[Transgenic fishes: modern state of the problem]

Transgenic fishes are the object for the specialists in different research fields. It seems very promising to cultivate the rapidly growing objects resistant to diseases and negative environmental factors as well as the indicators of pollutions, models for oncological investigations etc. Some methodical, piscicultural, medical, ecological and others aspects of investigations of transgenic fishes as well as the legislative basis of Ukraine on this problem are discussed in the article.