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.

Initially Adams thought he was into a carp

Mark Adams, a 41-year-old Union Pacific locomotive engineer, caught a 34.74-pound rainbow trout out of American Falls Reservoir on the Snake River last Monday morning. The fish is 14 pounds heavier than the Idaho state record and would be the largest ever caught in the US. The largest U.S. rainbow trout on record is a 33-pound, 1.6-ounce specimen caught below Lake Koocanusa in Montana’s Kootenai River in 1997.

Laid out on the tailgate.

An initial investigation suggests the fish is a triploid but even if it is determined to be a sterile rainbow, it still qualifies for the record book. 

LINK (Via: Northwest Sportsman Mag)

Ojai conservancy obtains steelhead preserve in Ventura River

Some good news for endangered southern steelhead.

The section is located near the river's confluence with San Antonio Creek and has deep, shaded pools that don't dry up in the hot Ojai summers.

It's considered some of the best spawning habitat for endangered southern steelhead as they await flow conditions to continue their migration upstream, Conservancy Director Greg Gamble said.

LINK (Via: The Ventura County Star)

31 1/2 Inch Cutty

Curtis Robinson caught a 31½-inch cutthroat trout at East Canyon Reservoir this spring.

The fish is a new Utah state record and it's the largest cutthroat trout ever caught and released in Utah.

LINK (The Salt Lake Trib)

Smallest Fish Ever Caught On Rod and Reel

According to World Records Academy Andy Pelphrey caught a Blacknose Dace measuring 2.4 in. long. and o.9 in. round, weighing in at o.oo8 lbs. (3.5 grams).

When asked about how it felt to have caught the smallest fish ever recorded Pelphrey said: "if it was good enough for God to make then it's good enough for me to catch if it's sent my way.

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Lame Carp Session

The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a bill this week that makes it a criminal offense to import Asian carp into the United States.

LINK (Via:Cleveland.com)