24 ~ Friday, February 5, 1993 ~ North Shore News

MINISTRY OF Social Services
bus passes for 1992 will now be
valid until the end of February

Social Services Minister Joan
Smallwood announced recently.
“Seniors and people with

Meet to be held at Capilano College

THE NORTH Shore Taekwondo
Centre will be hosting the first
Canadian . International World
Traditional Tackwondo Union
regional championships on Satur-
day, Feb. 6 at the Capilano Col-

North Vancouver.

Tickets for the day-long event
are available at North Shore
Taekwondo Centre, 53 Lonsdale
Ave., or at the door on the day of
the competition.

Bus passes valid until month’s end

disabilities who hold the 1992 bus
passes will be able to continue to
use them on B.C.'s public transit
system until Sunday, Feb. 28,”
said Smallwood.

The ministry issucs more than
30,000 bus passes to eligible reci-
pients annually. Although the ma-
jority have already received their
1993 bus passes, approximately
8,000 people are still waiting.

Eligible recipients who do not
receive their 1993 passes by Fri-
day, Feb. 26 should call 682-0391.

Rotarians sponsor magic show

THE LIONS Gate Rotary Club
is resorting to magic in order
to raise much-needed funds for
North Vancouver charities.

The local organization is
sponsoring a Magic Bus show
at Centennial Theatre this
Sunday, Feb. 7 hosted by the
master of illusion, John

‘Kaplan. Rotarian Craig Clark

says funds raised by the event
will benefit North Vancouver
schools and Emily Murphy

Transition House.

Kaplan, who was last seen
on the North Shore three years
ago, offers audiences a unique
blend of magic, comedy, con-
temporary dance and special
effects.

Two shows will be ‘offered,
one at 2 and another at 7 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at
Centennial Theatre box office.
Phone 984-4484.

lege Sportsplex, 2055 Purcell Way,

Last year, three experimental projects were
negotiated to test sale of fish by Natives within’ ;
existing allocation levels. In 1992, no additional

fi fish were allocated to the Native fishery.

How can you ensure any
reallocation to Natives is fair to the
commercial sector? . :
-. DFO is committed to the stability of the
commercial sector. Industry developed’
a system for the sale of commercial
licerices. It is completely voluntary < and
" provides market value for licences: *:
- .DFO is now implementing it.

‘ Are B.C. fishermen paying the cost .
’: of settling Native claims?
_No. The AFS is totally, separate from |
‘the claims process. It is.a response to a 1990"
decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. ae

» Has the government consulted. with:
commercial arid recreational fishermen?
“at Yes. The government i is committed to consulting. : an
- with interested parties at every step of the way. In 1992 alone,
DFO heic.44 meetings with commercial and recreational
stakeholders on the development of the Strategy and progress
of negotiations. The department will Continue to involve them
in implementing the AFS.

“What i is the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy?

‘The Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS\ is a
national program, designed to implement-the 1990
decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, quaran-

“teeing Natives the right to fish for food, social.and
ceremonial purposes. This right has first priority
‘after conservation. The AFS aims to increase
‘economic opportunities for Native people, and at
the same time maintain stability and profitability in the
commercial and recreational fisheries.

How is the AFS being carried out?’ .
oe The government is committed to negotiating agreements
with Native bands on a range of issues such as habitat,
training and economic development: In 1992,
more than 80 agreements, involving 57. bands
‘or tribal groupings, were concluded in B. C.

Are B.C.’s salmon resources
~ being destroyed? .
No. Due to an aggressive

~ rebuild ing program, salmon stocks .
: have’ increased dramatically over

_. the last decade. The total catch of

~: Pacific salmon i in B.C. increased 31% between the 4981 — 84

cycle and the 1989 - 92 ‘cycle. On the Fraser River, the total,
sockeye catch increased 93% in the same Period.

- What about the problems last year?
oe 1992 was the first year of a new policy. With the experience Is the. Department of Fisheries and Oceans giving up
of 1992, feedback from both Native and non-Native fishermen its management responsibilities? —
and the recommendations of the Pearse/Larkin report, wewill ... No. DFO remains responsible for managing the fishery
Solve these problems, resource under the Fisheries Act. In 1992, 563 charges were

‘Are existing commercial: fi shermen being _ laid against non-Native commercial fishermen and 85 charges
“squeezed out? . were laid against Native fishermen. In 1993, enforcement will

. ~No. For the past 15 years, commercial fisheries have ~ be stepped up.’
maintained 94% of the total salmon catch. Recreational uses fps
accounted for 3% and the Aboriginal sharehas stayed ‘ohn. crestie
at3%, Any additional allocation of fish to Native groups If in the. Minister. of Fisheries and Oceans
future will be carried out through the v voluntary sale of. tet aa a
y commercial licences.

-Péches
and Oceans __ et Océans.

Fisheries