On Tuesday, January 18th, Senator Mark Begich (D-AK), addressing the Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska said that one of his top priorities in this congressional session would be legislation to stop the FDA from approving the sale of genetically-engineered salmon (GE) fish for human consumption. As the FDA decides whether to allow AquaBounty's genetically engineered salmon to be sold in the United States, there are increasing concerns from a number of sources about the safety and reasons for the genetic alteration of salmon as a food source and the genetic engineering of animals overall for food and medicine.