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.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Kathy...
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
Airs Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings. (30s)
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