This article taken from the New York Times on June 25 2010 discusses the issues that have been raised around one companies attempt to produce and sell the first genetically altered animal meant for human consumption. The company who has developed these genetically modified salmon, AquaBounty, have been trying to get the product approved by [...]
Tag: fish stock
Bavington’s new book to be released at the end of May
Managed Annihilation:An Unnatural History of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse. Dr. Bavington’s book, which will be available near the end of May 2010, discusses the once extremely successful commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador. After the cod industry collapsed in 1992- causing the largest single day lay-off in Canadian history and detrimental ecological damage- many [...]
