. 34 : Terrace Siandard, Wednesday, September 18, 1991 ~ Page AS — [ | ETTER a “ “TOTHE TERRACE STANDARD ' By ALOIS SCHILLINGER d 7 Iwas. pleased to read the \ ; spt. 4 article in The Terrace ‘Standard-"on declining fish populations — in. the Skeena ‘Tve had several ‘unsuccesful ars in: demanding an open, public debate with the provin- ‘cial “environment and fisheries ministry. regarding salmon far- ming-. pollution — in our B.C. coastal waters.“ ” I'd dike to-shed some e light in- to® the! real’ facts which are ‘creating fish decline. ; ‘In comparison. to ‘ali . agricultural’. food producers, = salmon: farms have the most ie variety - of: devestating and rs estructive impacts to our en- “vironment. ° ‘Hach. year, multi-million _. gallons of pure, raw, untreated . ~ sewage. is- mixed with several deadly: Aoxic chemicals — some Dear Sir: I am sick of ‘the subtle N.D.P, propaganda in The Terrace Standard and most of the other B.C. weeklies and dailies. Week after week we read, “The N.D.P. is still in the lead. Polls say.so’’. This isa form of brainwashing. Gulli- ble people will vate N.D-P. for that reason. Adolph Hitler, too, knew that trick. During the Second Kemano brainwashing found lacking World War we read in ‘al papers and plastered on all possible walis: ‘Germany is winning on all fronts.”” Your method, Mr. Editor, - is the same communist and fascist style, Did you go to school with Adolph? By the way: have you ever seen a Bierman. cartoon pok- “ing fun of Harcourt? The media stinks! Bill Homburg Terrace, B.C. process cote cecum ER re be eR AS CON PME A te A be of which - are consider cancer Dear Sir: assist in and r t ’ creating by. sctits ar The fiasco hat has been See tot on anand fr | “released uncontrolled by salmon created by the Alcan Kemano environmental and develop- |“ -fdrms into our coastal waters, shutdown is both disastrous ment concerns-is at the very | ‘!* ies in reseed the a A : and far reaching ferallofus. least confusing and quite in- | .t% “underneath and surroundin ; ' : ; salmon farms. They kill all ed ‘THERE'S Aright way and a wrong way to be a fish farmer, says local resident Alois Schillinger who has serious. it would bee comedy a a A stands. 6 -isting marine life such as micro- spent yearsin the business. Shown here feeding fish at the Eby hatchery, Schillinger says uncontrolled of errors. can ‘magi ne Yat the 1. Organisms ‘and vegetation. effluent from salmon farms on the coast is killing feeding grounds for wild stocks. -These components are the only ‘ourishment for our sea-going To start with, we have a Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, John Crosbie, who. minister/s of various depart- f ments whom knowingly. at- tempted to by-pass certain | 7 juvenile:salmon and steelhead. These figures do not include stock. Toxic chemicals are used I am trying without success to its ‘G 3 “They ‘are fatal to their sur- all other marine life affected by widely in salmon farms. Dead find the right words in my dic- approved ane rc Oorect procedures tin robutting wT * vival.’ Salmon - farm waste is this destruction of our environ- fish are ‘disposed of.. ° tionary to express the real In the same department, to the federal court judge- of depriving the juveniles of their ment. There are 140 salmon —_ Highly toxic chemicals areus- danger we are faced with, The | - along with forestry, business who made the final decision | on “food source. farms operating in our coastal ed widely in salmon farms problems of commercial and ‘and development, en- {o cancel and rescind, are all As stated by scientists, ef- waters, some producing'up to because they are essential for native fishery can be solved by vironmental, etc. certain in- paid for by our tax dollars ‘4 uent from a small to average 1,000 tons of salmon a year. the survival of the industry in negotiation. dividuals were providing in- . % ize B.C. salmon farm is: the In 1989, -production was the protection against and treat- Our government is spending formation to assist other-in- 42 One cannot begrudge groups for being wary and cautious when perusing and ascertain- |" ing such review pro- cal 14,500 thousand tons and, ac-" cording to provincial fisheries forecasts, 40,000 tons are ex- pected in 1990. This could result in the total destruction of our ment for diseases. There are biocides, an- tifoulants, antivirals, algicides, fungicides, hormones, an- tibiotics — to mention a few. These chemicals are also cancer millions of our tax money in support of the fish farrh in- dustry. In my opinion I believe their behaviour is ignorant, ir- responsible and incompetent in equivalent to the direct effluent pf 8,000 people, A salmon farm - “with 772 tons annual produc- tion’ has a feed wastage rate of 20 per cent —- equal to 354 tans dividuals and groups — en- vironmentalists, the Rivers . Coalition and native groups, ~ to rebut and counter the per- mits, <= of feed alone being lost to the fishing industry. managing our resources, It came to the point where Ti =: seabed over a period of two ane Be arian con- it led to the federal govern- CESSES. - oo years. mitt siders salmon farming a sus- ment which led to the i ~The. annual sedimentation Each year, raulti million gallons of pure, raw, un- . tainable enterprise. 1 call the cancellation and rescinding Aucan itself is not without | 4 ~~ gate directly under net cages treated sewage.is mixed with several deadly toxic . government action an en- of said permits to Alcan for some blame, for it knowingly _ vironmental demolition derby. , Alois Schillinger has spent more than. 45 years working zonvohinevith. erand He Hous JANES, ‘Bish ave tormed. the Nod Falls Na arine’ Life Protec: “tion’Saciety.: Interested people can reach Mr. Schillinger at 210-3404 Kalum St. in Terrace or by phoning 638-8610, evenings. The, society is planning a public meeting to show videos of salmon farm and other ef- Jects in Norwegian and Scottish waters. _ chemicals — some of which are consider cancer creating by scientists — are released uncontrolled by salmon farms into our coastal waters. accepted said permits procedures totally entailed without having gone through within it. Confused yet?! the total procedure, com- [| ‘d 1, :On.the other andl Alea o-ppundeds:by S086: Of RAeeb 1 rye 4, Accepted, said permits, Ad .. 9p employees , assist ees iB _ ‘started construction, while - the resultant rebuttal ; this ” their. own employees ultimately cost the consumter (CASAW), at least in part, millions of dollars for an un- were part of the above men- completed project to this | 6 tioned groups to rebut and date. counter said permits, which One can certainly not led to the federal court deci- begrudge and/or criticize sion to cancel and rescind various individuals and e said permits, groups for being wary and | ii A little humour is certainly cautious when perusing and § {jy seen in this seemingly com- ascertaining such review pro- - would be 27,28 kilograms per “ome square metre in the first cohyear and. a. colossal 82.38 kilograms per one.squartmetre—