THE FISHING SCENE

Looking at the options

AST WEEK we learned of the reasons for
enhancement and its accomplishments to
date. This week we will look at some of the

options available to SEP.

Keep in mind that the ac-
complishments for Phase | of
SEP, in terms of fish produc-
tion, are very satisfactory in
relation to funds expended.
We now have entered into a
transition phase where a hold
has been put on the program
in order to evaluate Phase |.

Gary Vernon, the former
Assistant Deputy Minister,
said, ‘‘What the transition
phase does for SEP is buy
ume. All of the returns are
not in yet. It’s time to
pause.”’ | think that perhaps
this is an excuse for lack of
funding by the federal
government. What will hap-
pen to our fish stocks and the
gains made over the last few
years if we wait another two
years? Will we lose
everything we've gained;
perhaps more? What will
happen to our fish stocks and
the gains made over the last
few years if we wait another
two years? Will we lose
everything we've. gained;
perhaps more? What will
happen to stocks such as the
Fraser River fish which have
had little or no enhancement
yet? Will they survive
another two years?

If indeed the government
doesn’t have the money need-

Biking

A SECOND AND third
place finish by Mike
McPhalen of Vancouver

over the past two weeks on
Cypress Bowl! and Mt.
Seymour hill climbs has clin-
ched the all-round champ-
onship from the West Coast
Hill Climbers Cup.

Greg Bennett bicycled his
way to the top of the eight
mile Mt Seymour climb on
Sunday in a time of 38:27,
shattering the 1980 record of
Hugh Harden by some 19
seconds

Complete

TEAM COMPLETE evened
their season at I-IT last
weekend when they dropped
a hard fought 1-0 decision to
P J Burger in division three
Vancouver
thon

Metro soceer ac

Operating
Cove,

out of Deep

Team Complete is cx

pected to be

one of the

By DON D. McDERMID

ed to carry on with the pro-
gram, perhaps the public ‘-—
the owners of the resource —
should consider the cheapest
form of enhancement — stop
all fishing for one or two life
cycles of the fish. Do this and
we will have fish everywhere.
That can’t be done some say.
Look at the money we would
have to spend on unemploy-
ment for the commercial
fishermen. Well, | answer,
look at the millions currently
being spent on enhancement.
It would balance out.

The new federal govern-
ment, during the election, in-
dicated that they would be
prepared to spend in the area
of $200 million additional for
SEP. Now they are elected
and the rumor ts that this
may be cut by as much as 90
percent. The time has come
to voice your opimon and
support for SEP. Write to
vour MP

A problem that has been
created by the enhancement
pregram is one of stock in-
teracuon, that is when a
single species 1s enhanced out
of proportion to another

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Bruce “Spicer of Burnaby
was second in 38:49 while
McPhalen finished third in a
time of 39:11.

Perry Homolka of North
Van was top North Shore
finisher taking third over-all
while Andrew Hansen
finished fifth over the two
climbs.

Hansen and Bruce Spicer
are co-captains of the B ¢
entry in the five day pro-am
stage race Tour of Cape
Breton, mding for a share in
the $10,000 prize money

is even

powerhouses in the

division this season

third

They won their opener 3-2
the week previous after a
successful pre-season against
first and = second division
teams without a loss

The team heads ts over the
water today, Sunday. taking
on Prince Aga Khan

Hockey underway

ANOTHER

scason got

ENCLEING,
undcrway
game of

in the

first intermediate

hockey oat othe North Nan
couver Reo Centre Saturday
might The Blues and Pheo's

battled a 4 4 tle

John Mvcb wan got off toa
Stromp start wath a hat trick
for the Bhucs Mark Powre s
returned with two goals and a
pat oof assists for Theo's

Pre season play ehded wath
Larry Benjyamen  pettiiy
Super Valu back on track as
they beat Coootfy ss 46

Other

tesults, over the

week Bert s beat the
V>? Bucs 9?
Blue:

lL cats
over Phe s

and

7 oy

downed

larty s

Fitness
What it does
for your body
it does

for your mind

species. Undo pressures are
put on the underenhanced
species by the fish harvestors.
The net result is that the
underenhanced species, being
hit harder than they should
be, are put in danger of ex-

tinction. In other words,
without very careful con-
sideration of all stocks, ar-
tificially enhanced stocks

could result in the destruction
of natural stocks. This could
happen if we depend solely
on hatcheries tor
enhancement.

The Sport Fishing Institute
of B.C. stated at the Pearse
Commission on Pacific
Fisheries Policy, ‘‘The future
strength and natural diversity
of our salmonids should be
maintained through an ap-
propriate balance of  hat-
cheries and more natural ap-
proaches to salmonid
enhancement. The preserva-
tion of wild stocks must be
the management priority of
the next decade.’”’

The reliable return of the
salmon to their natal streams
toward the end of their life
cycle makes them potentially
easy to harvest and manage.
There is no need to spend
milhons of dollars chasing
these fish over the high seas
in order to harvest them. We
could simply set up a ter-
minal fishery at the mouth of
the river systems and selec-
tively harvest only those

species that warrant
harvesting. Those species
that are in danger of extinc-
tion could be returned to the
river to conclude their spawn-
ing journey. This type of
fishery would cut back
dramatically on the cost of
the commercial sector for
harvesting. This, hopefully,
would result in a lower retail
price for salmon which would
make if more attractive on
the foreign market as well as
the local market.

! cannot stress enough the
importance of your opinion.
We all own this resource; not
Just the commercial
fishermen, the sports
fishermen or the natives as
some of their leaders would
have you believe. We now
have a westcoast Fisheries
Minister, the Hon. John
Fraser. Write him and let him
know of your support for
SEP.

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