years): nthe: ure. of ‘che Skeena's
fish has, drawn Washington

ed bn 1c Environment t ministry
this.year. 2...

effect April 1. — are the
product ofsa 16: ‘month. policy
nducted *, by. ‘the
ministry’s : “fish:- and wildlife
Fatich; The review: ‘was promp-
“by: concerns’ -Overcrowding
oral, tivers : iwould destroy

ence’? “highly prized. by
many ‘visiting anglers, i
nder the new- system, @
uniber of northwestern rivers
were given -Class I or Class Il
designations: and out-of-
provirice: fishermen must now
buy, a- special licence if they
ant to fish those rivers.
Although: they have no com-
plaints about the $27 cost of the
basic:-fishing licence, the Kin-
dreds are Jipset.about the addi-
tional’ éost Of. fi shing ‘classified
rivers,. 7
They point out that to fish the
Cispiox.. or Upper. Copper
Zymoetz),- both. Class I rivers, .
they now: have to spend‘another
§20::per. person/per day. On
Class I waters such as the
Kalum. and certain stretches. of
the! ‘Skeena, the fee is $10 per
person/per day.
That's just too expensive,
hey say, particularly when they
like to spend a good portion of
heir’-usually four month long
itays i in the northwest out on the
fiver. bank.. «
While they have always look-
ecorware to their trips to Ter-
— the fishing, scenery and
fialiy ‘friends they. have made

mant: they v will not return, And,

POLICY TOO PRICEY. Local resident Don Oldharn (left to right) lends a helping hand as American

tourists Lew Kindred, Gene Kindred and Joe Metzinger show off their haul of spring salmon. However,
‘Lew Kindred says new regulations make fishing here too expensive and he won't be coming back,

the Kindreds maintain, they are
not the only tourists who feel
that way.

Meanvhile, enforcement of
the new regulations has a Swiss
tourist fuming. Urf Zuerrer, a
frequent visitor here ‘over “the
past eight years, is angry over a
$100 fine handed out for fishing
a river that requires a. “special
licence.

Zuerrer had“ a- - valid basic

angling licence but not the sup-" .

plementary one required for the
Lakelse River'— it isa Class II
river — when he was checked by

weeks ago,

‘Speaking through local resi-

dent Gerda Mahle, Zuerrer con-

ceded’ ie knew of the new
regulations, “‘It (buying the ex-
tra licence) just slipped his
mind,’’ Mahle explained.

She said that when the officer
discovered the infraction, he
confiscated Zuerrer's rod ..and
told :him it could be collected

from the conservation office

upon payment of 2.$100 fine.
What angered Zuerrer, Mahle

continued, was being fined on

the spot: tather than being given

‘a warming.
a conservation officer several |

Maintaining he had always

followed regulations in the past, .

he felt he was’ being harshly ©

treated for what was an over-
sight. A more reasonable course
of action, he had suggested,
would have been‘confiscation of
his rod until he produced ‘a
Class 2 licence.”

.To make matters worse, he
had earlier seen three fishermen
using salmon eggs as bait — a
deliberate breach of the regula-
tions.

Pointing out visiting anglers
bring a lot of money into ihe
community, Mahle said Zuerrer
intends to publicize his ex-
perience when he returns to
Switzerland.

aoe

TERRACE — The Kit-
sumkalum ‘angling guides are
going to take clients where the
fish are regardless of restric-

' tions included in their Environ-
-|.g--ment-ministry licence, says band.

chief Cliff Bolton.

‘Last. year, ‘a band appliation
for a guiding’ fdicence was denied
under a ministry moratorium on
new licences petiding: finaliza-
tion “of a -new ‘angling guide
policy, When that policy, which
sets a limit onthe number ‘of
‘guides: operating.-on ‘specified
tivers, came into effect this spr-
ing, the Kitsumkalum applica.
tion was approved,

However, the terms of the

licence specified the band guides

could only operate.on stretches
of the main stem Skeena River,
“areas outside our tribal'ter-

ritories,’’ Holton pointed out,
«Describing the .restrictions.as
unfair,; he. added, (Of. course in
this rat.race world :nobody: in-
tends to: be fair; You have to
grab what you want and that is
what we intend to do.”’
Therefore if the salmon were
in the Kalum. River, that was
where the Kitsumkalum: guides
would be taking their clienis.
Bolton said if anyone was to be
given the right to guide on local
tivers, it should be the ‘tribe
which “‘owned’? that territory
“over and above anyone else.’

Cliff Bolton

teh ‘fish on ‘their reserve and

Tuled last‘month.

Badie ‘Alfred.

nment, will try to ‘appeal the.

charged with selling salmon caught

fish for their own food purposes.

‘Wet’suwet’en the right to “use, s
or: "barter fish caught in the wate

‘anywhere, a Smithers provincial court judge

Judge David Smyth upheld'a Moricetown
and fisheries bylaw — which permits sale
f fish — and ruled that it takes precedence
-Over the federal Fisheries Act in the case of

ne: Moricetown band spokesman
ena ‘saying he would “definitely” sell
shi,:this: year, Meanwhile, Crown. ‘pro-
,Ron:Gamble says. the federal: |

‘einm

sired was acquitted June 14 after- being -
dian. food fi sh permit. The Fisheries Act
prohibits: the, sale of fish caught under the
permits, which : are to enable natives to catch

: But the. bylaws give the Gitksan. and

band,” Smyth ruled.
sell them

from’ buying,

He noted the “‘crazy situation” in which
federal laws allow natives to sell fish while
at the same time prohibiting non-Indians

He found the ‘pylaw: pives ‘the band

river.’”

ative fish sales upheld _

SMITHERS ‘— Moricetown natives can ;

Once they’re removed from the river, he
said, it makes no difference in law if they’ Te
sold on or off reserve.

Gamble had argued the Fisheries Ace’

- Smyth ruled that because the
fish were dead when they were
sold, - conservation of fish stacks
was not an issue.

must apply or there will be “constant war
between the different factions’’.
end there won’t be any (fish) management.”

Smyth rejected that argument as “‘a pret-
ty slack fit’ in his opinion,-‘“There may bea
powerful argument that there should be one

and ‘‘in the

boss, but I suppose the Indian people would

ruling.

Under an

ell, trade
rs of the

‘SPORT FISHERMEN lining the banks of the Skeena i a common |

sight when the salmon start running. Although:a fecent court deci-
‘sion says they rank behind the ‘native. food fishery ,inpriority, a

rest can benefit from working

together, . A ae

members a! right - to sell fish caught ° on
“reserve anywhere, with-or without commer-
_cial or other fishing licences. .
Smyth ruled that because the fish were
dead when they were sold, conservation of
fish stocks was hot an issue.
“Surely management is’ directed. to ‘the
living fish stock,’’ he said, The resource is
“Mot salmon on ice -~ it’s salmon in the

merci

Department. of Fisheries and Oceans. official remains Ronfident all 7 ie. shidges hearing

say, ‘Who should that be??”

Prosecutors are appealing the acquittal of
another Moricetown man who was charged
with; illegal fishing. The Crown appeal of
the Jerry Nikal case is set for July 9,

Federal officials want to. overturn the
band fishing bylaw in that case by arguing

“that, although the Bulkley River passes
through the reserve, the river itself isn’t part
of the reserve. Another 27 cases ‘are on hold
‘pending a decision in the Nikal case, —

Co- -operation key

TERRACE — The federal
Department of Fisheries and
Oceans (DFO) and B.C. natives
share the same goals and
therefore should be able to
work together for:the benefit of
the ‘fisheries resource, says its

] : regional director.

Noting many:‘native groups
wanted to play a role in fishery
management, Pat Chamut said
the resource could only benefit
from more people getting in-

volved, .

Chatnut’s comments follow a
Supreme Court decision which ;
held. the. :native-‘food fishery
should. have. priority over all
Other: |j iterests,: including com+,
“ahd. sports fisheries,
the case of
squeain’ ‘native fisherman

Usq'

.:.., Ron Sparrow also unanimously .

found. conservation is the only
valid reason to prevent natives
from fishing. —....

While it would take time to
determine the impact- of the
decision on current DFO
policies, Chamut emphasized,
“Together | think we can work
out a solution that is going to be
acceptable to both sides.”” é

He said several pilot projects
in recent years had shown the
fishery could benefit from co-
operation between-. the. depart-
ment and natives."

‘Citing -the example of the
Cowichan River on Vancouver
Island where band members and
the DFO jointly enforce regula:

tions, he Added, “They :-have
helped’46 biite in a ‘Tather
‘substan

.chingok esepetnen

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 18, 1990 — Page AS,

—LETTERS _

TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

«City attitude on

pins embarrassing

~ Dear Sir: :

Having just read the article
in last week's issue concern
ing Kermodei Bear pins, I
feel I have to pass on my own
experiences in this matter. .

I have just this week
returned from the B.C.
Minor Softball Povinctal
Play offs in Burnaby, where
our own Squirt “C” Girls
Rep team was representing
our area,

Prior to this, 1 had ap-
Proached first the Chamber
of Commerce Tourist Info-
Center, and then City Hall in
an effort to obtain pins for
the girls to. exchange with
other teams, It would appear
that the only place in town
you can obtain these pins is
at City Hall, and they have
no desire to sponsor tourism
or economic development.

When I enquired at City
Hall (Tourism and Economic
Development), They inform-
ed me that someone from
Minor Softball had already

‘picked up our pins. This

turned out to be apparently
wrong, as when I asked the
person named, they had not
picked up pins since the
previous year and even then
had to almost beg for them,

It would appear that the
issue is the cost of these pins.
If I understand the article
correctly, they cost approx-

imately 50¢

apiece. This
would seem to be a small
price to pay compared to the

_looks on our girls’ faces'and

the looks and comments
received while we were ex-
changing tokens and’ trying
to -explain ‘why we had
nothing to offer in exchange,
as our city would not sive us
anything.

I personally was downright :
embarrassed at that. moment
to be from Terrace. It would
appear that we can afford to
Tip up. our streets to widen
them and create more- bot-
tlenecks further -up by
squeezing the downtown core
to about a lane and a half,:
but we cannot afford the $30:
or so to promote our city.

A hearty BOO! HISS! to
our tourism office.

J must mention that only
due to the kind understan-
ding of a young lady at the
Chamber of Commerce
Tourist Info-Center, we did
round up just enough pins
from her own personal col-
lection to allow us to offer
our host team a momento
from Terrace. We appreciate
her understanding and
thoughtfulness.

Sincerely,
Bob Stevens -
‘On behalf of
SQUIRT “'C”
. GIRLS REPS

Home care nurses
leaving service

Dear Sir:

In continuation of Carol
Harrison’s letter ‘‘Why
nurses are on strike’ [ would
like to provide a Home Nurs-
ing Care perspective focusing
on what this strike means for
your community.

I am the Home Nursing
Care supervisor for pro-
grams in Prince Rupert,
Kitimat, Hazelton, Smithers,
and Terrace. This program
services all ages and pro-
vides: maintenance care for
the elderly, acute care for
early hospital discharge pa-
tients, teaching and counsel-
ing in health related activities
such as diabetic self-care and
supportive care. for those
choosing to die at home.

Home Care Nurses are
registered nurses and must
have a minimum of 2 years
acute care nursing experience
within the last 4 years. They
frequently work as hospital
and home care nurses con-
currently.

-Home Care Nurses: are
paid $800. less. per month
than hospital nurses, do not
receive monetary recognition

.

-Leward : |

for attainment of a nursing
and/or other degree and do
Mot receive a monetery
for working
weekends,

It is not really a question
of work for these nurses.
There is work available at

local hospitals and unfor--

tunately this is what they are
choosing. Over recent mon-
ths, nurses have left Home
Nursing for hospital jobs. I
can only forsee a continua-
tion of this trend should
wage parity with hospital
nurses not be reached.

We are existing on the
barest minimum staffing
levels now. Further decrease
will result in program closure
and no available service for
those in need. The unfilled
positions would’ in all
likelihood be reallocated to
other provincial programs,

Do you care? If you value
this community service
please show support for your
government nurses and con-
tact your MLA with your
concern.

Sincerely
Vicki Fowler

Parent worried by

education trends

Dear Sir:

As a parent of school age
children I am well aware of
the problems referred to by
Andrew Scruton in the arti-
cle, ‘Students

difficulties. faced by
educators today and would
respond by lobbying the

government for adequate’

funding. -
In the meanwhile everyone
suffers, both students and

_ teachers, because one child

can successfully disrupt a
class given -our present
system. .

When a teacher. cannot
control the situation for
whatever reason, well-
adjusted students can lose
their .desire.to learn and

' cooperate. It is because of a

past disastrous year that I
was very. concerned to receive
a letter from‘Skeena Secon«

_ dary saving. they would be of-
fering.

terogeneous’ ,

Learn’
Violence’ I wish that more -
- Of the public appreciated the

classes in the new school

year. There will no longer be:

modified or non-academic

classes. The letter states that .
the school would utilize

‘ cooperative learning and.

peer tutoring to help every;

student. learn,

- My first concern is how 1
could one possibly teach a:
class of mathematics, for ex- .

ample, when students might

range in ability from grade 3 :
to well above grade 8. I talk- ;

ed to Mr. Straker and he told :

me that this subject in par-:
ticular would involve | ‘SOME
separation. vt

My next concern is the:
movement towards. group:
learning. Students of varying,

ability are expected to!
~ cooperate and learn together. ; i

Reading the material given to:

ite by Mr. Straker isnot?
totally reassuring. The ideas ':
sound positive but . many}

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