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And then, because of human hubris
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Artifishal

And then, because of humanhubris, we were doomed to a life oftoil

And then, because of human
hubris, we were doomed to a life of
toil

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And then, because of human hubris,
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we were doomed to a life of toil.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:23
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.
We are certainly casting ourselves out of the garden - Artifishal 00:09
We are certainly casting ourselves out of the garden
This is a king salmon, but we refer to them as chinook salmon, - Artifishal 00:06
This is a king salmon, but we refer to them as chinook salmo...
The bath here which has carbon dioxide, - Artifishal 00:07
The bath here which has carbon dioxide,
The guys are pulling the fish out - Artifishal 00:05
The guys are pulling the fish out
And we spawn the fish by inserting a needle into their body cavity - Artifishal 00:09
And we spawn the fish by inserting a needle into their body ...
And then, after the fish have spawned here, - Artifishal 00:10
And then, after the fish have spawned here,
We're here because of Shasta Dam being built in 1942. - Artifishal 00:04
We're here because of Shasta Dam being built in 1942.
So the purpose of Coleman National Fish Hatchery - Artifishal 00:07
So the purpose of Coleman National Fish Hatchery
The creation of the dam prevented about 180 miles of river access - Artifishal 00:12
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 00:07
Our production goal here is 12 million, so we release 12 mil...
Ninety thousand of that will be caught in the ocean - Artifishal 00:11
Ninety thousand of that will be caught in the ocean
Well, I think, you know, population's going up, - Artifishal 00:11
Well, I think, you know, population's going up,
It would be nice to think that there would be enough water - Artifishal 00:10
It would be nice to think that there would be enough water
This is the Baker River Dam, 265 feet high, - Artifishal 00:16
This is the Baker River Dam, 265 feet high,
It's the only way the salmon can be saved - Artifishal 00:07
It's the only way the salmon can be saved
Humans have always thought themselves - Artifishal 00:06
Humans have always thought themselves
When the Euromericans came, - Artifishal 00:12
When the Euromericans came,
They asked Spencer Baird, the U.S. Fish Commissioner, - Artifishal 00:09
They asked Spencer Baird, the U.S. Fish Commissioner,
Baird told them, "You're not going to be able to protect the habitat - Artifishal 00:09
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 00:21
You're not going to be able to protect them from dams,