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Artifishal

I think that was what startedkind of my focus on learningmore about the role that...

I think that was what started
kind of my focus on learning
more about the role that hatcheries
play in the decline of

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I think that was what started kind of my focus on learning more
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about the role that hatcheries play in the decline of...
Duration
11 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:47
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.
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.
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,