DNA altered Superfish

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ElectricBlueSeanBurch said:
Also they can breathe air and speak with a french accent but only in a very condescending tone.
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This made me LOL

...as far as super fish are concerned:

A 12"-14" Firemouth would be cool and to steal an idea from another thread; large Betta's would actually be nice, 6-8".
 
RWaltman said:
Read the book, "FOUR FISH"...Dateline just ripped the story off, typical news media. The book centers around "wild caught" food and how we are basically decimating and causing the extinction of many ocean fish, also the feed used on these "superfish" is created from fish...I believe the ratio is it takes 4 lbs. of fish meal to produce 1 lb. of edible salmon. We are basically killing the ecosystem from the bottom up (no bait fish, no food, no predators). As fans of fish we need to be more vocal in the preservation and restoration of ocean and freshwater habitats. PUT THE BLUE FIN TUNA ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. The answer "well, we don't know how to count them in the wild, so we don't REALLY know how many there are...so we can catch as many as we want!" doesn't work anymore. I wish more people would be educated. *steps down from the soapbox*
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Although it's a cool idea I have to agree with this .

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There are many man made hybrid crop, food fish and cow out there for our consumption. The common tilapia and stripe bass sold in fish market are hybrid fish, not pure breed. This is a break through because it is an engineered fusion of genes, not hybrid, from two unrelated species--eel with salmon. There are man made ornamental fish by fusion of florescent jelly fish genes with zebra and tetra, but this is the first fime done on food fish. May be ornamental fish should go the next step by fusion of African cichlid with American cichlid genes, or cichlids with labrinth fish.
 
RWaltman said:
Read the book, "FOUR FISH"...Dateline just ripped the story off, typical news media. The book centers around "wild caught" food and how we are basically decimating and causing the extinction of many ocean fish, also the feed used on these "superfish" is created from fish...I believe the ratio is it takes 4 lbs. of fish meal to produce 1 lb. of edible salmon. We are basically killing the ecosystem from the bottom up (no bait fish, no food, no predators). As fans of fish we need to be more vocal in the preservation and restoration of ocean and freshwater habitats. PUT THE BLUE FIN TUNA ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. The answer "well, we don't know how to count them in the wild, so we don't REALLY know how many there are...so we can catch as many as we want!" doesn't work anymore. I wish more people would be educated. *steps down from the soapbox*
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Our oceans have indeed been overfished! The Cod went from boats loads, to barely bucket fulls. We've taken more than the oceans can provide, abused it. And now oceans ecosystems are off, reefs damaged n dissapearing. But there has been alot more regulations and enforment put into protecting our reefs, however still not enough yet. Definitely needs to b more done, more educating the world of the suffering our oceans r enduring. So I see your point there. Guess that's why I see farm raised fish as a good alternative vs taking them from ocean. Unless I'm missing something here?

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I would make monster fish smaller so they can fit in smaller tanks.....lol
 
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