lagi ed _ Ahistory of Nisga’a land claims. Part One, * page 9 aVictoria B.C. The Battle For The NCU ative Library, Parhiament Buildings WEDNESDAY, November 13, 1991 Vol: 7, Issue No. 46 Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 ¢ 4 Serving the communities of Terrace, Thornhill, Usk, Cedarvale, Kitwanga, Meziadin, Stewart and the Nass Valley 75 cents plue GST 6 aa a DFO vows to halve steelhead slaughter A senior official of the Depart- ment of Fisheries and Oceans: told .a. weekend symposium in Smithers that the DFO is com- mitted to reducing the incidental catch of steelhead by the coast commercial fishing fleet and native fisheries by 50 percent. Al Lill, Pacific regional direc- tor of the Fisheries Branch, told the B.C, Steelhead Society meet- ing that he would like to achieve that objective within a year. This year’s return of Skeena Steclhcad was the lowest since records have been kept, and blame for the situation has been largely laid on the commercial fishing fleet at the mouth of the Skeena River, which catches steelhead while lowering for pink and sockeye salmon. Lill said yesterday in an interview from Nanaimo that he set the 50 percent figure. because he believes that is the minimum required to save the Skeena steelhead run from extinction. That objective will have to be attained by making the commer- cial and..native food fisheries more selective, he said. It will require the cooperation of gillnet . “' 1 poration oF grne - Christian School student has ‘and seine boat operators from both B.C. and Alaska and the natives who use gillnets in the rivers to catch food fish. Lill said an experiment using "weediines" on gillnetters last year appears to have been suc- cessful and will be continued in the next fishing season. Weed- lines suspend the gillnets further below the surface of the water, allowing more steelhead to pass — through because they tend to swim nearer the surface than sockeyes or pinks. Lill added, however, that the — Continued on page 3. RENEWING REMEMBRANCE. Memories fade. But they never go away. And for these veterans of past wars, the memory of the horrors of battle are just cause for seeking world peace. The dwindling ranks of Terrace area vets recalled their experiences and comrades at the conclusion of the Remembrance Day parade. Monday’s rain discouraged few from offering their respect to the memory of our fallen soldiers. Boy ‘lucky’ after homemade bomb explodes in hands ‘A 14-year-old Centennial been described as "very lucky" following an accident with a homemade “firecracker” last week, The boy is reported to have made the device using powder from commercially manufactured - fireworks. After several attempts to light it carly last Wednesday morning it exploded in his hand. His left hand was badly injured in the explosion, he received several burns to his body, and spent five days in hespital. The incident is similar to an accident at Skeena Junior Sec- ondary School last year. In early March, 1990, a 14-year-old Skeena Junior Secondary student was also "very lucky". As a result of his adventure, he suf- fered only minor facial burns, a three-day suspension from school and a lecture from the RCMP on the dangers and crimi- nal and civil liabilities involved in playing with explosives. A Skeena spokesman says the youth gained access to some gunpowder and attempted to make a “cherry bomb". He and some friends attempted to deton- ate the device in the parking lot after school. It didn't explode, so he picked it up to find out why. Fired-up professionals: The beginning of a feature series on the Terrace Fire Department — page 25 INSIDE —— whe