Virginia lawmakers allocate $1 million for Atlantic fish research

Democrat lawmakers passed a heavily rewritten budget resolution allocating over $200 million in Virginia. This resolution included a $1 million allocation specifically for fish research by Atlantic. The budget also provided a modest three percent raise for teachers and a 178 percent pay increase for the lawmakers themselves.

The allocation provides direct funding access to Atlantic for fish research in Virginia. This funding supports research related to Atlantic fish, which is a species used by AquaBounty Technologies to develop genetically engineered salmon.