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Artifishal

Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.

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Josh Murphy

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Patagonia

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Humans typically adopt
a command-and-control approach - Artifishal

Humans typically adopt a command-and-control approach

"Here's the problem.
We can engineer a way around
it." - Artifishal

"Here's the problem. We can engineer a way around ...

But when you try to apply - Artifishal

But when you try to apply

One of the things that
our modern society has done - Artifishal

One of the things that our modern society has done

We have factories for living
things. - Artifishal

We have factories for living things.

Humans believe everything is for
us, so if there are animals in
the world, - Artifishal

Humans believe everything is for us, so if there are animals...

They're not made to, or evolved
to, or really capable of - Artifishal

They're not made to, or evolved to, or really capable o...

The old myth of the
Garden of Eden - Artifishal

The old myth of the Garden of Eden

And then, because of human
hubris, - Artifishal

And then, because of human hubris,

We are certainly casting
ourselves out of the garden - Artifishal

We are certainly casting ourselves out of the garden

This is a king salmon,
but we refer to them as chinook
salmon, - Artifishal

This is a king salmon, but we refer to them as chinook salmo...

The bath here which has carbon
dioxide, - Artifishal

The bath here which has carbon dioxide,

The guys are pulling the fish
out - Artifishal

The guys are pulling the fish out

And we spawn the fish by
inserting
a needle into their body cavity - Artifishal

And we spawn the fish by inserting a needle into their body ...

And then, after the fish
have spawned here, - Artifishal

And then, after the fish have spawned here,

We're here because of Shasta Dam
being built in 1942. - Artifishal

We're here because of Shasta Dam being built in 1942.

So the purpose of
Coleman National Fish Hatchery - Artifishal

So the purpose of Coleman National Fish Hatchery

The creation of the dam
prevented about 180 miles
of river access - Artifishal

The creation of the dam prevented about 180 miles of river a...

Our production goal here is 12
million,
so we release 12 million, - Artifishal

Our production goal here is 12 million, so we release 12 mil...

Ninety thousand of that will be
caught
in the ocean - Artifishal

Ninety thousand of that will be caught in the ocean

Well, I think, you know,
population's going up, - Artifishal

Well, I think, you know, population's going up,

It would be nice to think
that there would be enough water - Artifishal

It would be nice to think that there would be enough water

This is the Baker River
Dam, 265 feet high, - Artifishal

This is the Baker River Dam, 265 feet high,

It's the only way the salmon
can be saved - Artifishal

It's the only way the salmon can be saved

Humans have always
thought themselves - Artifishal

Humans have always thought themselves

When the Euromericans came, - Artifishal

When the Euromericans came,

They asked Spencer Baird,
the U.S. Fish Commissioner, - Artifishal

They asked Spencer Baird, the U.S. Fish Commissioner,

Baird told them, "You're not
going to be able
to protect the habitat - Artifishal

Baird told them, "You're not going to be able to p...

You're not going to be able
to protect them from dams, - Artifishal

You're not going to be able to protect them from dams,

And since the 1800s,
our fish-and-wildlife agencies - Artifishal

And since the 1800s, our fish-and-wildlife agencies

Just like a farm, you raise
them, you put them out, you
harvest them. - Artifishal

Just like a farm, you raise them, you put them out, you harv...

That's the basis for
fish-and-wildlife
management in the U.S. - Artifishal

That's the basis for fish-and-wildlife management in th...

The fact is salmon must spend
part of their life out in the
wild. - Artifishal

The fact is salmon must spend part of their life out in the ...

And it wasn't until, in the
seventies, that we really
started evaluating - Artifishal

And it wasn't until, in the seventies, that we really s...

The use of hatcheries was a
promise that you could have
salmon - Artifishal

The use of hatcheries was a promise that you could have salm...

Put that next to the fact - Artifishal

Put that next to the fact

We've been relying
on those same runs of fish, - Artifishal

We've been relying on those same runs of fish,

When your health is their
health, right,
you're married in that way, - Artifishal

When your health is their health, right, you're married...

To have that relationship
with a single species is real
special. - Artifishal

To have that relationship with a single species is real spec...

You think about the Sioux people
and the buffalo back in the day - Artifishal

You think about the Sioux people and the buffalo back in the...

But that relationship,
unfortunately, was severed. - Artifishal

But that relationship, unfortunately, was severed.

If we let these runs go,
then they are gone, - Artifishal

If we let these runs go, then they are gone,

The average person,
when they see a salmon, - Artifishal

The average person, when they see a salmon,

And it's perhaps at the end
of their fishing line, - Artifishal

And it's perhaps at the end of their fishing line,

Salmon, I think,
have the most complicated, - Artifishal

Salmon, I think, have the most complicated,

They start life by hatching
from eggs in a stream. - Artifishal

They start life by hatching from eggs in a stream.

You're distilling
the richness of the ocean - Artifishal

You're distilling the richness of the ocean

And then that enlivened
distillation
of the ocean propels itself - Artifishal

And then that enlivened distillation of the ocean propels it...

Sometimes they go well over
a thousand miles inland, - Artifishal

Sometimes they go well over a thousand miles inland,

And their carcasses feed
dozens of kinds of animals, - Artifishal

And their carcasses feed dozens of kinds of animals,

The life cycle of the salmon is
actually
the transformation of the ocean - Artifishal

The life cycle of the salmon is actually the transformation ...

Wild salmon represent something
that is really important - Artifishal

Wild salmon represent something that is really important

You have Native American
cultures here - Artifishal

You have Native American cultures here

You have, you know,
families like mine - Artifishal

You have, you know, families like mine

And then I think because this is
the age of human impact, - Artifishal

And then I think because this is the age of human impact,

All of my earliest memories
revolve around fish in some way
or another. - Artifishal

All of my earliest memories revolve around fish in some way ...

As a young adult,
I built my whole calendar year - Artifishal

As a young adult, I built my whole calendar year

And that really became my
obsession. - Artifishal

And that really became my obsession.

I thought of hatcheries as
something that actually kind of
helped us as fishermen, - Artifishal

I thought of hatcheries as something that actually kind of h...

I don't think I ever had one
second where I thought about
conservation at all. - Artifishal

I don't think I ever had one second where I thought abo...

I thought about getting enough
money for gas and pizza - Artifishal

I thought about getting enough money for gas and pizza

What I didn't realize was that
we were
really at the tail end - Artifishal

What I didn't realize was that we were really at the ta...

In late 2000, they announced
that the 2001 season would not
happen, - Artifishal

In late 2000, they announced that the 2001 season would not ...

I mean, I had built this whole
life around this fishery and now
it's gone. - Artifishal

I mean, I had built this whole life around this fishery and ...

I started doing some research,
started reading, - Artifishal

I started doing some research, started reading,

Talked to biologists,
talked to fish managers, - Artifishal

Talked to biologists, talked to fish managers,

This was sort of kind of the
impacts on salmon and steelhead
people talked about. - Artifishal

This was sort of kind of the impacts on salmon and steelhead...

And so I used that as a
guideline and I started thinking
about the Skykomish, - Artifishal

And so I used that as a guideline and I started thinking abo...

The harvest, as far as I could
tell, had remained relatively
constant, - Artifishal

The harvest, as far as I could tell, had remained relatively...

And so the one constant that I
found - Artifishal

And so the one constant that I found

I think that was what started
kind of my focus on learning
more - Artifishal

I think that was what started kind of my focus on learning m...

Not just fishing opportunities
but of wild fish populations,
period. - Artifishal

Not just fishing opportunities but of wild fish populations,...

When the dams came down
on the Elwha, - Artifishal

When the dams came down on the Elwha,

We spent more than $320 million
to recover wild salmon. - Artifishal

We spent more than $320 million to recover wild salmon.

But instead of letting them
recolonize the river naturally, - Artifishal

But instead of letting them recolonize the river naturally,

So now we're operating not just
one but two hatcheries - Artifishal

So now we're operating not just one but two hatcheries

And we missed this huge
opportunity
to allow the river to return - Artifishal

And we missed this huge opportunity to allow the river to re...

Coho 92-88. No mark, no tag. - Artifishal

Coho 92-88. No mark, no tag.

This is a team of interns and
staff. - Artifishal

This is a team of interns and staff.

They're collecting our long-term
data on salmon use - Artifishal

They're collecting our long-term data on salmon use

We then take these data,
compare them over the decade - Artifishal

We then take these data, compare them over the decade

As wild fish now recruit
into this nearshore area, - Artifishal

As wild fish now recruit into this nearshore area,

Our concern is that the hatchery
species may be challenging the
wild species - Artifishal

Our concern is that the hatchery species may be challenging ...

They are vulnerable
to these hatchery fish, - Artifishal

They are vulnerable to these hatchery fish,

The risk is that we're actually
stunting the river's ability to
restore, - Artifishal

The risk is that we're actually stunting the river'...

I do think that humans by nature
have an engineering aspect. - Artifishal

I do think that humans by nature have an engineering aspect.

The flip side of that is wild,
and wilding your watershed. - Artifishal

The flip side of that is wild, and wilding your watershed.

Wilding does have great
uncertainty to it.
That's how wild works. - Artifishal

Wilding does have great uncertainty to it. That's how w...

Wild is scary, but it's
a really important place in
people's soul. - Artifishal

Wild is scary, but it's a really important place in peo...

Did you guys see how we walked
when we were walking up here - Artifishal

Did you guys see how we walked when we were walking up here

Artifishal poster

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Narratives of ecologists and conservationists are pitted against the human tendency to engineer and control in this probing documentary on the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.

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Director: Josh Murphy

Writer: Collin Kriner, Josh Murphy

Production: Patagonia

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 05 May 2019

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.patagonia.com/artifishal.html