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Typically, what we see in a female is about 4,500 eggs
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Typically, what we see in afemale is about 4,500 eggs

Typically, what we see in a
female is about 4,500 eggs

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Typically, what we see in a female is about 4,500 eggs.
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5 seconds
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00:20:42
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Jun 14, 2025
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documentary
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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.
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
That's effectively artificial spawning at a hatchery. - Artifishal 00:04
That's effectively artificial spawning at a hatchery.
There's been a lot of effort over the last several decades - Artifishal 00:14
There's been a lot of effort over the last several deca...
Salmon have developed an incredible amount of diversity - Artifishal 00:12
Salmon have developed an incredible amount of diversity
A huge river system will have huge salmon. - Artifishal 00:04
A huge river system will have huge salmon.
Some of them used to run up to 100 pounds - Artifishal 00:10
Some of them used to run up to 100 pounds
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.