Editing Aquaculture (section)

===Genetic modification===
A type of salmon called the AquAdvantage salmon has been [[Genetically modified organism|genetically modified]] for faster growth, although it has not been approved for commercial use, due to controversy.<ref>Mcleod C, J Grice, H Campbell and T Herleth (2006) [http://www.conversations.canterbury.ac.nz/documents/Salmon%20Report.pdf Super Salmon: The Industrialisation of Fish Farming and the Drive Towards GM Technologies in Salmon Production] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505015144/http://www.conversations.canterbury.ac.nz/documents/Salmon%20Report.pdf |date=2013-05-05 }} CSaFe, Discussion paper 5, [[University of Otago]].</ref> The altered salmon incorporates a growth hormone from a [[Chinook salmon]] that allows it to reach full size in 16–28 months, instead of the normal 36 months for Atlantic salmon, and while consuming 25 percent less feed.<ref>Robynne Boyd, [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/would-you-eat-aquadvantage-salmon-if-approved/ Would you eat AquAdvantage salmon if approved?] ''Scientific American'' online, 26 April 2013.</ref> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviewed the AquAdvantage salmon in a draft environmental assessment and determined that it "would not have a significant impact (FONSI) on the U.S. environment."<ref>FDA: [https://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/developmentapprovalprocess/geneticengineering/geneticallyengineeredanimals/ucm280853.htm AquAdvantage Salmon]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Black|first1=K. D.|title=Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences|publisher=Academic Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-12-227430-5|editor=Steele, John H.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofoc0000unse/page/1578 1578–84]|chapter=Mariculture, Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of|doi=10.1006/rwos.2001.0487|editor2=Thorpe, Steve A.|editor3=Turekian, Karl K.|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofoc0000unse/page/1578}}</ref>