Genome-edited salmon: a sustainable and socially acceptable solution to aquaculture?

• Main Author: Blix, Torill Pauline Bakkelund
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2023
• Subjects: Biotechnology; Sustainability; Social acceptance; Aquaculture; Genome editing; Prisma; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/28732

The Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming industry is halted by challenges related to environmental impact and fish welfare. Some of the issues have been suggested solved by the use of novel genome editing technologies, such as CRISPR, which allows for targeted mutations and speeding up fish breeding. F...