Page A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 15, 1993 Tsimshian still learning the river fishing industry TERRACE =~ Tsimshian say they have a lot to learn following the end of the second homeland fishery season. And while the numbers of fish caught aren’t yet compiled, the catch is low. “Our numbers ale very, very low,’ said Tsimshian Tribal Council spokesman Bob Hill. “1 think we’ll be lucky if we see 4 total catch of 2,000 sockeye and 2,000 p inks, ” Tsinshlan fishermen were allo- cated 50,000 sockeye and 50,000 pinks this season, Last year’s combined catch was 10,000 fish. It wasn’t until Aug, 12 that fishermen were catching more than 150 fish per day, Hill added. At best, he said, this year’s fishery will be a ‘break-even proposition. Kitselas band chief councillor Mel Bevan says most fish were caught using beach seine nets. The Kitselas have part of the al- location given to the Tsimshian Tribal Council. “We're still experimenting,” says Bevan. ‘We have a lot of work io do yet.”’ The wooden fish wheels built by the band to scoop up fish caught some, but not many. Bevan says successful use of fish wheels depends on finding the right site for them, and they don’t think they’ve found it yet. Six different sites were tried this season and the Kitselas fishermen will try again next year, Hill said the aluminum pontoon desion made this year’s fish wheels more effective than last yeal. Duelling videos SMITHERS — It’s still a case of duelling videos produced by dif- ferent fishery interests. . An carly: August telease by the Smithers- based Wild Steelhead Campaign - w countered. later het mont by ohe pro need t ‘ey commercial fishery interests. in Prince Rupert. ~~ This: second: video: was: ordered to counteract the ‘steelhead. one, said: Prince: Rupert alderman Jim “The critical point that the city is concemed with is that the posi- . as “being: a: sesponsible player the ‘in salmon fishery. does not appear to be getting ‘across,’*said Cic- cone wiio is ‘also a member of the _pro-commercial salmon - fishery Save Our. Communities ‘Com- mittee. The Wild _ Steelhead Campaign’s video is 30 minutes long and was directed and pro- duced by Bulkley Valley resident Myron Kozak. It presents:a strong argument against - ‘commercial. catching of steelhead. aan Negotiations are’ ‘currently un- der way to show the steelhead video on 4 U.S. sports: channel and the. TY show Fiytiahing World.” 3 The seven-minule-long Save -Our Communities production cast . $8,000 and: features high-profile coastal residents such as Prince Rupert. Mayor. Peter Lester and Tsimshiian ‘Tribal: Council presi- On: Aug, 23° the: -committee received: a. $15,000 boost’ from Prince Rupert council to further a campaign against the Wild Steel. head Society... The money, approved. uitanl: mously. by Prince Rupert council, allows the. commitiee to hire a professional Lobbyist’ and help - offset the Costs: of. producing the: video, / The video presents the arg ‘ment that’ steelhead Js: not an | endangered species, explained. - committes: ropepachiatye py oO le]hg “ton, it's ‘simply “a: ee of.al-. @- Jocation,”" said the: long-time, vo: is, cal supporter of commiercial: fish. : “ing rights. - Calling . the “sport fishermen's | ‘point of view “‘blased and in- accurato,”? Gren added: “We're going to try and win . the minds.and hearts-of the caas~ tal communities “and, “upcountry, ‘Jet. them “know there’s another side to the story. “We couldn’t let (the steelhead. . video) stand -\inchallenged. 1 hadn't geen that ‘one, but Am Aesuilts, ql None of the fish wheels were lost this year, Hill said, but they were endangered by fluctuations in water level which forced fish- ing crews to monitor the wheels carefully, : “T think to muna fish wheel SUC-. cessfully-you have to funnel them:..- Into the wheel,’’ Hill added. He says the . fishermen - are trying to perfect.a system of up- stream fences that would guide. the fish into the wheel, ‘They're trying to avoid a build up of silt where the fences are placed. “Ts going to take us another year before we figure out how best to go about it,”’ Bevan said. The fishing season is too short to gain enough experience, he ¢x- plained, so it is taking band mem- bers a number of scasons to per- fect their techniques. -Hiil says Tsimshian natives are going to stick with the fishery, however. **We're committed to this,” he said, adding the sclective fishery has the support of both commer- cial and sportfishing sectors. The native homeland fishery targets surplus stocks of abundant enhanced sockeye from. Fulton. and. Pinkut ~ artificial spawning beds in at Babine Lake, : Those fish would normally die without reaching the spawning beds because. there are simply too many of them. Other fish caught by the beach seines or fish wheels are released. To ._. sportfishermien, the homeland fishery is a way of tak- ing the enhanced sockeye without the indiscriminate kill of steel- head, chinook and coho that takes place when the commercial fleet fishes for sockeye. “TE we were the bad guys everybody seems to be painting the | DON'T CRUISE WITH BOOZE us as we would haye got out the gillnels and taken 50,000 fish,’? Hill said. tkkkk There was also a dispute over fishing territory between the Kit- selas and the Gitksan. - Kitselas band chief councillor ‘Mel “Bevan said = Kilselas — fishermen had an encounter about "30 miles upstream from Testace with a group of Gitksan natives in August. The Gitksan Wet’suwet’en Watershed Authority rangers set out downriver from Kitwanga to set straight the Kitselas fishermen who they thought were fishing at Giiksan sites, But Bevan says the Kitsclas fishermen were fishing at a Kit- selas reserve site and the would- be Gitksan enforcers were in- formed of that fact and sent on their way. oranneower Do you provide,child care for your grandchildren or other childrenin the community? We want to hear from ‘you! ~ The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre is cond ucting aoe survey to determine.the need forchild care'in the Terrace. -: area. We would like to Know about the type ol'child care - that you provide and hear your;comments on the future, of oo “child care in the: eommunity:. ue To take part in this survey simply. fill outa Child Care. Survey for Caregivers: available at-the: following: , _locatio ns: Terrace Women’s Resource Centre « “ . Happy Gang Centre” Safeway :. Overwaitea’.. 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