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If the salmon won't come to the ocean, then the ocean will come to the salmon. Well, not quite: Tanker trucks will take them there. Such are the extreme measures in California this spring, as drought forces major salmon hatcheries to funnel their fish into tanker trucks and ride them straight to the Pacific.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
No drought = no water = no fish. 
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A monthly series that begins Thursday at CSU Channel Islands will explore the ethical dilemmas and legal considerations in the biotechnology industry.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
I'm a panelist on the May 1 discussion of genetically engineered salmon.
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US retail chains Kroger and Safeway have reportedly made up their minds not to sell Aquabounty salmon, regardless of a pending decision by the US Food and Drug Administration, reported Food Safety News.
The decision was released by a coalition of food safety, consumer, health and fishing groups.
The two grocery chains are now part of more than 9,000 stores across the country that have rejected carrying Aquabounty’s genetically modified Aquadvantage salmon — regardless of whether the FDA approves it for public consumption, which it has not yet officially done.
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Is the fact that we need to move our salmon via trucks instead of rivers (er...I mean the few rivers that aren't dammed up) a sign that something wrong?
Yep.