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Artifishal

Some of them used to runup to 100 pounds in the biggest riversthat had the most...

Some of them used to run
up to 100 pounds in the biggest rivers
that had the most challenging
falls that they had to jump over

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Some of them used to run up to 100 pounds
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in the biggest rivers that had the most challenging falls
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that they had to jump over.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:14
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.
And then little coastal streams, they had mostly smaller ones, - Artifishal 00:08
And then little coastal streams, they had mostly smaller one...
Even in one river, where you have one species of a certain size, - Artifishal 00:14
Even in one river, where you have one species of a certain s...
We've been stocking salmon since the time of Darwin. - Artifishal 00:06
We've been stocking salmon since the time of Darwin.
When we first discovered how to take eggs and take milt - Artifishal 00:12
When we first discovered how to take eggs and take milt
We now know that taking wild fish - Artifishal 00:12
We now know that taking wild fish
Fish are very complex critters - Artifishal 00:16
Fish are very complex critters
What happens is you create a genetically inferior fish - Artifishal 00:16
What happens is you create a genetically inferior fish
What we do with fish hatcheries - Artifishal 00:05
What we do with fish hatcheries
Economically it makes more sense to put a bazillion chickens in one place, - Artifishal 00:09
Economically it makes more sense to put a bazillion chickens...
You know, if nature can produce X number of fish in a river, - Artifishal 00:08
You know, if nature can produce X number of fish in a river,
It's not increasing our number of wild fish. - Artifishal 00:05
It's not increasing our number of wild fish.
It's eventually going to extirpate all fish. - Artifishal 00:04
It's eventually going to extirpate all fish.
Life diversifies in order to survive. - Artifishal 00:05
Life diversifies in order to survive.
And humans do the opposite: - Artifishal 00:08
And humans do the opposite:
And by imposing simplification - Artifishal 00:13
And by imposing simplification
Well, the fish toss is, is that we take the fish that return to the hatchery, - Artifishal 00:07
Well, the fish toss is, is that we take the fish that return...
We have this tote of fish, - Artifishal 00:13
We have this tote of fish,
We talked about the five reasons why we're doing this a little bit ago. - Artifishal 00:04
We talked about the five reasons why we're doing this a...
We partner with the Nisqually Indian tribe, - Artifishal 00:08
We partner with the Nisqually Indian tribe,
They're actually full of marine-derived nutrients, - Artifishal 00:06
They're actually full of marine-derived nutrients,