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Sunday, April 28,

1996 ~ North Shore News —

6.C. fisheries plan backed

BY MARTIN MILLERCHIP
Contributing Writer

AN UNUSUAL delega-
tion of commercial fish-
ermen and environmen-
talists appeared before
North Vancouver District
Council to urge rejection
of the Federal Depart-
ment of Fisheries and
Ocean’s Fisheries Revitali-
zation Plan.

Federal Minister of
Fisheries Fred Mifflin
recently announced a plan to
cut B.C.’s commerciai fish-
ing fleet.

The stated intent of the
plan is to help the conserva-
tion of the West Coast
salmon stocks.

The plan would see the
reduction the fleet's catch-
ing capacity by 50%.

An $80 million buy-back
fund will help fishermen
leave the industry voluntari-
ly.

The plan is intended to
come into effect on May 10.

A inceting April [5 saw a
coalition of Local 1 mem-
bers of the United
Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union (UFAWU)
and envirenmentalists from
organizations that included
the Sierra Club of B.C. and
Greenpeace Canada urge
council to support a made-
in-B.C. plan.

UFAWU representative
Duncan Shields said the
effect of Mifflin’s plan will

be severe in smal! coastal
communities but would also
tipple throughout the
province.

The delegation argued
that the chief cause of
declining salmon runs is
habitat loss that has been
ignored for years.

Meanwhile, Mifflin is
cutting support for conserva-
tion, enhancement and habi-
tal protection programs.

Shields also claimed that
the so-called “stacking” of
licences (whereby boats will
be able to buy licences for
more than one catch area)
will increase investment and
operating costs for the
small, independent fisher-
men.

This, said Shields, will
ultimately price them out of
the water,

The fishery would be
concentrated in the hands of
fewer high-tech boats that
would still land the same
amount of salmon.

According to Georgia
Strait. Alliance executive
director Laurie MacBride
such measures will only
result in the illusion of a
conservation strategy.

MacBride and others also
note that the plan does not

speak to the problem of

Alaskans over-fishing

Canadian salmon.

Council voted to agree to
support a made-in-B.C. fi sh-
cries plan.

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