He adds that his group remains concerned about the potential for the salmon to enter wild environments and impact unmodified salmon stocks.
Mark Butler, an adviser for the conservation charity Nature Canada, argues that the products should be labelled as genetically modified. "It's astonishing if the agency isn't tracking the market entry of this product." "If consumers aren't given any labelling, does anybody other than AquaBounty know where this genetically engineered salmon is?" she asked. Lucy Sharratt, the coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, said in an interview Wednesday that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency should be providing the public with ongoing and clear information about the genetically engineered salmon. Terrien said the company's salmon have been evaluated by Health Canada and can be sold in the country without any labelling. The company's Atlantic salmon is injected with DNA from other fish species that makes them grow faster, with some estimates indicating they will reach market size at twice the speed of unmodified salmon. "As a publicly traded company, we provide updates in our posted quarterly financial results," wrote Curtis, when asked what sales had occurred. However, a September investors report shifted the predicted harvest of the first Rollo Bay salmon to between July 1 and the end of this year. According to a report to AquaBounty investors in May, the first batch of P.E.I.-grown salmon was to be available by the end of June. Spokesman John Curtis referred The Canadian Press to investor updates on the company's website. In an email Wednesday evening, AquaBounty declined a request for an interview about the status of salmon raised at its indoor facility in Rollo Bay, P.E.I., saying its chief executive is unavailable "for the next few weeks due to meetings and travel schedule." "Following a multi-year assessment by Health Canada, AquAdvantage salmon, a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon developed by AquaBounty, is now available for sale in Canada," wrote Terrien. would be the first genetically modified salmon produced in Canada to be available for sale in the country.
The salmon from AquaBounty's facilities in P.E.I. The agency's Marie Terrien confirmed in an email Wednesday that the fish, produced by U.S.-owned AquaBounty, can be sold in Canada, adding that it was up to the company to say whether its products were on supermarket fish counters or in restaurants. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says genetically modified salmon produced in Prince Edward Island is "available for sale" in Canada, but when and where consumers can purchase the food remains unclear.
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