Aquatic resources parallels for the biopiracy examples described above. One might have occurred if Aqua Bounty had developed and patented the super salmon after learning from indigenous people about the anti freeze properties of the ocean pout, which were used t create the new strain. Even then the company might have argued that he desirable characteristics of the pout were obvious to any observer.
Traditional knowledge of aquatic biodiversity may be abundant but is not necessarily relevant to uses of aquatic genetic resources such as aquaculture and the development of pharmaceutical products from animals that live in areas that are inaccessible to local people. Nevertheless, complaints about biopiracy of marine organisms are not uncommon.
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