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Artifishal

When we miss a female, we feel like we have failedthe fish itself, because we know that...

When we miss a female, we feel like we have failed
the fish itself, because we know that those eggs
aren't going to survive as well as it would at the hatchery

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When we miss a female,
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we feel like we have failed the fish itself,
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because we know that those eggs aren't going to survive as well
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as it would at the hatchery.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:38
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.
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.
When we first discovered how to take eggs and take milt - Artifishal 00:12
When we first discovered how to take eggs and take milt
We now know that taking wild fish - Artifishal 00:12
We now know that taking wild fish
Fish are very complex critters - Artifishal 00:16
Fish are very complex critters
What happens is you create a genetically inferior fish - Artifishal 00:16
What happens is you create a genetically inferior fish
What we do with fish hatcheries - Artifishal 00:05
What we do with fish hatcheries
Economically it makes more sense to put a bazillion chickens in one place, - Artifishal 00:09
Economically it makes more sense to put a bazillion chickens...