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We've got the water costs,electrical costs, building maintenance costs and just the...

We've got the water costs,
electrical costs, building maintenance costs and just the feeding costs for
the fish, so we're looking
at plus-or-minus $20 million in assorted costs throughout a
year

Full Transcript

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We've got the water costs, electrical costs,
00:00:03.519 --> 00:00:05.028
building maintenance costs
00:00:05.314 --> 00:00:08.662
and just the feeding costs for the fish,
00:00:08.697 --> 00:00:12.252
so we're looking at plus-or-minus $20 million
00:00:12.287 --> 00:00:15.462
in assorted costs throughout a year.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:46
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.
It's a major business and there's portions of that business - Artifishal 00:10
It's a major business and there's portions of that...
They target them on key members of the state senate - Artifishal 00:07
They target them on key members of the state senate
As a result, they buy the support of that local person. - Artifishal 00:04
As a result, they buy the support of that local person.
These hatcheries are a subsidy to commercial fishermen, - Artifishal 00:11
These hatcheries are a subsidy to commercial fishermen,
I think one of the main reasons why it's important - Artifishal 00:08
I think one of the main reasons why it's important
In Washington state alone, there are 174 hatcheries - Artifishal 00:07
In Washington state alone, there are 174 hatcheries
On the west coast, over 90% of the "wild-caught salmon" - Artifishal 00:08
On the west coast, over 90% of the "wild-caught salmon&...
Between California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, - Artifishal 00:08
Between California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
Last year, between the United States, Canada, Russia, Korea, and Japan, - Artifishal 00:08
Last year, between the United States, Canada, Russia, Korea,...
When I wrote my first book, - Artifishal 00:14
When I wrote my first book,
Since 1982, they've spent 15 billion. - Artifishal 00:04
Since 1982, they've spent 15 billion.
The General Accounting Office - Artifishal 00:10
The General Accounting Office
The big question is, - Artifishal 00:09
The big question is,
Fish that go out of the Columbia River circle around Alaska, - Artifishal 00:10
Fish that go out of the Columbia River circle around Alaska,
Their survival rate goes down to .001 or so. - Artifishal 00:05
Their survival rate goes down to .001 or so.
Some of those fish, we figure, cost over a thousand dollars. - Artifishal 00:06
Some of those fish, we figure, cost over a thousand dollars.
The Entiat Hatchery on the upper Columbia was producing spring chinook salmon - Artifishal 00:11
The Entiat Hatchery on the upper Columbia was producing spri...
State and federal agencies plant more than a hundred million rainbow trout - Artifishal 00:07
State and federal agencies plant more than a hundred million...
In some of our most protected wilderness areas, - Artifishal 00:08
In some of our most protected wilderness areas,
Taxpayers spend money every year to drop millions of non-native fish - Artifishal 00:09
Taxpayers spend money every year to drop millions of non-nat...