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And that really became my obsession
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Artifishal

And that really became myobsession

And that really became my
obsession

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And that really became my obsession.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
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Timestamp in Movie
00:13:45
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Patagonia

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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.
I thought of hatcheries as something that actually kind of helped us as fishermen, - Artifishal 00:11
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 00:06
I don't think I ever had one second where I thought abo...
I thought about getting enough money for gas and pizza - Artifishal 00:06
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 00:09
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 00:17
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 00:05
I mean, I had built this whole life around this fishery and ...
I started doing some research, started reading, - Artifishal 00:05
I started doing some research, started reading,
Talked to biologists, talked to fish managers, - Artifishal 00:11
Talked to biologists, talked to fish managers,
This was sort of kind of the impacts on salmon and steelhead people talked about. - Artifishal 00:05
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 00:10
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 00:06
The harvest, as far as I could tell, had remained relatively...
And so the one constant that I found - Artifishal 00:12
And so the one constant that I found
I think that was what started kind of my focus on learning more - Artifishal 00:11
I think that was what started kind of my focus on learning m...
Not just fishing opportunities but of wild fish populations, period. - Artifishal 00:05
Not just fishing opportunities but of wild fish populations,...
When the dams came down on the Elwha, - Artifishal 00:05
When the dams came down on the Elwha,
We spent more than $320 million to recover wild salmon. - Artifishal 00:05
We spent more than $320 million to recover wild salmon.
But instead of letting them recolonize the river naturally, - Artifishal 00:10
But instead of letting them recolonize the river naturally,
So now we're operating not just one but two hatcheries - Artifishal 00:07
So now we're operating not just one but two hatcheries
And we missed this huge opportunity to allow the river to return - Artifishal 00:06
And we missed this huge opportunity to allow the river to re...
Coho 92-88. No mark, no tag. - Artifishal 00:05
Coho 92-88. No mark, no tag.