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The southern resident killer whale population
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Artifishal

The southern residentkiller whale population that I've been studying for 42years began a...

The southern resident
killer whale population that I've been studying for 42
years began a serious decline
around 1995

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The southern resident killer whale population
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that I've been studying for 42 years began a serious decline around 1995.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:33
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.
Salmon and orcas are just predator-prey. They're like that. - Artifishal 00:04
Salmon and orcas are just predator-prey. They're like t...
If you have a decline in the food, you have a decline in the whales. - Artifishal 00:06
If you have a decline in the food, you have a decline in the...
Most of those fish right now are hatchery produced - Artifishal 00:08
Most of those fish right now are hatchery produced
They averaged 22 pounds, and now they're averaging 8 and 10 pounds. - Artifishal 00:06
They averaged 22 pounds, and now they're averaging 8 an...
The wild runs are being exterminated by the hatchery production. - Artifishal 00:07
The wild runs are being exterminated by the hatchery product...
And the whales will follow the wild fish to extinction. - Artifishal 00:05
And the whales will follow the wild fish to extinction.
The icon of the northwest is starving. - Artifishal 00:06
The icon of the northwest is starving.
A mother orca whose calf died after birth - Artifishal 00:08
A mother orca whose calf died after birth
Researchers say that they're now concerned for the mother's health. - Artifishal 00:05
Researchers say that they're now concerned for the moth...
Had a brand-new baby; one of our colleagues saw it, - Artifishal 00:10
Had a brand-new baby; one of our colleagues saw it,
And the mother started pushing the dead calf around. - Artifishal 00:04
And the mother started pushing the dead calf around.
Well, she pushed this dead baby for 17 days. - Artifishal 00:05
Well, she pushed this dead baby for 17 days.
You know, it was a tour of grief that went on and on and on. - Artifishal 00:06
You know, it was a tour of grief that went on and on and on.
We want to welcome you - Artifishal 00:08
We want to welcome you
Governor Inslee convened this task force - Artifishal 00:06
Governor Inslee convened this task force
The easy fix that our own Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife says, - Artifishal 00:12
The easy fix that our own Washington State Department of Fis...
Why don't you look at what's happened with hatchery production - Artifishal 00:05
Why don't you look at what's happened with hatcher...
Nobody wanted to hear "stop fishing." That was almost untouchable. - Artifishal 00:06
Nobody wanted to hear "stop fishing." That was alm...
It's a very difficult choice for our society - Artifishal 00:14
It's a very difficult choice for our society
I didn't realize until about a month had passed - Artifishal 00:08
I didn't realize until about a month had passed