The rule of unintended consequences applies here. Asian Carp were supposed to clean up weeds in closed environment "fish farms", until flooding set them free. Genetically modified corn wasn't supposed to spread to adjoining fields, now it's DNA is present in every field of corn in this state. The DNA of hatchery raised Rainbow trout is present in every existing strain of native wild trout in the US [unless there is some undiscovered population in some mountain meadow out west] Wild Salmon are now being subjected to the intermixing of the farm reared fish set free by the latest earthquakes and tsunamis off the coast of Chile. The telling comment here was; "just because we can, should we?"

The anthropocentric idea that we have complete dominion and control of spaceship earth is hubris of the first degree. That this Frankenfish could be released into the existing population is another example of that very fact. After Trout do we enhance Cod and Tuna and Mackerel and whales, so Japan doesn't have to sacrifice as many for scientific reasons? Where does it lead? Where does it stop?

One thing I am sure of; If one part of the system is unsustainable, the entire system is unsustainable.

This is a very troubling and thought provoking event, just one more in a long line of messing with Mother Nature. It scares me.

Corvus