Re: Genetically Modified Food.
Originally Posted by
Twizard
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There's an awful lot of fish thrown back in the sea.
The seas are under immense pressure from overfishing. It amazes me how you can buy as much tuna as you want for instance anywhere in the world apparently. How many tons of tuna are caught and processed each day to sustain that? Lots of fish are no longer available from certain areas from being overfished, and not just fish but crabs - shrimps - all sorts of marine edible life.
Another thing with regard to overfishing sometimes a species can't re-establish itself again after being overfished as other species can gain a much stronger foot hold in the meantime.
If a fish species was genetically modified to be 10x as big in a short time and farmed think of the potential for providing much needed food. Also it would help take the pressure off the oceans.