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Ninety thousand of that will be caught in the ocean
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Artifishal

Ninety thousand of that will becaughtin the ocean and in river sport fishery, 20,000 back...

Ninety thousand of that will be
caught
in the ocean and in river sport fishery, 20,000 back to the hatchery,
and then 10,000 back to Battle
Creek

Full Transcript

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Ninety thousand of that will be caught in the ocean
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and in river sport fishery,
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20,000 back to the hatchery, and then 10,000 back to Battle Creek.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:28
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.
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,
And since the 1800s, our fish-and-wildlife agencies - Artifishal 00:09
And since the 1800s, our fish-and-wildlife agencies
Just like a farm, you raise them, you put them out, you harvest them. - Artifishal 00:04
Just like a farm, you raise them, you put them out, you harv...
That's the basis for fish-and-wildlife management in the U.S. - Artifishal 00:04
That's the basis for fish-and-wildlife management in th...
The fact is salmon must spend part of their life out in the wild. - Artifishal 00:06
The fact is salmon must spend part of their life out in the ...
And it wasn't until, in the seventies, that we really started evaluating - Artifishal 00:09
And it wasn't until, in the seventies, that we really s...
The use of hatcheries was a promise that you could have salmon - Artifishal 00:10
The use of hatcheries was a promise that you could have salm...
Put that next to the fact - Artifishal 00:18
Put that next to the fact
We've been relying on those same runs of fish, - Artifishal 00:08
We've been relying on those same runs of fish,
When your health is their health, right, you're married in that way, - Artifishal 00:08
When your health is their health, right, you're married...
To have that relationship with a single species is real special. - Artifishal 00:06
To have that relationship with a single species is real spec...
You think about the Sioux people and the buffalo back in the day - Artifishal 00:06
You think about the Sioux people and the buffalo back in the...