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Teen

probiems explored

THE PLAY I see, U feel, | want, especially created for the Murch 25 Lifelink Society community forum and

discussion, focused on issues neur and dear to the hearts of local teens.

The production was created by the

students of the Presentation House Film and Theatre School with input from area teens, Lifelink organizers
hope to take the play into local junior high schools and high schoots.

All along the B.C. coast,
the Department of Fisheries
and Oceans is recording signifi-
cant increases in salmon stocks. The
Department's salmon enhancement and
conservation programs are achieving an
excellent record of success. .

_ Through responsible management
and effective conservation techniques,
these prized fish will continue to be a
great resource for B.C’s future.

In the lower Georgia Strait, however,
the chinook stocks have continued to
decline. The Gulf chinook is more than
a magnificent fish; it is a symbol of *
the kind of life British Columbians enjoy.
It is a part of the province's identity
and history. To preserve runs of salmon
from lower Georgia Strait rivers in-
cluding the Squamish, Cowichan and
Nanaimo, the Department has developed
a special, intensive plan for conserva-
tion and enhancement. It is a plan that
will-and. must -work.

The Gulf chinook
needs special protection to
survive into the 1990s.

Of all salmon stocks, the chinock from
lower Georgia Strait are most vulner-
able to over-fishing. Almost all of these
chinook remain in the Strait, rather.
than migrating to the relative safety of the
open Pacific. This means the Guif chinook
can be caught year-round - throughout
its life cycle.

Enhancement and conservation pro- -

grams that have worked so effectively to
build up other species have proven insuf-
ficient to protect these chinook.

Over the last ten years, the number
of chinook caught in the Strait has declin-
ed by 75%, to approximately 160,000 fish
last year, with only an estimated 4,300
lower Georgia Strait chinook escaping to
spawn in 1987.

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lower Georgia Strait will decline below
numbers sufficient to have any hope
of regeneration. The problem is com-
pounded by the fact that the chinook is
one of the most thrilling fish in the world
to catch. And the Gulf chinook’s home is
surrounded by major urban centres.
So naturally sport fishermen have had a
major impact on the species.
Government surveys over the last
several years show sport fishermen have
been taking approximately 59% of

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