Tuesday
Sep212010
Salmon Film Teaser
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 12:03AM Follow the journey of the critically endangered Snake River salmon from the coast of Alaska to Idaho's Sawtooth Valley. These fish migrate farther inland and higher in elevation than any other fish on Earth, along the way touching the lives of everyone and everything in the ecosystem.
(Via:Way Upstream)
tagged fish video, save our wild salmon in Film and Video
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Reader Comments (14)
I remember last year seeing the salmon at the end of their journey in the Sawtooth fish hatchery where they diverted the all the remaining fish for breeding. Quite a sight to see if you get a chance. It is truly AWESOME!
Pretty depressing. Good song.
The migrate higher, maybe. But not farther. There are other species in NA that migrate further, and do it multiple times. Just tell the story, don't sensationalize. Looks like a good film, thanks chum
uh some yukon river kings migrate over 1800 miles inland.
As a resident of the banks of the Yukon River, I feel obligated to mention our Chinook migration of ~3000km (1800 miles). It's a pretty inspiring sight to see those big red shapes moving their way through in late August, having left the ocean in May.
Just sayin', is all.
Apologies for being misleading--these are the salmon that migrate higher in elevation and farther inland than any other (species of salmon). A great accomplishment, without even considering that they have to climb 8 dams to get home (and pass the same 8 on the way out). There's no need to sensationalize--these fish take care of that all by themselves just by living their lives.
But imagine the days when they used to make it all the way up to the headwaters of the Columbia in Canada, and all the way into Nevada. Those were some allstar salmon!
Great video with beautiful scenery!
looks like a great film. Damn those dams, tear 'em down.
Hey pgk, which dam on the Columbia do you operate? Or do you just work for one of the power companies? What these fish go through is sensational, and there are steelhead that make the same run, and would do so "multiple" times if that didn't get ground up on the way back down. Jackknob.
might be mistaken but thiink I heard them talking about the lower 48, not NA or BC, DB.
might be mistaken but thiink I heard them talking about the lower 48, not NA or BC, DB.
But they still die after making the run. Not really as badass as some other fish. And actually I'm a fish biologist. I'd like to see a salmon that can do a 3500km round trip migration every year (or two) for 20 years. I love big bad nooks as much as the next guy, but let's give credit where credit is due.
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic58-1-21.pdf
Cool film. I'm still amazed that with all the substantiated health benefits of eating wild salmon, we don't do more to promote their health, prosperity and longevity as a species instead of their demise. I agree, tear down the dams and lets try to find alternate sources of energy for those regions. Stop farming inferior steroid injected salmon and SAVE WILD SALMON!
I hate hippies, and natives. Until the natives remove "their" gillnets from the Columbia, I have no sympathy, and will try to kill every salmon possible, just to piss off the natvives. .. Slobs