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When the Euromericans came
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Artifishal

When the Euromericans came, they believed the natural worldwas a big warehouse storing...

When the Euromericans came, they believed the natural world
was a big warehouse storing commodities that they
were
obliged to make use of, to take

Full Transcript

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When the Euromericans came,
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they believed the natural world was a big warehouse
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storing commodities that they were obliged to make use of, to take.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:51
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.
They asked Spencer Baird, the U.S. Fish Commissioner, - Artifishal 00:09
They asked Spencer Baird, the U.S. Fish Commissioner,
Baird told them, "You're not going to be able to protect the habitat - Artifishal 00:09
Baird told them, "You're not going to be able to p...
You're not going to be able to protect them from dams, - Artifishal 00:21
You're not going to be able to protect them from dams,
And since the 1800s, our fish-and-wildlife agencies - Artifishal 00:09
And since the 1800s, our fish-and-wildlife agencies
Just like a farm, you raise them, you put them out, you harvest them. - Artifishal 00:04
Just like a farm, you raise them, you put them out, you harv...
That's the basis for fish-and-wildlife management in the U.S. - Artifishal 00:04
That's the basis for fish-and-wildlife management in th...
The fact is salmon must spend part of their life out in the wild. - Artifishal 00:06
The fact is salmon must spend part of their life out in the ...
And it wasn't until, in the seventies, that we really started evaluating - Artifishal 00:09
And it wasn't until, in the seventies, that we really s...
The use of hatcheries was a promise that you could have salmon - Artifishal 00:10
The use of hatcheries was a promise that you could have salm...
Put that next to the fact - Artifishal 00:18
Put that next to the fact
We've been relying on those same runs of fish, - Artifishal 00:08
We've been relying on those same runs of fish,
When your health is their health, right, you're married in that way, - Artifishal 00:08
When your health is their health, right, you're married...
To have that relationship with a single species is real special. - Artifishal 00:06
To have that relationship with a single species is real spec...
You think about the Sioux people and the buffalo back in the day - Artifishal 00:06
You think about the Sioux people and the buffalo back in the...
But that relationship, unfortunately, was severed. - Artifishal 00:05
But that relationship, unfortunately, was severed.
If we let these runs go, then they are gone, - Artifishal 00:15
If we let these runs go, then they are gone,
The average person, when they see a salmon, - Artifishal 00:07
The average person, when they see a salmon,
And it's perhaps at the end of their fishing line, - Artifishal 00:11
And it's perhaps at the end of their fishing line,
Salmon, I think, have the most complicated, - Artifishal 00:11
Salmon, I think, have the most complicated,
They start life by hatching from eggs in a stream. - Artifishal 00:06
They start life by hatching from eggs in a stream.