1528. Firm refusal
Although Qin Shiou was a little annoyed with these people, he still took them to the fishing ground. After all, he was a guest of the Fisheries Department and their Newfoundland Fisheries Alliance.
The water quality of the Daqin Fishery attracted these people at the first time. They praised them at the intersection of the boat. When the boat drove to the dock, it was a shallow water area. The water quality was clear and the sun was shining. You could see the dense seaweed under the seabed under the water, like a grassland.
Taili asked enthusiastically: "Qin, your fishing ground has grown very well. What kind of planting is it? How to manage it normally? Can you tell me some secrets?"
Qin Shiou shrugged and looked helpless, saying, "Maybe you know that my fishing ground hired Professor Sanders for technical guidance. All of this was done under his guidance, so I can't help."
A technician immediately nodded and said, "Professor Sanders is a leader in Canadian marine biology. Unexpectedly, Mr. Qin invited him. This is really amazing. As far as I know, many large biological companies cannot invite him."
Literatures are inferior to each other, and scientists are the same. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature, no second in science. Hearing this technician praise Professor Sanders, Bledsoe, chief technical expert of abtx, was a little unhappy and said: "Professor Sanders does have some strength in the traditional breeding industry, but in the new era of genetically modified technology, his ability is lacking."
The technician did not respond. He should know who Professor Bledsoe was. He laughed dryly and shut his mouth and left the dock.
Qin Shiou felt that Bledsoe was a little too scrupulous. He knew Professor Sanders' ability. The old professor was not only knowledge, but also his personality. From him, he could indeed see the quality of the Taishan Beidou in the scientific world.
In addition, he had no good impression of genetically modified technology, so he said, "There is a saying in China that there is a technique of slaying dragons in the short term. This is a story. It tells the story of someone who has learned the superb skills of slaying dragons, but there is no dragon in the world. So no matter how superb his ability to slay dragons, what's the use of?"
Bledsoe had a high IQ and suddenly understood what he meant and said angrily: "Mr. Qin. Do you think genetically modified technology is useless? This is the most promising technology in the 21st century. The emergence of this technology has allowed humans to take at least a big step forward in the civilized world!"
Qin Shiou smiled teasingly and said, "We in China have another saying, "It is easy to pull eggs when we take big steps. So it is better for humans to take small steps in the civilized world."
Bledsoe looked straight at him for a while and said, "I think Mr. Qin doesn't want to breed Shuiyou salmon, right?"
Qin Shiou shrugged and smiled: "Of course, my fishing ground has a lot of salmon stockings, and they grow very well. I don't want to add competitors to them."
As he said that, he used the consciousness of the sea god to find a group of Atlantic salmon, controlled them to float to the water and swing left and right, revealing their plump and plump bodies, and deliberately let them show off their might on the water.
Quentin Statham came up to smooth things over. He said with a smile: "Of course Qin doesn't want to raise this kind of fish, because there are no large rivers near his fishing grounds, so he cannot complete the reproduction of this kind of fish."
Atlantic salmon are divided into two types, land-to-air and migratory. The former lives in freshwater waters throughout his life, and its primitive habitat is the northern Atlantic Ocean, that is, northeastern North America, the Britannia Isles, and the Scandinavian Peninsula in Europe.
Land-weather Atlantic salmon is a world-based farmed fish with relatively stable genetic variability and high nutritional value. It is rich in protein and polyunsaturated fatty acids and has a good dietary therapeutic effect. There are some in Chenbao Lake, which are quite precious freshwater fish.
But more are migratory Atlantic salmon, which is the type of fish farmed in the river. This fish grows in the sea and grows in the sea. In hatching, it must return to the Tamsui River and then grows in the sea. The parent body of the water-efficient salmon is them.
Qin Shiou just doesn't want to breed genetically modified Atlantic salmon. What's the use of growing up? The uncertainty of existence is too great. If these salmons breed in fishing grounds, it may even lead to the extinction of the original Atlantic salmon. According to research, Atlantic salmon with king salmon has far greater survivability in the wild than ordinary Atlantic salmon.
"No, you're overconsidering, all our fry has been processed, it's unisexually infertile and doesn't require them to breed in freshwater."
Indeed, the premise of FDA's approval of the sale of this genetically modified salmon is to require ABTX to genetically process all genetically modified salmons, causing unilateral and infertile conditions to prevent them from accidentally mating and reproducing with wild salmon and contaminating wild population genes.
However, the mystery of genes is something that humans have not yet controlled. Who knows what accidents will occur in natural states? And who can be sure that these fish have really done gene editing in reproduction? What if there are a few of them that still have the ability to reproduce?
If FDA and the U.S. government are not worried about this kind of water-efficient salmon, they should be allowed to be raised in the United States, rather than only allowing adults to be produced in Panama, while the eggs are made in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
So far, for twenty years, this fish has been allowed to be cultivated only in the unlucky Panama. Because of the size of Panama fishing grounds, abtx can only produce up to about 100 tons of salmon per year, which is very small compared to the 200,000 tons of Atlantic salmon imported by the United States every year.
In order to occupy a greater share in the Atlantic salmon market, abtx has been spared no effort to promote the legalization of genetically modified fish. FDA passed the market access review of water-optimized salmon a year ago. The reason why they came to Canada now is because they just convinced Canada to add a large farm.
As for the US mainland, FDA and the Department of Fisheries strictly prohibit the breeding of genetically modified salmon in fishery fields. In their environmental impact assessment report for genetically modified salmon, they require salmon to be produced and processed "outside" the United States, so that the threat to the US environment will be minimized.
This is also one of the reasons why Qin Shiou was dissatisfied. Americans are easy to calculate. What is the difference between this and dumping electronic waste in other countries? Genetically modified salmon is raised in foreign countries and processed in foreign countries. Finally, the fish that enters the United States is only fish. Even if there is a problem, it can solve all problems by taking it off the shelves and will not pose a threat to their biological chain.
But what about Canada? FDA lacks environmental risk assessments for Canada and Panama, and believes that due to the protection and barriers of Panama and Canadian mainland facilities, the chance of salmon escaping is very small, so it will not affect the US environment.
Some things are really disgusting the more you know. However, all the fishermen in Shuiyou salmon know that Qin Shiou doesn’t believe that anyone is willing to take the risk of raising this fish. It would be fine if major supermarkets and fish markets are open to access, but now the government allows market access, and the government will not buy fish, so fools will raise this fish. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!