TERRACE — There should bea commercial inland fishery in Ter- race by this weekend as local na- tives begin catching and sclling sockeye and pink salmon. Tie move follows an agreement reached Jast week between the federal Department ‘of. Fisheries and Oceans and: the Tsimshian Tribal Council. The deal ‘allocates 50,000 hatchery -. sockeye, and 50,000 pink salmon to Tsimshian natives. . strike | hitting home TERRACE -— Skeena Cellulose (SCT) will shut down on Friday and lay off 155 hourly paid workers unless the pulp strike is settled by then. . Manager Rand Menhinick said last week the sawruill and planer will operate this week but by Fri- day ‘‘we will be out of logs com- pletely,” With its Port Edward pulp mill closed by. the strike and no place lo send pulp fibre, SCI suspended logging operations two wecks ago and has been milling from its in- ventory. Menhinick’ ‘sald the mill will stay closed until the pulp sirlke “operations immediately e3 even. then | will depend on log supply. . If it appears the pulp. dispute is is close to being settled, he said SCI. - . will resume logging in an effort — to be ready to start up. | But “If it (a settlement) hap- pens overnight, it'll take us two or three days to get enough fibre, or log supply.in the mill in order to start up,’? Menhinick added, Even then, it might not be pos- sible to:run more: than one shift to begin with. Meauwhile, "Skeena " Sawnills employees began their twb-week _ unscheduled vacation on Mon- day. | "Manager Dow Chesley’ ‘said ap: proximately 160 ‘inill . and 50 woods employees are affected by the shutdown. Although it was up to each indi- vidual to decide what they were - going to do, he anticipated most would take the opportunity to get their waiting days in for an unern-. - ployment insurance claim just in case there was a further shutdown later on. - © Chesley said: the company will: take advantage of the -current break in Operations. to carry out ‘maintenance work on, mill equip- nent, ; It will also continue with. ‘toad and bridge - construction/repalr and silvicultural activities. sched- uled for this sunimer. : Regardless of developments in the pulp. ‘strike, Chesley. said _ Skeena Sawmills “will fire.’ up Most of the fish will be taken’ by local Kitsumkalum and Kit- selas band members, according to. iit. io tch and sell: fish uptiver. upriver: “the : Gitksan, the Wet? stiwetien, the Gitanyow and. the” ‘Babine Take band — bring again July. 20. After that, ‘opera Es ing decisions will be-made week- to-weck: “based on the situation at that time.” The strike. has’ also - brought layoffs to local, trucking concerns which transport ‘chips to area pulp. mills. : tribal council president Art Ster-” : the river. .. - Similar. deals’ for natives further “ the total native allocation on (he — Skeena this year to 150,000 sock- eye and 200,000 pinks, Sterritt says the Tsimshian will: ; he using selective fishing meth- © > The:s0- called homeland fishery marks the: first time’ the :federal’ government has . allowed’ natives ods-‘to take. only . pinks. ‘and hatchery-raised sockeye — two of. the ‘most abundant’ tspecies in wees The Kitsumkalum are to use 4 ’ fine-mesh beach seine to trap fish . in’ one partof the river and then | use dip: nets to. fish out the ones” + Oe bat! saurses,, “and a. rae they want. The Kitsclas are to-use a large “fish wheel’’, which would turn with the flow of the current, trapping fish in its com- -pariments. ~All steelhead, chum, coho. and chinook: caught will: be released, Sterritt said... “The fish wheel on ‘the Skeena is unproven technology,’ “he "added. ‘‘We don’t know. what's going to be caught i in it or if it’s _ even going to, work, » --ing dhe-sire-oF posted bonds: More p phone lines. TERRACE - _ The’ ‘numberof ° phone lines in-the arca increased - in 1991. - Business lines there numbered from 1990 to 1991 as:a sign of q 035 in 1990 and 1,094 in 1991. continued growth... There were, 6, 424 - residential lines installed at the end of 1991 compared to 6,213.to, the end. of. 1990 for an incrcase of 208 lines, For business lines, the-: 1991. ma number was’, 3,089. while. it wis: “2,861 the year ‘before for a dump of 228 lines. a, Smaller growth was: recorded in. _ Kitimat: ‘with (3,398 residential.“ lines in’ 1990 ‘compared to 4,026. - Stewart experienced a loss of 3 residential lines from 1990 to 1991 wilh numbers. of 423 and, . 391 respectively. . + But business lines in 1 Stewart in- creased from 241 to 251 over: the ‘same petiod. Tn the New Aiyansi area, ‘he. . number of residential lines went from 202 in 1990.10-234.in 1991, “Business lines. -increased - front: 41 to 125 over the same period. The allocation shouldn’t affect ‘the commercial fishery at the mouth of.the river, because nat- vies are. targetting the abundant pinks and. the-strongest. enhanced “runs of sockeye. The. commercial fishery lets: a minimum number of fish escape to spawn, and then can theoreti- cally lake all the rest, But that isn’t permitted because taking the maximum number ‘of a strong: hatchery-enhanced- run would: si- § Cassior c keeps for gov't TERRACE — B.C, taxpayers can look forward to spending an- other $3 million to $5 million ‘on the now-closed Cassiat asbestos mine. The moncy is necded to return the mine site and particularly its large mountain: of tailings to a natural couple of weeks. Mining companies must post | reclamation bonds with — the ; provincial government to" cover” the cost of the work but the one for Cassiar Mining Corporation amounts t0.0) $60, 000, provin- cial reclamation: manager. John Errington said last week. - a The province , has been. increas past several years but the -finan- cial situation of the Cassiar. Mini- ng Corporation posed a ‘problem, he said. "If the bond was 40 be in- creased, the government would have bad to loan » them more - money and that didn’t make any sense,”’ said Errington. _ Rezone reloo Ke recall _ TERRACE — Alderman Mo Takhar will atlempt to get council on a multi-residential rezoning Te- quest. Richard Sindover-Sly. iad asked for his property at 4632- 4634 Walsh, to be changed from R2 medium density toR3,. 0 > That would have allowed him to market it asa potential apart- ment site, While not rejecting the request: * outright at its June,.8 -meeting, ’ council postponed a decision until - Dec. 1, However, - al derman is carmarked for eventual .com-. mercial development in the cur- rent community plan. He then successfully argued no . change to. any. zoning other: than: - that should take place until-after-. - the public hearings ‘for the pro- posed new community plan, : Takhar has given notice he wants the matter reconsidered on the grounds it Is unfair to make Sandover-Sly wait untif Decem- ber for an answer. condition ” provided a. buyer isn’t found © in the next Bob Cooper pointed out the. property. ative fishery starts multancously wipe out weaker runs, including the Skcena's éndangcred steelhead. “It's that “‘over-escapement’’ of the stronger runs that natives will go. after by selective means. One hatchery. on the Babine River’ last year had to ‘close its gates after it was full of spawning salmon. The'Kitsiumkalum band's Alex’ Bolton mays nearly f five mil- rising Cassiar Mining Corporation al: Teady owes the provincial govern- ment $20 million, and it provided | a further, $5. million Joan-the com: pally received. sfrom the’ Bank of: ‘Montreal. : Refusal. by. the province to lend. the company more money. lead to’ it. being’ placed _ in receivership last February. * ‘In addit‘on. to. ‘the $20 ‘million loan and $5 million guarantee, the: province is writing off $6 million. in unpaid interest and has Spent: at least, $15" million in. severance packages | ‘and services for the mine. ‘workers and the town, since” it closed. - pels yet those monies: “must: ‘also. be wséd-to: satisty other: compa ny” * ereditors. _ChieE. among the’. ‘yeclaination’ costs will be ‘covering "the . large mountain of tailings which towers over the smali'town. | “We don't want: asbestos. blow- ing all over the place,” said Er-. rington.: The plan calls for eavecling the. mountain with soil and then planting grass. or another kind of vegelation. .: “We're looking at glacter ‘ill or : topsoil..It doésn't-take much ofa covering,” Errington added. 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