WHILE most companies producing GM fish want to put them on your dinner plate, others are keener to create a feast for the eyes.
Aquariums could soon be home to a glowing green zebrafish created by Taiwanese company Taikong. The TK-1 contains the gene for a luminescent protein from jellyfish. Similar fish are the stock-in-trade of genetic research, but Taikong is the first to try and exploit what it sees as a large market for exotic pets.
Company officials maintain the fish are sterile and will satisfy safety regulations. But Taiwan is not a signatory of the Cartagena Protocol, which…
