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By MIKE COX
COHO CLOSURES on the
Skecna and late fishing
regulations have Jed- many
fishing lodges to close their
doors carly this season.

Alexander Hruby, owner
of Skeena River - Fishing
Lodge, said late fishing
regulations and the ' coho
closure have lost him 50 per
cenl of his business over the
pasi two years.

“No one wants to go on
holiday and not know
what's available,’’ he said.

June and July, Hruby said,
were good months for busi-
ness, but the uncertainty of
the regulations hurt bim.

“Is like booking a
holiday in Hawaii‘ and not

knowing if the beaches are

open,”’ he said.
Ninety-five per cert of
Hnuby’s clientele. comes

from Germany, Switzerland
and Austria, so vacations
have to be booked six or
seven months in advance,

"We can’t guarantee what
the regulations are goitig to
be when they get here,’’
Hruby said.

Many European | tourist
magazines, “he. added, are
giving B.C. bad reviews be-
cause of the late regulations.

Many of his clients are op-

ling to go to Alaska, whiere .

the . fishing - regulations
aren't as strict. :
“T's too much money for
people to Oy over here and
01 be able to take any fish

. homve,”? he said:

“Komaham Lodge has shut

its doors for the scason, and

owner Harold’ Kossler said

the coho closures anid jate

regulations are to blame.
“The beginning of the

season was good, and now

with the coho closures it’s
down to zero,’’ be said.

Kossler said his clients are
all: European, and without
knowing what we fishing
regulations are they are
heading ta Alaska.

“Customers come to the
point where they say to hell
with it,” he said,

Kossler hasn’t had any
customers in the lodge since
August.6, which is a drastic
change from two years ago

- when he was booked full
until the end of September.

Kossler said he “agrees
100 per cent with protecting
salmon,’’ but added that the
government bas to work
with fishermen to assure
tourism ‘in B.C. stays
vibrant. ‘Tourism is the
biggest and easiest dolar for
B.C.”

Possible buyer checks out SCI

A PROSPECTIVE buyer for Skeena Cel-
Julose is in the midst of taking a detaiied
Jook at the company and its asscls.

The provincial govemment bas agreed to

give the undisclosed buyer 60 days in the tires.
which to conduct a due dilligence study of  ‘‘They take

the company wilh a veiw to possibly
buying it, confirmed employment and in-

should be known.

A due dilligence study is akin to lifting
the hood and checking a car’s components
rather than just walking around and kicking

a more detailed look at the

company’s operations,’’ Zadravec said.
He would not reveal the identity of the

vestment ministry spokesman Don _ prospective purchaser.
‘We have signed a confidentiality agree-

Zadravec.

He said that 60-day period will expire in
mid to late September, al which time more

ment wilh this particular purchaser,’’
Zadravec added.

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