Hatchery fish fears raised A LOCAL fish farm expert is worried about the inter- action between hatchery fish and those that live in the wild. “Hatchery fish affect wild fish genetically,” says Alois Schillinger. of the Watershed Bio-Enhan- cement Society of recent American research. ~"This: fact-is: of great~ concern to our sociely. “Genetics are the hereditary interaction of genes and the environment,” he said. “This new phenomena could change fish beha- viour resulling in loss of immunity against any new lethal destructive diseases or loss of natural instinct to return to their former or- into hatchery fish which are te- leased, are placed in rivers and streams which lack nutrients. “There's nothing to eat, It’s as simple as thal,” he said. Schillinger says federal fisheries’ figures indicate there were 600 million fish preduced in hatcheries and artificial spawning ‘chan- nels in the past 13 years. “It doesn’t make any Sense at all to praduce all these fish and put them nutrient-deficient streams,” he said. “My question is, where are all the fish?” Your emergency medical The Terrace Stondard, Wednesday, September 4, 2002 - A7 Rural vote power dips A SIX per cent drop in population since 1996 means people in the Nass Valley have less politi- cal clout on the Kitimat Stikine regional district board in weighted votes. The 2001 census shows the population there dropped from 2,127 to 1,900. That means the area currently represented by director Harry Nyce loses one of its two voting units on the regional district board. The regional district is the only form of municipal government for people living in unincorporated areas. Alois Schillinger Schillinger is also criti- cal of the closure of hat- cheries, saying there is no plan in place to replace the fish that will be lost as a result. “Multi millions of the taxpayers’ money was Spent up to date to create and upkeep those hatcher- ies,” Schillinger said. Municipalities like Terrace and Kitimal also have representation on the board. The city of Ter- race, wilh a 2001 population of 12,109, holds onto its seven voting units on the regional district. Ali the other electoral areas and municipalities on the board held onto. their: present number of vo- ting units, too. The latest census shows the regional district’s population overall dropped from 44,618 in 1996 to 40,876 in 2001. Weighted voting only comes into play during certain resolutions, including the administration and operation of services in specific areas in the regional district. An HOUSE OF COMMONS , dy Burton Member of parliament for Skeena Constituency Office 4654 Lazelle Ave. Terrace, B.C. 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