The Lost Salmon

Am Bradan Caillte

Stiùiriche: Shane Anderson, USA 58
mion. Cànan: Beurla, FFEIG Ìre: 12

De bhradan a’ Chuan Sith gu leir,tha luach ann an sgaoth earraich anchinook thar chàich. A’ chiad bradana thilleas gach bliadhna, bha urramaig am measg treubhan tùsanachAmeireagaidh a Tuath agus aig teis-meadhan lìonradh nàdar agus bitheòlas an Iar-Thuath. B’ e a chinook bubhitheanta de ghnè a’ bhradan anns NaStàitean Aonaichte. Tha cuid den gnèsònraichte sin air a chall mar-thà. Natha air fhàgail am bagairt sìoladh às, rilinn àitichean àraich air an truailleadh,gun dòighean dìon le lèirsinn agusatharrachadh na gnàth thìde a’ toirtcrìonadh orra.Chaidh neach film Am Bradan Caillte,Shane Anderson air turas dà bhliadhnatàrsainn Washington, Oregon,California agus Idaho a’ clàradh a’bhradan “earraich” fhiathaich, aneachdraidh, na tha a’ toirt crìonadhorra an-diugh, agus an ceangal ri nadaoine agus na h-àitichean ris a’ ChuanSèimh san Iar Thuath. Air an t-slige,tha Anderson ag innse mu eòlas ùrsaidheans a tha a’ toirt fiosrachadhdòchasach a thaobh ginn a’ bhradan ashàbhaileas sliochd an àrd chinneadhan Chinook.

The Lost Salmon

Dir: Shane Anderson, USA, 58 Min, Language: English, HIFF Classification:12.

Of all the Pacific Salmon, the spring runof chinook is the most revered. As thefirst salmon to return home each year,they have always been a sacramentfor the oldest civilizations in NorthAmerica and the keystone of Northwestecosystems. Once occupying the mostextensive range of any salmon speciesin the United States, many geneticallyunique populations of spring chinookhave already been lost. Thosethat remain face a looming risk ofextinction as habitat loss, short-sightedfisheries management, and climatechange continue to take a toll on theirnumbers.In The Lost Salmon, filmmaker ShaneAnderson set out on a two-yearjourney across Washington, Oregon,California, and Idaho to documentsome of the last wild “springers”,the historical and ongoing causes oftheir declining numbers, and theirprofound relationship to the peopleand places of the Pacific Northwest.Along the way, Anderson tells the storyof a recent scientific breakthroughthat provides crucial new insightsinto salmon genetics and offers animportant path forward to help savethe king of salmon before they are lostforever.