
Trout
Rock Cod
Calico Bass
Shark steaks
Halibut
Herring steaks (canned)
Fish I don’t particularly care for:
Swai
Tilapia
Roughy
Sardines/Anchovies
Salmon (unless smoked)
Mackerel
Barracuda
Bonito
I drink only distilled water and grain alcohol.
POE
PEO
That’s from “Dr. Strangelove”
Great list Tom D.I find the salmon wets the rolling papers so i use my old corn cob pipe.
I darn sure don’t eat any fish from China and am highly suspicious of any other countries. May have to stick to our Georgia trout and redfish.
pass
genetically modified ‘farm’ fish, being fed gmo feed.
I’m good without that, thanks. More for everyone else, if that is what they want.
Texas Trout Red Drum Flounder
caught in Offats Bayou.Live shrimp
on a Poppin’ cork…
” has meet congress’ requirements” – That’s a pretty low standard, don’t ya think? Just look at the people they let join their club.
I don’t usually watch Dr Oz. But a week back I was cooking, hands not clean enough to pick up the tv changer, and he and his guest were talking about the mislabeling of fish, particularly salmon. Labeled as wild caught, when they were in fact farm raised fish.
Anyway, the biggest offenders were the large food chain stores. They could afford to absorb a costly law suit over the incorrectly labeled foods. The small stores were the most honest. A costly law suit would probably put them out of business, thus are are more honest. They label their foods like a chain of possession for crime lab evidence. Almost complete from the ocean where caught, to the hook used, to the fishing boat & crew, to packaging to transport carrier to the store.
Yu phink dat’ll keep til fwiday?