1526. Water excellent salmon
Qin Shiou was about to pack up the seagulls and find a way to get rid of them, when Tia called him and said that there was an important meeting of the Newfoundland Fisheries Union and asked him to go to St. John's to participate.
Because of the nature of the alliance and his requirements, the headquarters of the fishery alliance was arranged in St. John's, but the alliance had just been established, everything was not yet mature, and the office space leased to them by the Ministry of Fisheries was still under renovation, and he never went to work.
The meeting of the Ministry of Fisheries was held in Ottawa, but thanks to the rapid development of science and technology, it was possible to conduct a video conference, and Qin Shiou attended it in St. John's.
The temporary office is located in an office building, and the alliance office staff has not yet been recruited, and in fact, there is nothing to do, that is, Tiya took the HR department to sort out the information of the members, and the alliance has not yet started in other aspects, so they do not need to be busy.
The meeting was on Thursday, and after Qin Shiou went to the hotel, Tiya handed him a document and said: "This meeting is related to the US Department of Fisheries and the FDA. ”
What does it have to do with the FDA? Qin Shiou was a little puzzled, FDA is the abbreviation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Canada's fishery resources entering the United States need to be tested by this agency, but the task of the Newfoundland Fisheries Alliance is now to build rather than sell, so the two sides should not be related.
He thought that video conferencing was a black technology similar to holographic projection in the movie, but Tia found him a place to sit down, opened his notebook, there was a government office software in it, found the room of the Ministry of Fisheries, opened it, and that's it.
Qin Shiou was a little blind. He looked at Tia and said, "That's it?" ”
Not to mention the whole projection, is it okay to have a big screen? It doesn't matter if you don't have a big screen, can you give a more comfortable boss chair? It's a laptop on a desk, and the chair he sits on doesn't even have a backrest, and he has to hold his chest and stomach up to sit still.
Tia smiled sweetly as she hugged the folder, her big eyes narrowed into a beautiful crescent: "Yes." That's it, chairman. ”
At ten o'clock, figures began to appear on the screen, Qin Shiou put on a headset, and at this time, Matthew King walked in, looked at the big screen in their conference room, nodded with satisfaction, and then he picked up the microphone and said, "Hi, Qin." You're in good shape, you have the momentum and spirit of a young man, go for it. ”
Qin Shiou wondered what he said, but then looked at the other video conference participants, and the people who participated in other places like him were all leaning crookedly on their chairs, and only he sat there neatly, and his spirit was really good.
Then he understood why Tia had arranged such a stool for him instead of a chair, and the little assistant had handled the details of his work quite well.
Canadian government departments are efficient in their meetings. Directly name the subject, Matthew King tells them: It was the Canadian U.S. Department of Fisheries and the FDA that wanted to work together to breed a genetically modified salmon in some waters of Newfoundland fisheries.
The genetically modified salmon, called AquAdvantage Salmon, was developed by ABTX Technologies (ABTX) in Massachusetts, USA, and has been working on the development project for more than 25 years by a scientific team from the University of Toronto and the University of Newfoundland in Canada.
After 20 years of approval, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the salmon for sale in the market. It's the spring of development.
As soon as he heard the news, Qin Shiou secretly scolded his cheating father in his heart, no wonder Tia conveyed Matthew King's words and asked him to watch as much as possible and talk less, he is now full of anger. The tone was like lit gunpowder.
There are references to this salmon, whose eggs come from Prince Edward Island, and genetically modified technology from Canada. So in this case, it doesn't seem like much of a problem to put the Newfoundland fishery in charge of farming.
There was a senior at the Department of Fisheries who said it was an opportunity and also said it was a gift to the Newfoundland Fisheries Union to celebrate the union's formation, and then a crowd was there to applaud.
Qin Shiou asked to speak several times, but he was killed by Matthew King, the old minister knew his character and knew that this would make him speak, and it would definitely be a bloody storm.
But the old minister must understand the truth that blocking is better than sparse, Qin Daguan blew up here, slapped the table and said angrily: "the genetically modified salmon, the opportunity, the gift to us, isn't this a pit Lao Tzu?!" ”
He didn't know what was going on at the meeting, but he knew about the salmon, because the project had been started in Newfoundland, and even the fishermen in Shaq should know about it for so many years.
The project was a milestone in the field of agricultural biotechnology with the support of Fisheries Canada and the government.
Indeed, this project is a milestone in the field of agricultural biotechnology, as the salmon is vigorous and fast-growing, grows to 60 to 70 centimeters when mature, and weighs 6 to 7 pounds, compared to half the weight and length of a normal salmon.
However, there is no market for this fish, and it has not been able to successfully enter the market for more than 20 years, but I heard at the meeting that the FDA has approved this fish to enter the US market, and Canada seems to be opening the market at the same time.
The question is, what is the use of FDA consent? That has to be the people willing to buy, that has to be the supermarket chain groups and aquatic markets willing to sell, but according to Qin Shiou's knowledge, people are not willing at all, and the people do not want to eat this kind of salmon, at least from the current stage, it is unprofitable to breed this kind of fish.
If it's not profitable, why do you breed this thing in Newfoundland fisheries? The main purpose of this alliance led by Qin Shiou is to develop fisheries, which is true, but isn't development just to get rich? Breed a fish that can't get rich, who wants?
Qin Shiou slapped the table, and the people in the big office looked at him in surprise.
Because the official office building has not yet been renovated, they rented a conference room in a hotel, and several departments are working together, and everyone was shocked when he slapped the table.
Qin Shiou noticed this and was a little embarrassed, he made an apologetic gesture, and then took out his mobile phone and called Matthew Kim directly, and he could see that Matthew Kim's mobile phone was vibrating from the screen, but the latter didn't answer it after looking at the phone, and continued to hold the meeting quietly, which made him depressed. (To be continued......)