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The risk is that we're actually stunting the river's ability to restore
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Artifishal

The risk is that we're actuallystunting the river's ability torestore, because these fish...

The risk is that we're actually
stunting the river's ability to
restore, because these fish that
literally
are the backbone can't restore because they're being pressured
by these continued hatchery
releases

Full Transcript

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The risk is that we're actually stunting the river's ability to restore,
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because these fish that literally are the backbone can't restore
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because they're being pressured by these continued hatchery releases.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:04
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.
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,
And then we'll sit there and concentrate 'cause the females are really hard to see. - Artifishal 00:05
And then we'll sit there and concentrate 'cause th...
Typically, what we see in a female is about 4,500 eggs. - Artifishal 00:05
Typically, what we see in a female is about 4,500 eggs.
We'll keep them separate, keep the milt separate from the eggs. - Artifishal 00:05
We'll keep them separate, keep the milt separate from t...
This is the part that has the coded wire tag embedded in the head. - Artifishal 00:05
This is the part that has the coded wire tag embedded in the...
And that would have information on the fish. - Artifishal 00:05
And that would have information on the fish.
I know some people are going to view this as being brutal and barbaric, - Artifishal 00:11
I know some people are going to view this as being brutal an...
It's a tool; we're a tool to help recover the stock. - Artifishal 00:05
It's a tool; we're a tool to help recover the stoc...
When we miss a female, - Artifishal 00:11
When we miss a female,
Lay the buckets on the floor and then - Artifishal 00:07
Lay the buckets on the floor and then
Put the milt in there. Mix it. Let it sit for 30 seconds. - Artifishal 00:05
Put the milt in there. Mix it. Let it sit for 30 seconds.
Mix them again, and then let them sit for another 30 seconds. - Artifishal 00:06
Mix them again, and then let them sit for another 30 seconds...
Then we weigh down 13 pounds into a bucket. - Artifishal 00:06
Then we weigh down 13 pounds into a bucket.
Let it drain all the ovarian fluid and milt. - Artifishal 00:04
Let it drain all the ovarian fluid and milt.
Put them in iodoform for an hour - Artifishal 00:06
Put them in iodoform for an hour