A2 - Wednesday, October 20, 1982 - North Shore News

I CAN appreciate the
bitterness of a lot of

fishermen at the
recommendations of
the .Pearse inquiry,

calling for a drastic
chopping of the West
Coast fishing f fleet.

But it has been obvious for
a long time that there are too

many boats chasing tao few ;

fish.—_The fleet is highly

sophisticated... Fish. sidcks -

simply haven't — increased
enough to keep up with the
potential ! for catching them.

As veteran fisherman’ ‘Ron
Fowler, put it,."the fleet is
just over-capitalized”.

Fisheries i inquiry chairman
Peter, Pearse is to be

vironment.

it is in the spawning

. Streams, the hillsides above.

them, the coves and the
estuaries along the shore
that the most serious harm to
_ the fish stocks occurs.

Here is where log booming
operations result in a build-
up. of bark and debris in the
water, -where runs = are
blocked and: polluted and
landslides crash down from

clear-cut areas where the

+forest— has ~been © stripped
away like a pelt:

Here is where millions of
tons of toxic effluent enter
the North Pacific from in-
dustrial complexes such as
‘AMAX'’Ss' molydbenum mine
at Alice:Arm and the Utah
“mine at Rupert Inlet.

And here. the political

‘congratulated for~-tackling~ reality is-that the Fisheries

the issues head-on. He didn’t
shrink away ‘from saying
what he had to say.

It was clear from the

beginning of the inquiry that

one of the main problems,
apart from. advanced
technology and too many
fishermen, was the old
schizophrenic split between
federal - and provincial
powers.

I've seen: | ‘close-up. “how «-
the overlap’. of jurisdictions <
in the coastal fishery habitat -
leaves all the’worst problems -.
unsolved,..in: particular the:
incredible damage the forest
industry routinely inflicts on
what’s left of our en-

FROM PAGE AL

building departments for

their comments.

The survey. being paid for

will be
co-operation
social planning

by the Sagers,
organized in
with the

department.

But one opponent of the
pub plan did nol
wait for the survey to speak
his mind. Barry Rhodes,
lessee of the Shell Station
next to the Sagers’ Maple
Store, said he was already
experiencing problems with
furniture store customers
using his parking lot.

“We have had a con-
tinuing battle for parking
spots on my tarmac over the
past few years. Once there is
a pub, the problem will
become critical.” he said.

The Sagers, who demed
there had been any difficulty
with the garage. had two
residents on their side.

Manel Down of
Avenuc, who
herself as an

Kings

described
incurable

. romantic, said she cherished

Act itself -- pathetic
document that it is -- can be
bypassed at will by a federal
cabinet willing to issue the
necessary order-in-council,

’ as former Fisheries Minister

Romeo . LeBlanc showed
himself so willing to do in the
case of AMAX.

I can understand the ; anger
of fishermen because the

rules And"-regulations they

-have. been “forced: to. follow.
“ through the’ ‘yéars have: been
“so wonky. “All the federal
“fisheries department’. has
done is preside over. the.near
destruction of the world's
greatest fisheries. *

As the size of the fisheries

if Deen nhac foreseen

an ambition to walk along
the seawll, then pop into the
pub for a fireside lunch and
chat with friends.

Cartoonist Len Norris has
also bestowed his blessing...

bureaucracy has increased,
the fisheries have decreased.
The anchovies and pilchards
are lost. The rest -- salmon,
shellfish. crabs, clams.
groundfish. -- -are in deep
trouble.

I've said it before, and this
is as good a lime as any to
repeat it -- Since the Pearse

“¢gommission has confirmed it -~

-- the record of the fisheries

Hall raps

CREDIT UN IONS: ‘and small
business, are being honoréd.
in North, Vancouver, City this
month,- -as/«Mayor-s Jac

Loucks has

Union
Day_and October 24 to 30
Small Business Week. .

Loucks made

proclamations at the Oc-
tober 18 council meeting. He

cancelle od

proclaimed — :
. October 21 Credit

the:

said
portant and collectively
makes...a: ‘significant ,con-
“tribution. ‘40- the- economic
wellbeing” ‘of North Van-

couver, and that recognition:

must be given to the owners
and managers -of small
business. — .
Credit: Union Day i is being
celebrated througout -
world on October 21, and.
according to the mayor's
proclamation, credit unions
“provide an. invaluable

department has been an
unparalled management
disaster. -

The United Fisherman

and Allied Workers Union

lament the death oF the
family fishing operation.
saying that the ‘Pearse

recommendations will only
bail out the banks at the
expense of fishermen’ and

the taxpayer and lead to:
-meore- corporate ownership

of boats.

The tragic fact is that
fishing is already finished in
the sense of it being an old-
style family operation. Few
fishermen can make it any

longer anyway. _.
I notice that Indian
fishermen are generally

pleased with the results of

. the Pearse 1 inquiry, and that .

says.a lot,:in-my view, for the
validity : of ~the’.
mendations." -
But [still .
fisheries * department staff

should: be:.fired-en masse.

starting with Romeo. I
mean. who played the fiddle
while the food chain burned?

new pub.

“He suggested we should
call it the Tiddlycove Inn
and so that's what it will be. I
can't think of a better name
for a pub,” said Sager.

THEATRE

Soars Into A New Season

orth Vancouver Centennial Theatre
October 22 & 23 8 p.m.

Tickets available at all VTC & CBO outlets
(687-4444) or charge by phone 687-1818.
Special VIC and Equity Rates at the door

. 4rtineie. Director. >. Renald Rahu...

recom-"

think . thew

and donated a name for the:

meeting

NORTH (Vancouver Cit
council didn't have enoug

items on the agenda for its

October 12 meeting. so
council had to cancel tthe
meeting — six days after it
was supposed to take place.

Alderman Ralph Hail was
upset with the way Mayor
Jack ‘Loucks cancelled the
meeting, and expressed his
displeasure at next Monday's

‘ meeting when council ap-

proved the retroactive
cancellation.
How were interested

citizens to.know the meeting
had __ been:.. cance soi

notices, had been’ placed « on
the door: of City,Hall.

“That We

“eoming all ‘the “way down to”
_see the meeting.”“he said’
. sarcastically. -

. ma .
assist themselves to fill their

“small business is im-

the ©

-pool their savings. and

needs. for: credit. aL a low,
cost.” = ;
Credit. unions. ‘also.
“strengthen democracy,

encourage--—--individual
responsibility - ‘andthe.
practice-of true brotherhood
and thus benefit our entire .
community,” —accerding to

the proclamation.

After the proclamation.
Leucks joked that the banks
would probably want equal
time..at_ the next council

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