Questions everyone should ask
What about escapes damaging wild populations?
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What the science says
The 2017 cautionary tale was Atlantic salmon in the Pacific — non-native. California yellowtail is native, so it's not an invasive risk, and sterility research means escapees can't breed.
Native species plus modern engineering plus monitoring is a fundamentally different situation.
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