oN “ By Martin Millerchip Contributing Writer miller@nsnews.com * SHOULD North Vancouver »-District Council jump into «the whirlpool of controversy that surrounds B.C.’s com- mercial salmon fishing industry? E Monday night saw a close 4-3 vote hold off on petitioning the ; Department of Fisheries and Occans DFO Instead, council asked staff to try to obtain a report from the DFO (and the Fisheries Council of B.C. “Iam concerned that small pieces of: information are being mistaken for the whole picture,” said Coun. revor Carolan. He proposed the deferral for fur- mM ther information in response to af * . » - Coun. Janice Harris’ motion urging . Moratorium “in an effort to i ensure that the remnant of the coho "stocks escape to their spawning grounds, where they are desperately needed this ysar.” _ Harts sid she had been persuad- of <'ed that action was needed Y infor- tation presented te council by local resident ‘Mary-Suc Atkinson last There is no commercial fishery ainted at coh) this year, but the pop- hard-fighting sports fish is a “common bycatch of commercial fichernen netting other species in sanctioned cpcnings. ‘Atkinson says the coho are not :showing up, even as bycatch, this aird consequently, until reliable numbers can be confirmed, no fur- ther. fisheries should be counte- coho reach their spawning ground,” {said Atkinson, a asual local waters, a resule of ie s0-ca\ied EF Nino phenomenon, was ng in coho “staying out, se hdennien fishers who mak : ant fs why make & their. living from commercial fish- jeres: will siffer from this,” said .. But Harris argued that even if the ‘missing fish ani out there and will return. bate “if they do come back swith the pinks we wvill lose then." DFO officials have set 340,000 as allowable upper limit of total [ ty for coho stocks, ‘they say represents 25% of the that. , were only 25% it vould not. be all right. Bur it could be 60%. DFO doesn’: know how , ey che there are left.” een is now on leave after a dis- pute with DFO managers over the FO intends to allow scine net ~ openings for pink and low-value salmon in the coming wecks. leanwhile, a former DFO scien- Ray Hilborn says the fusure of is dismal. ilborn is a fisheries professor at ithe, University of Washington in eSeattle and dircetor of the Fisheries Research Institute. BUH says DFO figures show that of B.C.'s wild cobo populations led for extinction even if ne ¢ coha ave caught this year. Gentleman caller Friday, September 26, 1997 — North Shore News — 3 a RC ee et ’ TENNESSEE William's fragiie masterpiece The Glass Managerie \s currently ing at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre Wednesday Pin through Seturday until Oct. 4. Caught in the tenderest scene of the pisy are impressions Theatre, the show moves to the Studio Theatre, Shad 18. For ticket information, calf 205-3000. thy relationship Spurs bureaucrats’ call Ministry of Health officials to attend local meeting By Robert Gatster News Reporter robert@nsnews.com THE deteziorating relations between the North Shore Health Region and its doctors are starting to receive attention from provin- cial authorities. Two Ministry of Health officials will attend a North Shore meeting Wednesday with the area’s physicians. “We don’r know what the ministry is going to do or say «» [think they're just coming to assess the situation,” said Dr. Peter Richards, president of the Lions Gate Hospiral Mcdical Staff. The read to reconciliation between the two groups has proven te be rocky. Last week, the board agreed to enlist a facilitator to try to find common ground between the two parties, but the pleasantries didn’t last long. Initially, the question of whether the region’s CEO, Inge Schamborzki, would attend those meetings caused the doctors to t their pledge to abstain from any Meeting she attended. Doctors maintain thar she is part of the problem and her presence would only be a disruption. For its part, the board did not exactly clear up the matter. “We don’t know anything yet, we just want get to the table,” said board chairman Diana Hutchinson. “I would think the facilitator wouid deal with the parties scparately.” The board has alio issued a statement threatening legal action if the physicians, through Richards, persist in their “efforts to inappropriately attack (Schamborzki’s) reputa- tion or that of the board.” The physicians responded swiftly. “We retain the right to criticize the CEO when it is required,” stated Richards in response. “We will exercise that right where we see decreasing standards of delivery of health cave on the North Shore.” The statements k-ading to the board’s threat of legal action were made by Richards on behalf of the hospital’s medical staff in reaction to the extension of Schamborzki’s contract last month. In particular, Richards berated the process the board followed in veaching a favorable opinion of the CEO’s performance. Centre for the Arts in Burnaby for an extended run, Livelihood lifted from Seymour garage From page 1 “This is my livelihood. I need these bikes to race. To live,” the 26- ar-old world-class racer said. “It’s ike 3 carpenter getting all his tools stolen.” Bath GT bikes are distinctive — the GT cross-country bike is pol- ished aluminum and has XTR com- nents, while the GT downhill bike is made of thermal plastic (which looks like carbon fibre), has bright ornge front forks with about six inches of travel and dise brakes. In addition, an expensive bike bag was also stolen. [t contained the nvo GT bikes. “Pm hoping it’s just kids that stole them, but the bag alone must weigh 150 pounds, so it would take a couple of guys with a car to take all threc bikes,” he added. ., Shandro estimates the value of the two GT bikes at close to “$10,000, and wonders how the thieves will sell the bikes — and to whom. “One of the GT bikes is so hor, I don’t know how they’re even going to sell them,” he said of the cutting- edge thermal plastic design. His hope is that the uniqueness of the bikes will catch the eye of someone. “Peaple know me in the moun- sain bike community in B.C., so Pm hoping someone secs something,” he said. . A North Van RCMP officer mide the rounds to North Shore sport swap shops yesterday, and Shandro has been busy faxing bike store owners across the Lower Mainland to let them know of his plight and urging them to keep their eyes open. As for Shandro’s result in Swiczerland, it could have been an omen for what awaited him when he returned home. “IT crashed. It’s just one of those things that haj.pens in racing,” he said. Getting the means of your liveli- hood stolen, however, shouldn’r fig- ure into the equation. Baker and Julie McCracker:. Produced Firet & Civil suit launched From page 1 Khosa be charged with driving without duc care and attention and the bylaw infraction involv: ing an overweight load. Crown counsel rejected the charges saying there was no like- lihood of conviction,which means that Crown lawyers did not believe police investigators had obtained enough evidence. to prove the case. After an uproar ‘from Bjornson’s family members, local politicians and the public, the Crown was asked to review .. the possibility of laying cha in connection with the Sept. 27, 1996, truck crash. On Wednesday, the charges were Officially laid in North Vancouver provincial court. Regional Crown counsel Austin Cullen was unavailable for comment to. press time Thursday. Bjornson’s widow, Gisela, and three children launched a civil suit in March against |- Khosa, the truck’s owners lenied the charges. No court dates have been set for the lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court. According to search warrant information early in the invcsti-. ° gation, West Vancouver Police believed Khosa’s 1988 Kenworth dump truck was overloaded by 4,500 kgs. If Khosa is convicted of the Motor Vehicle Act infractions, he could be fined up to $2,000 lus a 15% victim surcharge. His licence could also be suspended. No court dates w the driving infractions to press time.