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

And we missed this hugeopportunityto allow the river to return to being truly wild

And we missed this huge
opportunity
to allow the river to return to being truly wild

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And we missed this huge opportunity to allow the river to return
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to being truly wild.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:42
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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Movie Summary

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.
Coho 92-88. No mark, no tag. - Artifishal 00:05
Coho 92-88. No mark, no tag.
This is a team of interns and staff. - Artifishal 00:05
This is a team of interns and staff.
They're collecting our long-term data on salmon use - Artifishal 00:06
They're collecting our long-term data on salmon use
We then take these data, compare them over the decade - Artifishal 00:13
We then take these data, compare them over the decade
As wild fish now recruit into this nearshore area, - Artifishal 00:09
As wild fish now recruit into this nearshore area,
Our concern is that the hatchery species may be challenging the wild species - Artifishal 00:08
Our concern is that the hatchery species may be challenging ...
They are vulnerable to these hatchery fish, - Artifishal 00:09
They are vulnerable to these hatchery fish,
The risk is that we're actually stunting the river's ability to restore, - Artifishal 00:15
The risk is that we're actually stunting the river'...
I do think that humans by nature have an engineering aspect. - Artifishal 00:05
I do think that humans by nature have an engineering aspect.
The flip side of that is wild, and wilding your watershed. - Artifishal 00:06
The flip side of that is wild, and wilding your watershed.
Wilding does have great uncertainty to it. That's how wild works. - Artifishal 00:06
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 00:05
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 00:11
Did you guys see how we walked when we were walking up here
So if there's males on there, - Artifishal 00:05
So if there's males on there,
And then we'll sit there and concentrate 'cause the females are really hard to see. - Artifishal 00:05
And then we'll sit there and concentrate 'cause th...
Typically, what we see in a female is about 4,500 eggs. - Artifishal 00:05
Typically, what we see in a female is about 4,500 eggs.
We'll keep them separate, keep the milt separate from the eggs. - Artifishal 00:05
We'll keep them separate, keep the milt separate from t...
This is the part that has the coded wire tag embedded in the head. - Artifishal 00:05
This is the part that has the coded wire tag embedded in the...
And that would have information on the fish. - Artifishal 00:05
And that would have information on the fish.
I know some people are going to view this as being brutal and barbaric, - Artifishal 00:11
I know some people are going to view this as being brutal an...