Comment by namtab00 2 years ago I've always heard predatory species like tuna cannot be farmed, but my knowledge may be outdated 7 comments namtab00 Reply anovikov 2 years ago Most prized variety - the bluefin tuna - is now widely farmed already (although farmed one still makes a very small proportion of tuna consumed). But it's possible and is already viable commercially. pvaldes 2 years ago not exactly farmed. Is fattened in captivity. sgift 2 years ago I thought the same, but it looks like there was a breakthrough relatively recently making it possible now: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/breeding... pvaldes 2 years ago > Spanish research centre achieves first tank-bred Atlantic bluefin> This article is more than 4 months oldIn fact it came like ten years late. Probably more. metal_am 2 years ago Tuna can’t pump water over their gills. They can never stop swimming ravenstine 2 years ago Seems like an opportunity for CRISPR to make tunas that are farmable. haltist 2 years ago [flagged]
anovikov 2 years ago Most prized variety - the bluefin tuna - is now widely farmed already (although farmed one still makes a very small proportion of tuna consumed). But it's possible and is already viable commercially. pvaldes 2 years ago not exactly farmed. Is fattened in captivity.
sgift 2 years ago I thought the same, but it looks like there was a breakthrough relatively recently making it possible now: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/breeding... pvaldes 2 years ago > Spanish research centre achieves first tank-bred Atlantic bluefin> This article is more than 4 months oldIn fact it came like ten years late. Probably more.
pvaldes 2 years ago > Spanish research centre achieves first tank-bred Atlantic bluefin> This article is more than 4 months oldIn fact it came like ten years late. Probably more.
metal_am 2 years ago Tuna can’t pump water over their gills. They can never stop swimming ravenstine 2 years ago Seems like an opportunity for CRISPR to make tunas that are farmable. haltist 2 years ago [flagged]
ravenstine 2 years ago Seems like an opportunity for CRISPR to make tunas that are farmable. haltist 2 years ago [flagged]
Most prized variety - the bluefin tuna - is now widely farmed already (although farmed one still makes a very small proportion of tuna consumed). But it's possible and is already viable commercially.
not exactly farmed. Is fattened in captivity.
I thought the same, but it looks like there was a breakthrough relatively recently making it possible now: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/breeding...
> Spanish research centre achieves first tank-bred Atlantic bluefin
> This article is more than 4 months old
In fact it came like ten years late. Probably more.
Tuna can’t pump water over their gills. They can never stop swimming
Seems like an opportunity for CRISPR to make tunas that are farmable.
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