Genetically modified frankenfish one giant step closer to reality.

The Food and Drug Administration has completed its highly-anticipated evaluation of the environmental impact of the world’s first genetically-engineered (GE) fish for human consumption, and written a document supportive of its commercialization on the U.S. market, according to a person close to the review process.

LINK (Via: Talking Points Memo)

Think the systems to prevent these fish getting into the wild are foolproof?

The company has taken measures to make sure that its AquAdvantage fish are sterile, slipping the transgenic fish an extra chromosome. It works in 98 percent of cases, and the company claims that, in combination with its land-based system, it can achieve genetic isolation of the fish.

Yeah, until some hayseed steals a few and dumps them in the Miramachi.