Salmon: Running the Gauntlet
Season 29 Episode 12 | 53m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, and farmed in pens.
The parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish's life cycle. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks, and farmed in pens. Here we go beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species.
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Salmon: Running the Gauntlet
Season 29 Episode 12 | 53m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
The parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish's life cycle. Our once great runs of salmon are now conceived in laboratories, raised in tanks, driven in trucks, and farmed in pens. Here we go beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species.
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Salmon: Running the Gauntlet - Preview
Preview: S29 Ep12 | 30s | Airs Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (30s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 5m 2s | A look at extreme measures to protect salmon from predators. (5m 2s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 5m 41s | An overview of how humans have impacted salmon populations for more than 150 years. (5m 41s)
Education | Life and Death of Pacific Northwest Salmon
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 2m 58s | A brief look into the life and death of wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest. (2m 58s)
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Clip: S29 Ep12 | 2m 58s | A brief look into the life and death of wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest. (2m 58s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 3m 35s | A look at how humans are producing salmon in an effort to protect the species. (3m 35s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 6m 54s | A look at efforts to remove dams and restore streams and salmon runs. (6m 54s)
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Clip: S29 Ep12 | 6m 15s | Salmon in ecosystems and current efforts to restore salmon nutrients to streams. (6m 15s)
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Clip: S29 Ep12 | 1m 20s | Hatcheries fail to deliver on their promise of a future full of salmon. (1m 20s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 56s | After living in the ocean, Pacific salmon return to the rivers to spawn. (56s)
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