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Artifishal

Humans believe we can doanything and everything all thetime, and that "can do" spirit...

Humans believe we can do
anything and everything all the
time, and that "can do" spirit has
gotten us far and made a lot of
changes in the world, certainly made a lot of us
able to continue living at gigantic population
densities

Full Transcript

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Humans believe we can do anything and everything all the time,
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and that "can do" spirit has gotten us far and made a lot of changes in the world,
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certainly made a lot of us able to continue living
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at gigantic population densities.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:50
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.
But it has its limits, and we don't understand anything about those limits. - Artifishal 00:04
But it has its limits, and we don't understand anything...
Icarus was a tinkerer and he wanted to free himself - Artifishal 00:08
Icarus was a tinkerer and he wanted to free himself
So he made wings, he made wings of wax. - Artifishal 00:05
So he made wings, he made wings of wax.
Because he didn't sense any limits, he flew too close to the sun. - Artifishal 00:06
Because he didn't sense any limits, he flew too close t...
The sun melted his wings and he came crashing down to earth. - Artifishal 00:05
The sun melted his wings and he came crashing down to earth.
So the greater truth in that is, - Artifishal 00:08
So the greater truth in that is,
And be careful when you're tinkering. - Artifishal 00:04
And be careful when you're tinkering.
But I've had 6,000 days on salmon rivers all around the world, - Artifishal 00:07
But I've had 6,000 days on salmon rivers all around the...
The salmon fishing in Norway is central to all the small towns - Artifishal 00:13
The salmon fishing in Norway is central to all the small tow...
Now it's also special in the other way because the second biggest industry - Artifishal 00:08
Now it's also special in the other way because the seco...
It's threatening to kill what's the original fish. - Artifishal 00:05
It's threatening to kill what's the original fish.
We were so stupid, I was so stupid, - Artifishal 00:17
We were so stupid, I was so stupid,
In very short time, we learned that the sea lice - Artifishal 00:08
In very short time, we learned that the sea lice
You know, they say that one of these farms out here, - Artifishal 00:09
You know, they say that one of these farms out here,
When it's polluted enough, you move to another location - Artifishal 00:07
When it's polluted enough, you move to another location
Then there are more fish escaping from Norwegian fish farms - Artifishal 00:10
Then there are more fish escaping from Norwegian fish farms
And they mix with the wild stock. - Artifishal 00:04
And they mix with the wild stock.
And they destroy the unique DNA of the fish. - Artifishal 00:05
And they destroy the unique DNA of the fish.
Alta's got the biggest Atlantic salmon in the world. - Artifishal 00:05
Alta's got the biggest Atlantic salmon in the world.
There are more 50-pounders caught here than anywhere else. - Artifishal 00:05
There are more 50-pounders caught here than anywhere else.