Benchmark, along with three Norwegian breeding companies (Mowi, AquaGen, and Salmar), have handed in a response to the public hearing of NOU 2023-18: Gene technologies in a sustainable future. The companies support the majority of the Committee that “Gene technology can contribute significantly to a more sustainable future. However, today´s regulations and implementation create too many obstacles to realize its potential”. The companies also agree with the majority´s view that “it is ethically most proper to facilitate increased use of gene technology, and therefore proposes a significant change of direction that will provide a more predictable, risk-proportional and resource-efficient path from research and innovation to market, for products and organisms developed with gene technology.”
You may read the complete hearing response here
Join us at North Atlantic Seafood Forum 05th of March, for the New Breeding Technologies session to learn more about Gene editing and new reproductive technologies, and the potential challenges with the current regulations of the usage of the technologies: Program – North Atlantic Seafood Forum (eventsair.com)
