-» City aldermen received a
disturbing message last’ week
during a presentation by Alois

Schillinger and. Ron Young of the

Terrace-based B.C. Coast Marine
Life Protection Society. A fresh
water Atlantic salmon fisheries
operation in the Skeena water-
shed. ‘could destroy the natural
fisheries resource.

_-A brief submitted by Schillin-
ger suggests the Ministry of Envi-

ronment is in conflict with their:

own regulations. In July 1990 the
. ministry: released regulations
governing the location of salt
. water ‘aquaculture operations: "A
marine fish farm must be located

‘oné kilometre or more from the .
mouth of a watercourse known, or —

suspected to have, steelhead or
cutthroat trout populations of
recreational importance." |

There are other regulations,
all designed to prevent the spread
of disease from imported fish
stocks: ‘to natural breeds. But
Schillinger says the same’ Minis-
* try of Environment document

_ outlines regulations for fresh
water fish farms upstream from ~

the. mouths of those protected
rivers. '

“Applications for Crown foreshore
or offshore.tenure will be assessed
by MoE in case the physical pres-
_ ence of farm facilities or align-
_ ment of. the aquaculture tenure
boundary: interfere’ with recre-
ational fishing access opportun-
ities."

-. Schillinger also offered an
excerpt from The Fisherman,
Sept. 24, 1990. In part: "Problems
of parasites and disease caused by
farmed salmon in Norway: has
reached such disastrous propor-
tions that up to 70 entire rivers

may have to be sterilized using _

toxins that. will kill all life.

“"An’ all-party. delegation of.
members of parliament from Nor-..

way gave stern warning to Cana-
dians at a federal Standing Com-

mittee on-the Environment meet-:

ing in Ottawa in early September,

calling the farmed fish issue ‘the ©

main ecological problem in Nor-

‘In part the document states: |

way’.

“Norwegian. MP  Haaron

' Blankenborg told the committee
‘that a particularly infectious

parasite may require the steriliz-
ation: of up to. 70. Norwegian

rivers. He said that even Nor- -

way’s tough environmental laws
are not adequate to prevent a
crisis in the wild salmon stocks
and that all the environment
ministry has been able to do is
operate ’more or less‘as.a first aid

‘ ministry."

Schillinger told Terrace coun-

‘cil he had "hours" of similar writ-
ten and video taped information

containing the same message and
urged them to make one simple
inquiry: ask the Ministry of Envi-

- ronment if they can "guarantee"
that a disease outbreak resulting

from fish farming operations in

‘fresh water lakes will not, occur.

Schillinger says he has asked the
ministry, but has not been able to
get a reply. | _

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Terrace Review —- May 1, 1992