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Artifishal

Talked to biologists,talked to fish managers, talked to other fishermen,and I learned...

Talked to biologists,
talked to fish managers, talked to other fishermen,
and I learned about the four
H's: hydro, harvest, habitat, and
hatcheries

Full Transcript

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Talked to biologists, talked to fish managers,
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talked to other fishermen, and I learned about the four H's:
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hydro, harvest, habitat, and hatcheries.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:58
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.
This was sort of kind of the impacts on salmon and steelhead people talked about. - Artifishal 00:05
This was sort of kind of the impacts on salmon and steelhead...
And so I used that as a guideline and I started thinking about the Skykomish, - Artifishal 00:10
And so I used that as a guideline and I started thinking abo...
The harvest, as far as I could tell, had remained relatively constant, - Artifishal 00:06
The harvest, as far as I could tell, had remained relatively...
And so the one constant that I found - Artifishal 00:12
And so the one constant that I found
I think that was what started kind of my focus on learning more - Artifishal 00:11
I think that was what started kind of my focus on learning m...
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.