Geneticaly Modified fish

[Tropjunky]

My personal opinion is that wit's right but only if we know the full blown conciquence to the change cos DNA is very complex and changing one gene could mean the difference between a good change and a bad change.

We should do more research to this.

If you think about it it's not that different from selective breeding.

 

[Opcn]

I think that anyone who would say that blanketly it is right is mad, absolutely stark raving mad.

 

[bunjiweb]

Very wrong... why mess with what nature has to offer? We have so many diverse creatures on this planet why don't we appreciate them now before they are all wiped out by the consequences of human's own self ignorance and blatent disregard for the precious little rock they live on...



Ben

 

[Opcn]

because, nature is insuficient, weve been doing it for a long time, first with flax, then with grains and banannas and guppies and everything imaginable, only now instead of imbreeding till we find a trait we like and dealing with the consequences we can stick what we want into the fish, and reduce the consequences.

 

[Teelie]

I see nothing wrong with it, especially when you look at the comparisons of what people do to animals all the time. This is neither cruel nor dangerous to the fish and so long as it's properly regulated, I can't see a justifiable reason against it.

 

[LifeBear]

There are worse things mad scientists could be doing than glowing fish.

I would rather have a fish that glows because his great grandfather was a jellifish than one that has been injected with a fading dye or tatooed with what someone thinks is a cool pattern. Leave the dye to Miss Clairol and the tatoos to people who want them.

 

[Mr Miagi]

I voted no. What is wrong with the ones we have like they are now? Never understood the need to manipulate genes just because SOME of us arnt happy with the way things are naturally. No against geneticaly mdified fish for me!

 

[LifeBear]

I thought we were talking about geneticly manipulated fish, not the dyed ones. He was saying that these are better than the dyed ones for the very reasons you mention. The glow fish are born that way, no injections

 

[tttnjfttt]

I vote yes with restrictions. These fish aren't tortured to get the way they are, and as far as I know, don't live a painful or shortened life because of this.

The catch is it needs to be kept in captivity, and not released into the wild.

 

[Mr Miagi]

I thought we were talking about geneticly manipulated fish, not the dyed ones. He was saying that these are better than the dyed ones for the very reasons you mention. The glow fish are born that way, no injections

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Ooops, my apologies!

 

[Teelie]

The catch is it needs to be kept in captivity, and not released into the wild.

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Not really a catch as no aquarium fish should be let loose in the wild.

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

The idea with glofish was originally to find pollution in water sources......I have no issue with them. If they had been made like that just because people wanted glowing fish I probably would have a slight issue (not much though).

 

[Fiori]

I don't agree with GM - problems in the making if you ask me. I don't want to eat GM food or buy GM fish. Leave well alone - the planet is beautiful in all its diversity, without us having to tinker with it. Mixing corn DNA with spider DNA has been done - I certainly don't want to eat that. And even if we have been tinkering with stuff for ages - look where its got us!

 

[Phantom Thief]

I'm perfectly fine with genetically modified fish, so long as they don't have debilitating deformities like certain hybrid fish do.

P.T.

 

[Tropjunky]

Well we've heard it all. I'm still sticking by my original point, it's not cruel and it's not inhumane but it isn't something I'd have in my tank.

Seriously nature is slow and painfully cruel, think about evolution how many years did it take to make us the way we are and also think about how many sub-species suffered debilitating problems when nature got it wrong and trust me it happens more often then not. It's happening now things like genetic deseases and things its it not better to make a person that has no flaws in it's DNA, we may be playing god but it's no more playing god than caging a fish or medicating fish or even selective breeding!