_ Tough year for fishery © THERE’S NO denying the 1995 fishing season on the Skeena was a tough one, admits Chris Drag- seth, federal fisheries area man- ager for the North Coast. But despite the problems en- countered, he’s satisfied with the way things warked out. ~ Dragseth explained a fishing plan had been drawn up before ‘the season began by the Skeena Watershed Commitice — made ‘up of representatives of the com- ‘mercial, nalive and sports fisheries as well as the federal . and provincial fisheries branches. ‘, The idea of the plan. was. to meet the harvest expectations of -the various fishing sectors while ‘protecting depleted coho and steclhead stocks, - However, it came under fire : from. commercial fishermen who’, Fraser” The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 4, 1995 - AQ ‘Rake In Huge Savings ‘This Fall on Skcena, he said the final catch figures would be’ available soon, ° However, early, indications were the Skeena-wide harvest had not reached the 240,000 sockeye and 200,000 pink allocations. While it appeared Moricetown had hit ils quota of pinks and the Gitksan had done well on Babine ease sockeye, the Kitselas were down Se cL es on both species, Turning to the strength: ofthe runs of other species, Dragseth said early run coho returns were ~ still, weak, while | the: ‘summer, . steclhcad - numbers’ had been stronger’ towards the end of the season. . Although chinook returns were low, he ‘pointed out. this: was not something confined to the. Skeena ~ system but was a west coast wide problem likely related. to occan DFO. says . plan worked ding the excess: “routinely” hit about half that number. _ “The rigidity of the plan served us well,’’ Dragseth maintained. ‘Overall, the goal. of providing protection to steelhead and coho runs had been achieved. . One problem. faced by northern commercial ‘fishermen ‘this year stemmed from the failure of the River. runs: . which prompted southern boats to Head up here, In the early. part of the © season- particularly, he said gillnetters had been’. working northem) waters ‘in numbers not seen for 60-70 years. -° 4 Because the number of fish that _ ne nell Magic Chef" Home Appliances Mag ic Chef . on REFRIGERATOR | ° 186 cu. ft. capacity ; * Two humidity-controlled - see-thru crispers, * Energy-saving design * Deep freezer’ door shelves’ | &E « Available in Designer White . |. NY hae N tN al = - ‘demanded -éxtra openings in \ can be harvested had‘been fixed, _survival.. or Designer Almond“ Fesponse to reports the sockeye _ DFO had to. compensate for the" ' Although ‘mackerel” predation $ 00 ‘Magic Chet. Tetum was going to come in two __ increased number of boats by on young chinook ’at sea had been GAS RANGE ‘million fish higher than originally reducing the time of openings. put ‘forward: as ‘anather™ cause, "projected. Noting many northern commer- Dragseth said it was not clear this ~~ “It was a more rigid plan than cial fishermen would like to see was as big a problem in the north ii are gas burners. the commercial fishermen would some. restrictions placed’ on the. . as it'was in southern waters.. e vwith wide mange. bumer have, Preferred,” Dragseth con- fare of boats operating in their But it was clear the interception . Mag ic Chef . Eary ouch stett c.: ‘ceded. ome waters, Dragseth said the of B.C. bound fish by the Alaska y E . ran *. 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Daug is one of the best known faces and voices in the northwest, serving as an emcee, host of the Aluminum City telethon and recently the- : Crimestoppers program. Doug leaves Terrace October 17 to be the pastor-administrator of the ; Christian Life Assembly, a church with a congregation ¢ of Qver 3,000 peo ople . 1 -800-813-1158 a 635-1158 Amen . Te —~ \ | | CHARGE PLAN -- COUNTRYWIDE FURNITURE & APPLIANCES SINCE 1968 * ener CAESAR ERTS aT tok de eee ER _ Missing carts are’ driving them: buggy MEMBERS OF the Terrace Beautification Society have noticed an increasing number of shopping carts scatiered around town. .. a “The carts cost approximately $100 and up, says Dale Lufkin, manager of. Overwaitea, so are expensive to replace. At his store approximately 15- 20 buggies are returned-each day - through a man who js contracted to pick them up. : ‘Most of the buggies a are left ‘by people who live within walking | . Up system now, and if the plastic “survives the winter temperatures, Shoppers will likely see them at distance of town,”’ says Lufkin. Both Overwaitea and’ Safeway contract out the pick-up of miss- ing . buggies to an independent contractor. Kmart also uses 2 con- tractor. ‘We. have. about 30 that go missing each week,” says Kmart © -manager' Roger L'Heureux, “More buggies disappear in the “a lock-up system by next sum- - “returned the cart, ‘on the plastic locking. system. > Tash spliance-Ltd:- mt ot 2 too ne summer, he adds, but those that go missing in the winter some- times don’t reappear until the snow melts in the spring. Overwaitea may be switching to ~aresaying shout | ‘ ' savINgS Bonds andB, BC mer, to combat the problem: of: missing buggies, Shoppers would: pay either a quarter or a loonie to pick up. a buggy, end then get~. their money back when. they . But harsh winters may be rough, - Prince George is getting the lack- Overwaitea in Terrace. Lufkin feels the lock-up system will probably limit the numbers of buggies . abandoned around, town, since’ young entrepreneurs will likely keep the buggies com- ing back. News In Brief Crime Stoppers pays CRIME STOPPERS i is already demonstrating its value, After six months in operation, the program’ his received 6? Ups and: paid-out two rewards of ‘Up to $1,000, ae Those have resulted in 14 cases being solved, six arrests, ‘and one. 7 NARINDA GREWAL Health Interpreter, Bondholder 7 NESBITT BURNS - Toronto, August 1995 conviction. Terrace RCMP have seized $4,000 worth of property, and me —_ seized $500 worth of drugs as a result of the program. Beatthebug = OLD MAN WINTER is just around the corner, and packed in those snowflakes is the nasty virus which causes influenza. One in three Canndians will get influenza this year, ad approx ly 2,000 will die as a result of the virus and Its complications. Most ) these deaths can be prevented with a simple vaccine. Individuals at risk — mainly the elderly — can get vaccinated at ol clinics now underway at the Skeena Health Unit, Call 638-2200. - Urban salmon pumped... _ .SALMON IN clty streams got a $12.5 million boost from the provin cial government last week. Premier Mike Harcourt announced the Urban Salmon Habitat Pro gram will finance stream improvement projects by schools first nations and conservation groups. It’s part. of a larger,. though sillt Sketchy “Salnion Habitat Conservation Plan.” - “We've already ‘introduced major initiatives - -to protect salmo : streams on forest lands and in less populated areas of B.C,,”’ Hatcourt” sald, ‘‘We've cancelled the Kemana project which threatened stream flows in the Fraser system, we've pe beara strict Forest Practices Code. regulations: petit loesing ‘by. palm . ; British Columbians looking for: a secure invesimen with a good