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Engineered salmon still a distant reality (AP)

A tribal fisherman hauls in a salmon with a gill-net Wednesday,, Sept. 7, 2011, along the Columbia River, near Hood River, Ore. Tribal fishers are currently exercising their treaty-reserved fishing rights on the Columbia River and harvesting Fall Chinook. Fish harvested by tribal members are sold to the general public or to commercial fish buyers along the Columbia River. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP – Members of Congress are pushing to stop the Food and Drug Administration from approving genetically engineered salmon, saying not enough is known about a fish they say could harm fishery businesses in coastal states.

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