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programs.

. At 8 am Sunday, Sept. 13, an
” anticipared 400 runners will relive
the joyous race of the “lookour”
who, in centuries past, brought the
first news of the coho arriving, in
. Burrard Inlet tot he waiting
Squash people.

Coho Salmon Festival Run is
the only 14 Kilometre run in B.C.
. get to spur
- selves over ‘not one, but two
“pridges — the Lions Gate and
Burrard — on the scenic route.
From Ambleside Park in West Van,

gories, Register

Running Room (983-9761). The

$25 fec ($30 after Sept. 8) includes
a Restival t-shirt, designed this year.

by Squamish artist Xwa Lack Tun
(Rick Harry}.

baked potato and a’roll.

This year, for the first time, the
festival will be serving farm-
raised rather than wild salmon
at its events.

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More fry to fish

Deana Lancaster

NewsReporter
aeana@nsnews.com

North: Shore fish species — but
our children are getting them.
And it’s thanks in large part to
the Coho Festival, an annual cel.
ebration of salmon returning to
North Shore rivers and streams
to spawn, that the educational
Pp ms are in place to teach
students about the fish and our
efforts to help chem.

Now in its 19th year, the festival
is a North Shore-wide event and
includes fundraisers such as a
walk, a run, a silent auction,
barbecue and more.

and others — all for eduestcral,
habirar enhancement and con-
servation efforts on behalf of
North Shore salmon.

This year, more than ever, the
need for such programs is evi-

dent.

West Coast fisheries manage-
ment has long concentrated on
getting our ‘bir trare of the

In past years, snafing endangered
coho stocks as a byproduct of
that catch was not of primary
concern. But this year, even gov-
ernment agrees that coho stocks
need protection.

ries and Occans Canada
(DFO) Coho Response Team,
formed in February, reviewed
the status of the stocks and met
with fisheries stakeholders.

The team found unanirnous sup-

port for improved habitat pro-
tection; 5 Festoration and enforce-
ment; ti rograms to
improve knowledge of coho
abundance; enhancement of
coho; improved catch monitor-
ing in all fisheries and increased
enforcement in all fisheries.

No one wants to see these fish
disappear — and the word is ger-
ting out.

On this side of Burrard Inlet, the

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mane

Festival

Best Wishes
for

Continuing |
Success

Coho Festival can accept some
for thar.

learning, and doing, what it takes
Car ake a difetence and we
can start by participating in

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13 across the North Shore.

SQUAMISH NATION

: Proud Sponsor of the
19th Annual Coho Festival