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First Genetically Engineered Salmon Sold in Canada

August 8th, 2017
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AquaBounty Technologies, the company in Maynard, Massachusetts, that developed the fish, announced it has sold 4.5 tonnes of its hotly debated product to customers in Canada.The sale marks the first time that a genetically engineered animal has been sold for food on the open market. The fish, a variety of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), is engineered to grow faster than its non-genetically modified counterpart, reaching market size in half the time — about 18 months. AquaBounty raised the fish in tanks in a small facility in Panama. It plans to ramp up production by expanding a site on Canada’s Prince Edward Island,

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