their

collecting ©

potential . sockeye
salmon catch on the Nass
River, citing lower returns
than first forecast.

. The reduction to a poten-

-tial 101,459 sockeye from

a first estimate of 126,169
based on data gathered from
previous years will help
ensure there are enough
spawning fish to sustain fu?

‘ ture runs, says Richard Al- -

exander, a stock assessment

- biologist: who works for. the
, Nisga’a.
"Projections - called for as:

many as 800,000 returning
sockeye but counts as of last

_week placed the number at

610,000.

The Nisga’a have an es-
capement goal of 200,000
sockeye in order to achieve
their conservation goals.

Despite the drop, Alexan-
der said this year’s return is
within historical amounts,

“The Nisga’a' position is
quite. clear that escapement

the food fishery,” said Alex-

ander.” * °

The Nass River fishery is

- managed to meet a number
of goals, including a com-
- mercial fishery at the. mouth
of the river and in-river com-.

mercial catches as well as

meeting individual commer-

cial and food requirements.

Aside from.. commer-
cial and food. fisheries, the
Nisga’a themselves are de-

THE NUMBER of people
employment
insurance here has dropped

by just over 12 per cent in:

the last year, a sign that the
economic picture is changing
‘for the better, says a federal

employment analyst.

“But you couldn’t say.

that for the last five years.
Claims were running out
and people were leaving,
but I.don’t think you can say
that anymore,” says Patrick
McIntyre who works for
Service Canada in Terrace.

He believes the economic
picture in the last year has
stabilized so that people are
finding more work.

“Ym sure there a few

‘people leaving, but others

are staying here,” said Mc-
Intyre.

Latest statistics for Ter-
race show 929 people on
claim, less than the 1,064 for
the same period last year, for
a percentage drop of 12.6
per cent.

. Across the region 3,629
people were on claim last

year, dropping to 3; 098 this’

year.
McIntyre said some oc-

‘cupations are doing better

than others:

The number of electri-
cians in the region on claim -
dropped 33 per cent from
‘last year to this year while

the number of fishing ves-
sel, skippers and fishermen
dropped 15 per cent. ©

their own brand.

veloping their own market-
ing of Nass sockeye under

Generally speaking, the
more fish there are after con- -
servation and food. fishery

Objectives have been met,

the more economic: benefit
there’is from resulting com-
mercial sales.

Biologists have the ben-
efit of years of fish data |
gathered on the Nass River.
in order to make their pro-

jections.

That data and the abil”

. ity for counts at fishwheels

“is the first goal followed by .-
have been conflicts between

But Mcintyre did warn

some drops may be because

some people could not find -

enough work to qualify for

EI in the first place for their

chosen occupation.

The EI claim numbers
come out a time. when the
region between the Queen.
Charlotte Islands and Van-
derhoof has a posted jobless
rate of 5.1 per cent, one of
the lowest tallies in recent
years. .

But the statistics for June

also show fewer people are _

working — 44,800 now com-

‘pared to 46,700 in June of

last year.

~ The number of people

who considered themselves
unemployed last June was

3,600 and this June it was

only 2,400.

But the number of people © .

who said they were not part

of the labour force grew
from 18,600 last June to

20,500 this June.

That may be a sign peo-

ple of a certain occupation
are content to ride out any
seasonal downturn without
finding another type of work
if laid off from the primary
occupation, said McIntyre.

The population was listed
as dropping slightly — from
68,800 last June to 67,600
this June,

and others places during
the’ fishing season allows
the Nisga’a to make catch
potential adjustments as re-
quired, said Alexander.’

’ And the. 2000 “Nisga’a -
treaty sets out the respon- .
sibilities and objectives of
managing the Nass fishery
to meet conservation, com-
mercial and food needs.

‘Unlike | fisheries”
tions elsewhere, such as on.
the Fraser River where there

Native groups, federal fish-
eries and commercial . fish-
ermen, ‘the combination, of
good data and management
certainty mike for a sound

.system, said Alexander.

“There’s good communi- -
cation with federal fisheries,
for example. There isn’t that
level at mistrust with com-
peting interests you would
find elsewhere,” he ‘added.

Across B.C., the EI ben- |
eficiary “drop amounted to

situa- »

DATA GATHERED from such methods as fish tagging,

Sockeye catch potential cut |
on the Nass by the Nisga’ a

THE NISGA’A have cut

shown here at a fishwheel on the Nass River, have giv-
en the Nisga’a the means to predict and react to fish

returns.

FILE PHOTO COURTESY RICHARD ALEXANDER

BC.

“There's nota river
that” has, the kind of
management that the Nass
has.” Alexander continued.
But he did say the small
size of the Nass run com-

19.3 per cent, the highest of .
‘any province in the country

in ¢

pared to a system such as

the Fraser, and the limited

number of user groups. do.”

provide for less complicated
management communica-
tions and achievements. :

| Stability means more work here: Job. analyst~

and three times the national
Yate of 6.4 per cent.

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