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The catch? They will be GM canola varieties ... Wonder how the fear of GM's will but up against this development?

The CSIRO, Nuseed and the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have come together to undertake the research and trials to develop the highest quality of DHA long chain omega-3 in oilseed plants (initially canola) at levels similar to that provided by fish, that is low in saturated fat and is cholesterol free.
 The project will address the global challenge of achieving a sustainable, supply alternative for aquaculture.
 The project will derive high quality, EPA / DHA long-chain omega-3 oil from a plant-based production source. Peer reviewed precision technology is used to consistently achieve levels of DHA in oilseed plants at commercially viable levels, and an oil low in saturated fat.
 This project will commercialise alternative long-chain omega-3 canola oil to be supplemented in fish feed formulations, providing enough nutrition for fish to grow in a commercially viable way whilst still containing the EPA/DHA oil in the aquaculture fish that consumers demand.
 The collaboration aims to have commercial product targeted for release by 2016.

Here is a link to a interesting video presentation from Nuseed ...

http://www.nuseed.com/system/gui/popupW ... itle=Omega 3 Oils

There's a lot of work being done to incorporate flax seed... into fish feed formulations... it's high in Omega-3's... and non-GM...

Well at least so far the bastards at Monsanto have ignored it...

Only ALA omega 3s Rupert. The DHA and EPA omega 3s are only found in algae and fish oils in significant concentrations.

True.... http://aquaculture.davis.wvu.edu/r/download/43469

I was just looking for any publishings on that and I can't find any. I'm interested in if it changes the total oil production amount, as well as the change in fat profile... The last I had heard anything about GM for omega 3s was for increasing the production of the shorter chain Omega 3s. A quick search of the journals I have access to here shows people are likely working on producing the same results in Soybeans... which to me is somewhat exciting as it makes home feed production much closer to a possibility (sorta).