Advocates cheer possible end of genetically modified salmon

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 23, 2024

Environmental advocacy groups are cheering what they say is the end of a controversial attempt to market genetically engineered salmon, following a yearslong regulatory and legal battle. A coalition of environmental, recreation and consumer groups sued the Food and Drug Administration for approving the world’s first genetically engineered food animal nearly a decade ago. The groups argued the new fish could further threaten the endangered Atlantic salmon, especially if they were to escape and mingle with the natural gene pool, and charged that the FDA violated procedural law by failing to consult scientists with relevant expertise, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay said.