From front Fish ban + competence,” Hill said, \ “Fhey just don’t care about ' these local fisheries and ‘they don’t know how to do ' their jobs.”” ““We’ve never been sup- : portive of the province tak- ‘ing over the fishery, but at ‘some point you have to wonder how could they pos- sibly be any worse?’’ Hill said. Another factor that has Jo- cals angry is the fact that Sport fishing lodges at Langara Island on the north- west tip of the Queen Char- lotte Islands will still be al- lowed to fish in a small zone ‘around the island when all ‘the rest of the north coast is closed to fishing. That’s seen as the result of the high-powered political lobby of the lodge owners there, “Fé Tm a rich man I can ga over to Langara and fish,’? tackle shop owner wwe eee wet Brian Patrick says. “‘But to SKEENA REFORM MP Mike Scott addresses a rally - ‘protect coho that aren’teven Saturday at Fishermen's Park. It was called to press ‘there, we can’t fish for any- for a relaxation on federal plans to curtail salmon fish- thing.” 16 Europeans heading elsewhere next year ‘EUROPEAN TRAVEL ‘agents are taking B.C, out of ‘their fishing travel packages in the wake of widespread ,angling closures, say local ‘fishing lodge operators, : Steve Nickoils from ‘Komaham Lodge said last week the Kingfisher agency — ils main booking agency ‘and Europe’s largest retailer ‘of Sporifishing fours — has ‘indicated it will send clients ‘who would normally go to ‘B.C. to Alaska or Norway ‘instead next year. ' They've said we'll just take Canada off our list amd: we'll send clients to other ‘countrles,*’ . Nickolls: “Ts just killing us.” ' Part of the’ reason «is ‘dramatic cuts" to the amount’ of available fishing time, but the main thing that has soured agents on Canada is how late the Department of Fisheries and Oceans an- nounced the closures.” Nickolls said Kingfisher is incensed because it has paid $50,000 for airline tickets that can’t be refunded be- : A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, daly 1, 1998 ing past July 26. cause clients were schedul- ed to fly in less than 30 days, “Our agency in Germuny is fed up with how long it takes the Canadian govern- ment to make a decision on coho,’* Nickolls said, Those 28 cancelled book- ings were all to fly to Ter- tace to fish with Komaham. The family-run lodge ex- pects to all but shut down when angling closures take effect July 26, resulting in layoffs of its seven employ- ees who would normally work through October. “It's a pretty grim situa- 8’ tion,” Nickolls said. Even if ™ fishing’ ‘openings ’ * Sire relaxed: into. early: ‘August now, he said, it would be too late for the lodges be- cause any clients they had for that period have by now rebooked to other destina- tions, Skeena River Fishing Lodge also got word from its booking agent in Germany on Friday that he’s considering pulling out. The closures CATCH-AND-RELEASE steelhead fishing will be al- lowed as usual this year. And chinook fishing will be allowed on the Kalum River until Aug. 6. But those are being viewed as mere crumbs by a Terrace sporifishery that will see chinook fishing on the mainstem Skeena below Terrace shut down on July 26th and remain closed until Sept. 5, That’s expected to cut off two of the best weeks of the summer's biggest fishery, which draws many out-of- province anglers, Fishing above the railway bridge at Terrace will be al- lowed to continue until Aug, 2, when it shuts down for the rest of the year. 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