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News and Information:

FDA Statement Regarding Glofish
Because tropical aquarium fish are not used for food purposes, they pose no threat to the food supply. There is no evidence that these genetically engineered zebra danio fish pose any more threat to the environment than their unmodified counterparts which have long been widely sold in the United States. In the absence of a clear risk to the public health, the FDA finds no reason to regulate these particular fish.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00994.html


Taiwan's glowing fish raises ecological concerns - Alice Hung, Reuters
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
TAIPEI, Taiwan — When the world's first genetically engineered fish, the glowing "Night Pearl," hit the market two months ago, its Taiwan developer hoped for a sea of profits.
But instead, Taikong Corp dived into a barage of criticism from environmentalists who say the 5 cm (2 inch) fluorescent green fish poses a threat to the earth's ecosystem.
European environmentalists have been protesting against the genetically engineered fish -- injected with a jellyfish gene -- for months, and the Singapore government last week seized hundreds of them being imported, said Fisher Lin, research manager for Taikong, a Taipei-based pet fish breeder turned biotech firm.
"It's difficult to make a genetic engineering breakthrough, but it's even more difficult to commercialise the product," said Lin.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-07-29/s_6998.asp


'Fluorescent fish' give the green light to GM pets - Robin McKie, science editor, The Observer, Sunday June 15, 2003
Scientists have created the ultimate pet: genetically modified fish that glow in the dark. In future, there will be no need for aquarium lights - fluorescent fish will provide their own illumination.
And that is just the start. Scientists believe Night Pearl bio-fish represent the shape of pets to come. Our household animals will come with extra genes that will stop them shedding fur or triggering allergic reactions. And when one dies, its owner will simply clone it.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,978391,00.html


Bioengineered Animals Posing Environmental Risk - Sherry Morse
The United States National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report that suggests genetically engineered animals could cause severe environmental damage if they escaped from laboratories or farms into the wild.
Among the other threats cited are habitat destruction and disease introduction.
http://www.anc.org/laboratory/laboratory_archive_article.cfm?identifier=2002_1212_risk


California bans transgenic pet fish: Commissioners reject gene-modified, glow-in-the-dark breed - Don Thompson
ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 3 — Citing ethical concerns, state regulators Wednesday refused to allow sales of the first bioengineered household pet, a zebra fish that glows fluorescent. GloFish are expected to go on sale everywhere else next month. CALIFORNIA IS the only state with a ban on genetically engineered species, and the Fish and Game Commission said it would not exempt the zebra fish from the law even if escaped fish would not pose a threat to the state’s waterways.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/1000333.asp#BODY


One fish, two fish, red fish ... blue fish? – Glen Martin, Chronicle Staff Writer
Pet with a glow runs up against state's bioengineering ban
All hail the GloFish: The heir to the Day-Glo poster, the strobe light and the lava lamp and, if a Texas company has its way, the first genetically engineered household pet.
Transgenic zebrafish, which glow with the intensity of radioactive isotopes, were designed to detect toxic substances in the environment, but such an application was commercially limited. If you're talking fish and profits, you have to talk supermarket seafood counters and restaurants -- or pet stores. And at a maximum length of a few inches, zebrafish won't make it to very many catch-of-the-day specials.
The fish will go on sale next month to aquarium hobbyists across the country. But to market the fish in California, Yorktown Technologies of Austin must win an exemption to a recent state ban on lab-engineered aquatic species.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/03/MNGN83EU501.DTL