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.ROB BROWN.
DFO.

ave a coho, can. DFO.’ re

in the Fish Tales Tackle Shop. It:was

Elkins during the. coho’crisis a few 3 years ago.

agree on this sentiment. 0° -.
“Before |-go any” farther, I. need 10 concede that.

“done and is doing ‘by fish, for that is what theirm man:
date’ requires. :

. essay The Tragedy of the Commons,

own devices...

doubtful. .

- are still lobbying for openings:.::

* be overfished despite the vigorous. Prolests of many,
-of its own scientists..:

fish:

species: with the i importation of Atlantic: ‘salmon, the

enough) to halt the spread of aquaculture:
They didn’t.-

coast, :
DFO: said ‘fartn. “fish * “wouldn't escape; .

a duction was a: certainty. .
- Though. itis well xiown,

- result of the effluent. flowing from ‘fish farms.”

took that study inca half-assed-way. -

the TV last week, glibly t trying to deny. the enormity.

that it was a-once in a century event: :

years and: the. sockeye, have-had trouble as a resu

~ to. global warming.

“risk averse” and “proactive” aretwo often mouthed..

Still he presided over a kill'of 2,3. niillion sockeye:
by comimies,.sporties. and. FNs with the result that.
fewer than 400,000 or an, estimated 4 5, million fish
found their. way. home”,

; with tlie Captain. and the.officers not:the crew,

to politicians we get fish farny fiascos and scientific: .
- suppression scandals as happeied out cast’ and right .
here during the Kemano Completion SNAFU,
When mandatins and: politicians kowtow. to" the”
industry lobbyists; or fail to.take action for (ear of. .
offending their buddies ‘or to protect their job secu-
rity, we get fisheries crises of he firs water’ like: this.

compared, to the loss, of our. fisheries, heritage.

- Soreads asmall, neal lettered sign
‘hung: ‘there: bya disgruntled: Daye “

“There's. not much Dave: and Apres. on, but we

are many fine, ethical. professionals working. for the: - :
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, hardworking.’ |
conservation:officers, research. scientists, biologists .
-and technicians’ ‘among: them; but at the end of the °
-day the ‘department. must be judged on: how it. ‘has: I

’ The blueprint for resource’ depletion was identi- * :
. fied and analyzed by:Garrett Hardin i in his. brilliant 1

Put simply, | Hardin. showed: ‘thatthe “users of a - S
common property, resource depleted i it if left to thelr: |

“Since its ‘publication i in 1968, Hardin S thests has.
gained wide acceptance, yet ‘DFO. managers. on the |
east coast allowed. ‘commercial fishermen, to. over=
fish: the stocks to the Point where their Tecovery. is: a oe

After. this ‘debacle some: commercial ‘fishermen
_°. DFO could have prevented the catastrophic cok : ie
Japsé of. the’ Atlantic cod stocks,-but ultimately: ithe

_ greatest food fishery in the- world: -was reduced: to. 7
the risible’ because the DFO: ‘Managers allowed it to

Having tured ¢ a si ile purse into a sow’s ear ifi the a

- maritime provinces, DFOi is busily undermining the: , a
_ fish of the wild west coast, It’s clearitow that along T
- with their. “provincial: ‘counterpart. the: MAFFiosi i in.

“the Ministry ‘of Agriculture; Food and ‘Fish, DFO |.
has abandoned wild salmon i in: favour. of: farmed. a

Given the enormous threat t toi ‘our seve galmion. |
’ DFO, vas guardians -of-our natural heritage: should. .

have done everything, within their'power (and the}
Fisheries ‘Act is powerful, it just isn't. used. froRen :

itting game i in

By MARGARET. SPEIRS ~ af ler a quick pass from. Desjardins.

If ‘anything they ‘aided aquabiz leaving ihe New:
Democrats to: sinoculate ‘against’ the . industry. with: |
8 moratorium: before.‘it: infected ‘too much of the. aT

‘when .

“THE TERRACE RIVER Kings won their sécond

some hard knocks right from the start.
"Terrace beat the:Heuston-Luckies 3: 2i in, their

7 “between the-new fivals,

_ exhibition game in Houston but not. without aking ;

Cliff Wilsan and Ken Johnson’ paséed the puck

back and forth down the-ice and handed it off lor
™ Ryan Muldo,: who. banged i in the winning: goal | in:
2 the. third: period,, ne wes

7 September: 25 meeting, the first of three. _fames:  A-fantastic. finish considering jhat not more o

they did the. department: said ‘they wouldn’t: ‘sure. :
vive; wher ‘they. survived, DFO ‘said they wouldn’ td:
 spawn,. knowirig. full: well ‘that if they were, like eV=:

oe

ery other: biological organism ¢ oni the planet epro-

“Mario Desjardins’, scored: (heir-firsi-point- about”
os five minutes into the: game. ‘ona couple: of: passe
; from. Troy Farkvam and Tim Lepp.. uo

“a single: fish: ‘farm pe :
discharges as ‘much: ‘as a small town,-DFO: has done. :
zip to prevent ‘the ‘fouling: of the’ ‘ocean floor as a -

7 Kings goalie: Leeland Mcdonald.

a point ona, -soramble. cin’ front of the Houston mots
-- The sea lice problemi is well known in. Standinaé.. cane :
- via, yet DFO ‘went into denial until it was forced to..

~, The River ‘Kings: flew onto the j ice ‘eand captain a ‘broken j jaw. from a: rough elbow whena: Houston: .
player'checked him. > Hs
“= Lepp was ® “Tushed: ‘by: ambulance. to Smithers”
“and airlified'toa “Vancouver Hospital: for surgery...

“ Houston followed with two. goals Past River "Doctors inserted: tivo- plates: in: the: right ‘and:

- The-second period: remained” scoreless. “S.-elastics, allowing him’ to’still speak,”
= Lance Armstrong scored. Terrace’s - sicond oo
“season. "

>. “than lOniinutes into the first period, Lepp suffered’

“left ‘sides of, his jai. ‘and-secured his mouth, ‘with ,

Lepp’s out: ft or, ix x weeks if hot. the rest of the...

oust

“Ws 100 bad. He: trained $0. ‘hard over “the
“summer,” said, Trevor Hendry;. River Kingscoach, :
adding. the referee didn’ Ucall a penalty...

: “No one ever said it wasn’t a.rough. sport.”
> He: said’. Terrace: oulplayed Houston ; a “the.
- second: and, third period. ; :

“We really ‘dominated: them ‘and: ‘the « ‘$COrE
‘should? ve been’ higher,” ‘Hendiy. said, adding the:
~ River Kings - ‘missed: some “glorious, chances" at.
8 ‘goal. :
“Hendry’ said “Degjardins hiad: ‘ay: ‘outstanding.
- game: and Mcdonald made some bigs saves in the 5
‘second’ and ‘third ‘periods.’
“The: River Kings. ‘play. thei. first two. © regia
Stason’ games in Smithers this weekend, ae

-do-some science’on the issue. and: then they. inde :

“And then there's Wayne Sato’s smug phizzog on |

“Sport Scope

of the. sockeye disaster. on the Fraser. by. suggesting at

DFO Manager Sato knows belter, He. knoys that 7

the Fraser river has run high: temperatures in past. | THE: KERMODEL Classics women's team hosted its first...

He is-well aware that the problem i is probably. tied:
os . some: high Scoring games.

He should know that the three often: warring fac-_ |. ;
closely -by.. Evergreen: ‘at “18. points, Blue Ridge Graphics:

tions — the’ so-called stake: ‘holders will fish to: the . Th
“with 16. points, Chapter One came ‘fourth’at 15: points and,

last fish if allowed to., He can’t help: but know: that “| -

words buzzing, around.tis. department’ like’ béés:"

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It’s painfully cleair that the. probiem with DFO} is | «Kelly P ting at 635-1981: of Ambur Hall at 635-9047,

When senior smoke-blowing: bureaucrats cater *

- ing program...

"tural one. The ponsorship: ‘scandal | is apeccadillo:

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~ Hockey highlights -

“annual, Ice Breaker Hockey journamient on Sépt 18 and:19..
_ Five-men's. icams and four. women’ $ teams. Look. ‘part, in o

’ Nuyens won the men's: division. with 24 points followed -

Mixed Nuts rounded out the category with 10 points.”
On the women’ $ side, the Kitimat Cougars won: with a =

* points ‘and: the: Kermodei: clases came, last with 4. olints: a m | .
os Anyone interested i in next year’s lournament can contact. :

- Gymnasts chosen

” PEAKS. ‘COMPETITIVE coach Kris ‘Hartness, Eymnast-.:
“Kayla | Brinkae and former Peak ‘gymnast:Ashley Pelletier.
have. been selected fora Gymnastics B: C., mentorship. traln- a

:” Hartness-and Brinkae will travel 6 Vancouver’ in. Oclo- ‘
- bet and December. Pelletier has since moved and i is training

be leg 9 n:

| PEGGY PAVAO, left, and Marcella Reay jc to show their support in. the Terry
: Fox Run on Sept 19. Eighty- “Sik runners. raised $2, 037, for ¢ cancer research, ° LOE

“Our club lo, have | two 0 girls s selected." *

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