Steven Zolneczko

Fish and chips or frankenfish

The latest edible to get bioengineered could be B.C.'s own salmon By Kristina Charania Photos by Steven Zolneczko Hey, you. Yeah, you — the kid shivering at pictures of fist-sized strawberries, glow-in-the-dark cats, and spider goats. You’ll be nonplussed to hear that your seafood products may be next on the biotechnology chopping block. In particular, the conflict between farmed and wild salmon is not only incredibly complex, but it may have an alarming and quickly-developing third participant: the frankenfish. It’s a well-known fact that farmed salmon are notorious for retaining a potent stew of antibiotics, pesticides, and toxins that lead…

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