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the world's largest salmon aquaculture enterprises mainly in Europe, and now United States developed a fast-growing, tall large genetically modified "super salmon" let worries European aquaculture.

Norway Cermaq Gale, Chief Executive of fish culture in Enterprise ・ Isachsen said: "we in Europe do not have ' super giant pig ' or ' super cow ', also do not need ' super salmon '. "

United States biotechnology company AquaBounty has patented genetically modified Atlantic salmon salmon claims to two times the normal speed of growth, may be the fastest in early summer of this year to gain United States regulatory approval, genetically modified food in the global war further spread to fish products.

after the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) under a Committee already expressed AquaBounty transgenic salmon is safe, if it is a place without contact with wild fish culture can not be a threat to the environment.

AquaBounty Corporation CEO Ronald ・ situodishi on Reuters said: "this is a secure and stable product. "He said, the company's researchers through Chinook salmon, and Pacific Ocean gene into cod Atlantic salmon eggs, produced this" Trinity "of transgenic salmon. If approved, it would also become the first permitted for food of animal transgenic food consumers. After the United States regulators have approved listing of herbicide-tolerant genetically modified soybeans and corn.

Oslo ABG Sundal Collier analyst at investment bank amounted to ・ shilaitemo said: "if genetically modified salmon in his clearly negative impact on the existing salmon aquaculture enterprises. "

2010 year, Cermaq and two large enterprises headed by Marine Harvest Norway salmon producers to supply global markets 65% salmon. In the case of Asia and Eastern Europe to the middle class a high demand, Norway salmon Enterprise output value of exports reached a record $ 5.9 billion.

shilaitemo says, if genetically modified salmon makes significant increase in the supply, demand and key markets in Europe and other damage to, may result in salmon prices have fallen.

United States online survey held in the Washington Post last year, 58% per cent of respondents indicated that they would not eat genetically modified salmon. Compared with the European Commission survey found that 77% Europe against any form of genetically modified foods.

Norway coastal fjord in Sham Shui Po number, are excellent habitats of salmon, total production last year 945,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon, is the second largest producer United Kingdom eight times, United States of 54 times.