GM salmon and wild brown trout can interbreed
Posted on May 30, 2013
Brown trout and Atlantic salmon are known to interbreed in the wild and produce hybrid offspring (a 2005 study found that 18.48% of juvenile Atlantic salmon in a Lake District stream were trout/salmon hybrids.)
A study has just been published demonstrating that genetically modified salmon can breed with wild brown trout, passing on their GM genes. They also produced faster growing hybrids that out-competed wild salmon, albeit in a laboratory environment. To read the study, click the link below: