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In Washington state alone, there are 174 hatcheries
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Artifishal

In Washington state alone,there are 174 hatcheries producing more than190 million salmon...

In Washington state alone,
there are 174 hatcheries producing more than
190 million salmon every year

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In Washington state alone, there are 174 hatcheries
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producing more than 190 million salmon every year.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:47
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.
On the west coast, over 90% of the "wild-caught salmon" - Artifishal 00:08
On the west coast, over 90% of the "wild-caught salmon&...
Between California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, - Artifishal 00:08
Between California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
Last year, between the United States, Canada, Russia, Korea, and Japan, - Artifishal 00:08
Last year, between the United States, Canada, Russia, Korea,...
When I wrote my first book, - Artifishal 00:14
When I wrote my first book,
Since 1982, they've spent 15 billion. - Artifishal 00:04
Since 1982, they've spent 15 billion.
The General Accounting Office - Artifishal 00:10
The General Accounting Office
The big question is, - Artifishal 00:09
The big question is,
Fish that go out of the Columbia River circle around Alaska, - Artifishal 00:10
Fish that go out of the Columbia River circle around Alaska,
Their survival rate goes down to .001 or so. - Artifishal 00:05
Their survival rate goes down to .001 or so.
Some of those fish, we figure, cost over a thousand dollars. - Artifishal 00:06
Some of those fish, we figure, cost over a thousand dollars.
The Entiat Hatchery on the upper Columbia was producing spring chinook salmon - Artifishal 00:11
The Entiat Hatchery on the upper Columbia was producing spri...
State and federal agencies plant more than a hundred million rainbow trout - Artifishal 00:07
State and federal agencies plant more than a hundred million...
In some of our most protected wilderness areas, - Artifishal 00:08
In some of our most protected wilderness areas,
Taxpayers spend money every year to drop millions of non-native fish - Artifishal 00:09
Taxpayers spend money every year to drop millions of non-nat...
Billions of dollars of citizen public money is spent - Artifishal 00:08
Billions of dollars of citizen public money is spent
We're on a path to where there eventually will be no fish, - Artifishal 00:07
We're on a path to where there eventually will be no fi...
They know how to live in those environments, they know how to reproduce. - Artifishal 00:04
They know how to live in those environments, they know how t...
So if we allow fish to get back to being fish - Artifishal 00:15
So if we allow fish to get back to being fish
The concept in the earliest days of settlement in the west - Artifishal 00:09
The concept in the earliest days of settlement in the west
Understanding of our place in the universe changes. - Artifishal 00:05
Understanding of our place in the universe changes.