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Dinner break. the alaskaen salmon project has been studying this run since the '40s. dan is the university of washington ecologist who runs it when he's not feeding unannounced strangers. delicious. >> what's remarkable about alaska is salmon ecosystems is they're still incredibly healthy. the habitat is mostly in tact. so you have this combination of in tact, clean viable habitat. simple, responsive effective management. together you have a very produlktive and sustainable system. >> paradise. >> and it's beautiful too. >> so what do you say to somebody who says we can have both. we live in t...

Consistency is they are still incredibly healthy. the habitat is still mostly intact. simple, responsive effective management, together you have a very productive and sustainable system. >> yeah, paradise. >> and it's beautiful, too. >> so what do you say to somebody who says we can have both? we live on the cutting edge of mineral extraction, and we've got some really smart fish scientists. so why not have both? >> because pollution gets into that water supply, it's going to be nearly impossible to contain. none of the massive sulfide mining projects in the wet climate have been clean. they'v...

Been done that show that fish are extremely sensitive, they have nerve endings in their lips. you can imagine if someone rams a spear through any living being, they're going to feel pain. and one of the prominent fish scientists in the world has said she would no more eat a grouper than she would eat a cocker spaniel knowing now what she knows about them. so this is a plea for consideration, for some little animals who people really don't think about. and also asking people -- >> martha: it's not customary to eat cocker spaniel, though. it is customary to eat fish in this country. >> exactly. ...