Outback

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Narrator

The fish locals love to catch is the baromundi. A delicious creature which lives in fresh water as a juvenile, then heads for the sea when it's ready to spawn. It's a legendary fish, growing up to a 130 pounds. A monster in western Australian waters. But, at Lake Kununurra, a popular fishing hole, a damn wall has got in the way of this ancient breeding pattern. The fish can't spawn, and the fishing lines are hanging limp. Over 600 miles away in a laboratory, Milton is tearing down the damn wall. -

Milton

Let's see how hungry they are today. Come on big girl. Man, they're hungry. Milton and his colleagues have created an artificial breeding cycle. So they can restock Lake Kununurra with the beloved baromundi. It all starts with these wild caught females. The backbone of the breeding program. There's a few individual fish that are quite tame. They'll let you touch 'em and play with 'em, like this with the sore lip. We call him, Lip. Milton dotes on them like a pen full of puppies. Doesn't mind a pet and a scratch, and he flips around. You feed 'em every day. You look after them, you get quite attached to them.