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Invasive Potential and Regulation Experience of Using Transgenic Organisms in Aquaculture by Way of Example of Atlantic Salmon

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The article considers a 30-year history of the creation, state regulation, and production of AquAdvantage transgenic salmon genetically modified (GM) with the growth hormone gene. The arguments of opponents and proponents of the concept of ecological safety of the use of transgenic fish in aquaculture are critically analyzed. It has been generalized that the adaptability of transgenic fish is lower than that of its wild relatives. On this basis, it is assumed that, in the event of an accidental ingress of GM fish from aquaculture to natural populations, transgenes are under the negative influence of natural selection. Strict security measures for the maintenance of GM fish, however, should not be weakened, since there are still unexplained cases of the survival of fluorescent transgenic aquarium fish in freshwater ecosystems.

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The research was carried out within the framework of the state task on the topic “Problems of Environmental Safety”, project no. 22202150053-2.

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Viktorov, A.G. Invasive Potential and Regulation Experience of Using Transgenic Organisms in Aquaculture by Way of Example of Atlantic Salmon. Russ J Biol Invasions 14, 144–150 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111723020145

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