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mouth of the Skeena, ‘River,. says ‘a t repional anling Btouy ‘ the

river's sports. fishery;: {ts split off tourism ; ; trade

- . He ‘said no on mer steelhead and arly coh

runs. u returns of chum; ee

‘this year’ ‘and ther

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TERRACE’ — Too thany com:. mercial fishing boats are being’ allowed to operate -near’ the:

SSEMRLY _

“to: ‘saggest-’ specifi ie’ - up-river ioe runs may already b be ex.

emphasized ¢

“DFO'

Mer od i ‘ahetles upstream et Ter- tae were algo on the. decline, he

éetins for’ the’ situation: “saying 3 decisions’ were ‘based ‘on the ‘needs’ of only those fish i ‘impor. iant ‘to: the. comimercial’ fishery rather: than -the' Well-being : ‘of very salmon specie in the river... : - Coalition: chairman Jim'Culp ©. conservation of fish sstocks. yas supposed | to, be the: ber: ; ‘one ‘Priority

CPERRACE ~ tt ‘wasn’t the -kind..of call-out. the: Terrace

* Water Rescue Team relishes. . capability with - the addition:

, Rescue’. ‘Is. the. operative. ¢ “word “as: far_as Its. metabers “Hifeguards. 1... ae are concerned. poe "OK He said two team members

_are-on call ‘at-ail: times: ‘and “carry their ¢ equipment or ue with: them.i in thelr vehicle.

” However, when. a Camp: : - . bell River kayaker drowied. _ in me Kalum be We last’ week

fonather” ta. wer} ; following the. drowning of a young boy in gence

foul pu Of divers’

sng put’ me rm ata ue e. feel is

WHITE WATER WAYS. Members of the Terrace Water. Rescue Tearn got some expert instruction earlier this summer on how to operate safely in the fast- flowing waters that. are to be found in many local rivers. Above, instructor’ Jim. Seegerstrum of Sonora; California “rescues”. club member Mike Jones from’ the foaming waters of af the Sushwa: River. PHOTO: BY DIANA PENNER,

only two in the. province . ; “had® since expanded » its

po: inted: out, the latter. task

cat ha ‘the ou would ather-be saving people than. ‘seaiching for.” badies, "he

Still: had. value. > because. catir apt the body allowed the ‘vic im’ family. to. begin the

am i meets monthly i in the rete Es ‘roomi: at the

ce san ed ‘orample being racticing * “removing a. sup- posedly: spinal- ‘injured victim otit ‘of, the: pool...

Members’ also get together

water: practice. such as’ last .

ie ession pullitig “'vic- fof a hole cut in, the

Skeena River ices

"ive: er-agiin this winter. with } Taegan te; surface

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‘are. fi shing near the Skeena

followed by thie native food fishery. Equal, and last, on the list. came the sports. and ‘com- mercial fisheries, |

Up to 1,000 commercial boats

River.at times, he said.

And, if conservation was the major. concern, he, asked why the native food fishery had been allowed to continue.

But ‘Culp stressed the coali- tion was neither “declaring war

~ on the commercial fisherman?’

for seeking an end to the: food fishery: ee - Ther have already been some

‘ discussions: with commercial

.

’ since been blended in with the

fishermen “and - native . bands about. what. t could | be done to.

protect certain species’ while at

the same time allowing” aul a:

-share of the fish,

. Yet Culp and other coalition ; members said the problent.can - . only: be ‘solved by a change ‘in ©

federal policy -and they want

northwesterners to write federal ©

fisheries minister John Crosbie,

Culp also - wants Crosbie’ to

visit the:northwest.

He. described the letter cam- paign as ithe “initial salvo”” in the coalition’ 8 campaign for change. o

* Hill pointed. out some ‘up- river angling” ‘Organizations ‘are

already Suggesting a consumer boycott of. B. Cc. salmon.

7A regional. tourism -

ra

Anglers want changes in the way the commercial Jishery operates to boost: the number of fish making their . ,Way up.the Sheena River.

association fas some SUBRES- tions on what those change should be. an | And the tourism industry 1 here reports a downturn in the number of angling visitors coming to the area because of declining . fish uns, _ You'll find those s stories on Page Al3. :

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Orenda plans full

meeting next week

TERRACE — It’s taken a week of discussion, but Orenda Forest Products has finalized its list of public meetings to discuss plans to build a pulp and‘paper: mill south of Lakelse Lake. —

The company began last week with two ‘schéduled public meetings — one For: Terrace and one for Kitimat. ©

It added the Lakelse Lake

area to the list: after provincial . officials who are, reviewing.the..:

proposal suggested people there shoul avi: ‘adie. Equal: <Oppor-.

_ tunity, — - oe

That: Yiisttook. the form. of. a. separate ‘public meeting but it’s

one set for Tertace. °°" Those public meetings. form part of the provincial govern- ment’s Major Project..Review Process (MPRP) requited for all large developments." * Questions asked and opinions given at those meetings are con-

sidered by the Province when it reviews a company" s plans. The meeting for Terrace and Lakelse Lake residents, is next Thursday, Sept. 12, at 6.p.m. at the: R.E.M, Lee Theatre, It'll have an extended question and answer period. \ “Kitimat’s meeting takes place

: Sept. ‘lil at the Mount Elizabeth

Theatre beginning at 7 p.m,

- There'll still be an open house at Mount Layton Hotsprings Sept, 10 hostéd by Orenda to “display. Sits -.mill- ‘plats: That”

begins at 4 pm.

People who want to’ file write. :

ten opinions as. part of the

MPRP review of. the mill plan . -have until Oct..11 to'do so. Orenda wants what's called approval-in- -principle for its - plan to build a $365 million mill producing 173,000’ tonnes of | magazine-quality paper a year. ' That allows Orenda to go

ahead pending receipt of

Election motor warming up here

TERRACE — The provincial

government is getting its voting

machinery in place with. this

week's opening of an office for the Skeena riding’s returning

officer.

Elaine Johnson and: several employees have.set up shop i ina former electronics store ‘on Lazelle Ave, _

“We have 71 polls: so'far but that could: change depending upon how many voters there are in the riding,” said Johnson,

She estimates nearly 160 peo- ple will be employed on election dayito take care of the. voting procedure...

Johnson ‘and ther ‘employees won't be using, | a normal’ ‘calen- dar during. the election ‘perlod:

Their calendar begins-at'Day , “been working out of a Kalum

29, the day the election is called, -and gOES backward: 0 0 Day 4,

This"ll be Johnsons first time as returning officer for a pro- vincial election. She brings to the job similiar experience in three federal elections and several school - district, municipal and regional district elections.

And while the returning af.

ficer sets up shop, Social Credit and New Democratic Party workers. are establishing: their campaign headquarters.

-The Social “Credit party already has an office in Kitimat and last. week moved into quarters in. the two-storey cinder block -building on Eby across . from the -provincial

: government’ S'access centre, :

The New Democrats have

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St. office for more than a year

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necessary permits and licences. Orenda wants to grind pulp logs . between large ceramic rollers to produce fibre and then bleach it with hydrogen- peroxide, That’s different from tradi-

tional kraft mills which ‘‘cook’*

wood chips and use chlorine or chlorine by-products. as. a _ whitening. agent.

Orenda says it'll recycle waste water instead ‘of discharging: it and that sludge recovered from the: water: will be. -biifiied:- “Ash _ that’s left, will-be buried.

“The company: plans ‘to use “wood il already has under ‘licence in the Stewart area to feed the mill. but also. says it

wants to trade wood with other northwest forestry companies.

Orenda at first. wanted : to build the mill soutii, of Meziadin Junction. but . abandoned that

site in June, saying there wasn’t.

a secure supply of power. . The Nisga’a Tribal. Council also objected to the location for

» environmental reasons while the ' Kitimat-Stikine regional district was worried about unplanned. |

development around the mill Site. :

Orenda announced its new.

location, 8km south of Lakelse Lake, in July.

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