Steel head —_— Continued from page 1_. technique has limited success near the mouth of the river where the runs of different fish tend to crowd together. Gillnets, he said, will be the main area of concentration for the steelhead program because mortality is high for fish caught in them. Steelhead caught in seines are more likely to survive after being released. For the same reason the DFO will encourage native fishing for food in the rivers to use traps or weirs rather than gillnets, He expects the commercial fishermen will cooperate in the program. “They don’t want to catch the steelhead. They have little commercial value," he remarked. "We want them to fish more selectively, but we don’t want to put them out of business." Rob Brown, a Terrace member of the society who addressed the meeting as an independent ang- ler, said the symposium attracted representatives from nearly every group in the northwest that has an interest in fish, in- cluding commercial fishermen, natives, government and indus- trial forestry and environment officials, and commercial and Ty _ LAST TICHETE SAT., NOW. 16th! SUN. NOW. 17th! | Discount given at point of sale. FBC cards are honoured for stamping on these days, 2-4717 LAKELSE AVE. TERRACE MON. - THURS. 9:30 - 6:00 FRIDAY 9:30 - 9:00 SAT. 9:30 - 6:00 but not for redemption. SUN. 12 EVERY THIN NTHESTOR recreational sports fishermen. He said one official from the provincial fisheries department told the meeting that hatchery steelhead aren’t viable in the Skeena, meaning that the wild stocks are in a "crisis situation" and we could be witnessing "the end of the species”. Brown said he doesn’t know how Lill will establish the 50 percent target because the inci- dental catch and escapement data are sketchy. He said the DFO uses "hail" numbers — informa- tion compiled by asking each individual fishing boat how many steelhead it has caught — and both sports fishermen and DFO think those numbers are unreliable. "We have no confi- dence in those figures," Brown said. Lill admits the count is diffi- cult, mainly because steelhead make up such a small proportion of the overall runs. During the record-breaking pink salmon run at the end of the summer, Lill said, the test fishery net filled with pinks daily and the DFO has no idea how many steelhead escaped up-river. "It’s a great challenge to get a count on them," he said. (00 - 5:00 Terrace Review —— Wednesday. November 13, 1991 3 4 TOW-AWAY ZONE. Terrace-Kitimat Airport management is telling the flying public to obay the rules for parking or risk paying the cost of a tow. Paid parking at the airport is a fact of life effective Nov, 4, but that’s not the greatest concern. The most immediate concern at the airport is snow removal. Angle parking adjacent to the terminal entrance is for short term parking, the nearest parking lot is for day time parking only, and the parking lot furthest from ‘the terminal is for long term parking. Snow removal is done primarily between the last flight on one day until the first flight the next, and any vehicles parked where they shouldn't be during those hours will be towed at the owners expense. THE ONLY BUMPS —- YOU’LLFEEL ARE GOOSE BUMPS. The best way to groom a rough trail is to ride the 1992 Prowler’. With a 440cc lightweight liquid cooled engine, and a double wishbone front suspension, it's the perfect combination of power and handling. Stop by today for the new Prowler. And find out just how smooth the trail can be. -NEID ENTERPRISES LTD. Recreational Sales & Service 4925 Keith Ave. Terrace Phone 635-3478 _—s_—> Fax 635-5050 Ate. »Arcted, Ine, 19 * 9 Tradkmarks af Arcteo, Ine.