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Forty tons of cabbages! 60 tons!

The early run of Coho failed to
tur up in the Strait of Georgia.
Nor in Juan de Fuca. Cabbages
and Coho. Could there be a con-
nection? Only the de*il knows for
sure and he’s no tellin’.

Mary and I stopped in at the
Michell farms on Island View
Road for fresh vegetables and fruit
and I struck up a conversation
with Vern whose lineage there
dates back to the 1800’s.

“Fishing lately, Vern?”

“No, but my friends tell me that
the Coho are as scarce as hen’s
teeth of late. Anyway, we’re
awfully busy marketing produce
these days. Even busier than we
were two or three years ago with
those special orders.”

“Special orders?”

“Yes, orders for the Russian
factory fishing ships out in the
Pacific. The Japanese are there,
too.”

“What were they buying?”

“Cabbages, believe it or not.
Forty tons at a whack!”

“Woww! Some of those ships
are using nets 25 miles long, or
more. I’ve read that they sweep up
enormous amounts of sea life and
process what they want aboard.
Several nations are very concermed
about the potential impact on
commercial fishing.”

“T’ve heard that, too.”

“It seems to me that a practice
like that could really raise havoc
with an industry. I wonder how
many forms fail to reach maturity

- and spawn.”

“Hey, maybe the missing Coho
are part and parcel of the equa-
tion!”

“Right. Well have tae ask th’
de’il next time we see im; I’m on
pretty good speaking terms wi’ the
Tascal.””

A ge ON THELOOKOUTFOR COHO

TheReview Wednesday, August 7,1991 — A13

For years, fishermen have kept
their eyes upon cruising glaucous-
winged and Bonaparte gulls since
they often lead them to where the
salmon are feeding,

At the moment, pinks and a few
coho are showing up in the general
Sooke area around Secretary
Island, Race Rocks, ‘the Bluffs,’
and Otter Point.

Fishing has been excellent at
Port Renfrew with a good run of
sizeable Chinooks and smaller
coho.

Tiny, dark-legged Western San-
dpipers are showing up along the
shores en route to winter quarters.

Chris Reid, Begbie, notes that
handsome Harlequin ducks have
made their appearance at Ft. Rodd
Hill. Unexpectedly, we encoun-
tered goodly numbers of these
ducks breeding in the Yukon last
year as far north as the Dempster
Highway.

Bushtits are already congregat-
ing in their customary summer
flocks after rearing their broods.
These active little mites gather
insect pests by the legion as they
flit from copse to copse.

CY HAMPSON photo

‘Hey, maybe the missing Coho are
part and parcel of the equation!’

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