eeahninedbiaia mouth of the Skeena, ‘River,. says ‘a t repional anling Btouy ‘ the river's sports. fishery;: {ts split off tourism ; ; trade - . He ‘said no on mer steelhead and arly coh runs. u returns of chum; ee ‘this year’ ‘and ther LEGIS SLATIVE Ast PARLIAMENT BLDG vicror ts” CARDIN VBV 4x4 BC CAN ste Re wi a aa te ERIE eet TERRACE’ — Too thany com:. mercial fishing boats are being’ allowed to operate -near’ the: SSEMRLY _ “to: ‘saggest-’ specifi ie’ - up-river ioe runs may already b be ex. emphasized ¢ “DFO' Mer od i ‘ahetles upstream et Ter- tae were algo on the. decline, he éetins for’ the’ situation: “saying 3 decisions’ were ‘based ‘on the ‘needs’ of only those fish i ‘impor. iant ‘to: the. comimercial’ fishery rather: than -the' Well-being : ‘of very salmon specie in the river... : - Coalition: chairman Jim'Culp ©. conservation of fish sstocks. yas supposed | to, be the: ber: ; ‘one ‘Priority CPERRACE ~ tt ‘wasn’t the -kind..of call-out. the: Terrace * Water Rescue Team relishes. . capability with - the addition: , Rescue’. ‘Is. the. operative. ¢ “word “as: far_as Its. metabers “Hifeguards. 1... ae are concerned. poe "OK He said two team members _are-on call ‘at-ail: times: ‘and “carry their ¢ equipment or ue with: them.i in thelr vehicle. ” However, when. a Camp: : - . bell River kayaker drowied. _ in me Kalum be We last’ week fonather” ta. wer} ; following the. drowning of a young boy in gence foul pu Of divers’ sng put’ me rm ata ue e. feel is WHITE WATER WAYS. Members of the Terrace Water. Rescue Tearn got some expert instruction earlier this summer on how to operate safely in the fast- flowing waters that. are to be found in many local rivers. Above, instructor’ Jim. Seegerstrum of Sonora; California “rescues”. club member Mike Jones from’ the foaming waters of af the Sushwa: River. PHOTO: BY DIANA PENNER, only two in the. province . ; “had® since expanded » its po: inted: out, the latter. task cat ha ‘the ou would ather-be saving people than. ‘seaiching for.” badies, "he Still: had. value. > because. catir apt the body allowed the ‘vic im’ family. to. begin the am i meets monthly i in the rete Es ‘roomi: at the ce san ed ‘orample being racticing * “removing a. sup- posedly: spinal- ‘injured victim otit ‘of, the: pool... Members’ also get together water: practice. such as’ last . ie ession pullitig “'vic- fof a hole cut in, the Skeena River ices "ive: er-agiin this winter. with } Taegan te; surface ? ‘are. fi shing near the Skeena followed by thie native food fishery. Equal, and last, on the list. came the sports. and ‘com- mercial fisheries, | Up to 1,000 commercial boats River.at times, he said. And, if conservation was the major. concern, he, asked why the native food fishery had been allowed to continue. But ‘Culp stressed the coali- tion was neither “declaring war ~ on the commercial fisherman?’ for seeking an end to the: food fishery: ee - Ther have already been some ‘ discussions: with commercial . ’ since been blended in with the fishermen “and - native . bands about. what. t could | be done to. protect certain species’ while at the same time allowing” aul a: -share of the fish, . Yet Culp and other coalition ; members said the problent.can - . only: be ‘solved by a change ‘in © federal policy -and they want northwesterners to write federal © fisheries minister John Crosbie, Culp also - wants Crosbie’ to visit the:northwest. He. described the letter cam- paign as ithe “initial salvo”” in the coalition’ 8 campaign for change. o * Hill pointed. out some ‘up- river angling” ‘Organizations ‘are already Suggesting a consumer boycott of. B. Cc. salmon. 7A regional. tourism - ra Anglers want changes in the way the commercial Jishery operates to boost: the number of fish making their . ,Way up.the Sheena River. association fas some SUBRES- tions on what those change should be. an | And the tourism industry 1 here reports a downturn in the number of angling visitors coming to the area because of declining . fish uns, _ You'll find those s stories on Page Al3. : La STAN Orenda plans full meeting next week TERRACE — It’s taken a week of discussion, but Orenda Forest Products has finalized its list of public meetings to discuss plans to build a pulp and‘paper: mill south of Lakelse Lake. — The company began last week with two ‘schéduled public meetings — one For: Terrace and one for Kitimat. © It added the Lakelse Lake area to the list: after provincial . officials who are, reviewing.the..: proposal suggested people there shoul avi: ‘adie. Equal: