July 12, 1955
THE FISHERMAN
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CANADA DAY CONCERT
A group of young East Indians from the Cowichan Lake area, instructed by Bella Singh, gave an amazing exhibition of Stick Fighting (Gad-ha).
COMMENTATOR: Shortly after Canada's twentieth birthday, other Slavic peoples arrived, the Ukrainians. They farmed, worked in the mines, the woods, and helped lay the second chain of rails across Canada. But as Ukrainian-Canadians they nevertheless kept alive their native culture.
The dancers of the Association of United Ukrainian-Canadians under the direction of Beatrice Andruschuk presented three of their most colorful and expressive dances. These were the swift and •exciting Kolomayka, usually done af all festive and joyous occasions, Zaporozetch, expressive of the almost impossible feats of the Cossacks in crossing from the island of that name over the Dnieper, both performed by the Kolzar dance group. Then there was tiny Sally Ogren and Larry Kliparchuk, two junior members of the Ukrainian dance school.
Next came a blending of many of the folk melodies of the world, Arabian, Russian, Spanish, and Italian, sung by the vivacious Gypsy Ensemble, directed by Gerhardt-Olly.
COMMENTATOR: From China too came many of our Canadian people and they played their part in the building of our country. They too helped to lay the railway across Canada.
A group of young Chinese presented a dance from an Inner Mongolian national minority, "Jock Lim Chon," who lived chiefly by hunting. The dance told of a hunting trip, with the dancers riding to the hunt, meeting, looking for the quarry and shooting it. Then they were jojned by the women to celebrate their success and the dance ended with throwing their kill into a wagon and carrying it home.
COMMENTATOR: When our country was very young and transportation across its vast distances was slow and difficult, people created their own entertainment. Someone would play a fiddle or.an accordion and neighbors and friends would dance together the dances of their own native lands. Out of this the square dance was born and even in these days of mass entertainment, movies, radio, TV —it is enjoying a new popularity.
One of the best known and most
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popular square dance tunes is Red River Valley, which Perry Friedman and the dancers of the Federation of Russian-Canadians presented.
Following these pieces came the Vancouver Youth Singers under direction of Cyril Friedman.
Bruce Yorke, able chairman of the Canada Day Youth Festival Committee, promised listeners that the July 1 concert would become an annual affair. He was praised for his and the committee's work which resulted in such an outstanding affair.
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Sinclair Tends to Stray Somewhat In Defending Upper River Closure
The federal minister of fisheries strayed from the facts in more than one instance during debates on fisheries estimates in the House June 23 and 24 when he was dealing with closure of the upper Fraser River, a subject on which Mr. Sinclair appears determined to remain unmoved from his present policy of progressive closure. He relocated a cannery from be
low the Pattullo Bridge to above and said it was 50 miles from the Bridge to the mouth of the Fraser, said fishermen conserved salmon only because "they were forced to" and' contradicted himself in at least one other instance during the course of his remarks.
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load freight on their packers for some of the isolated up-coast communities. We told them this would not be done by UFAWU members if the freight was declared hot by the SIU.
"When you informed us that such freighting would be considered hot and unfair to your members on strike, we have told the fishing companies quite definitely we would not handle any such freight.
"We also mentioned to you that our members always handle a certain amount of fishing station supplies and our agreements cover the handling of this type of freight. We will, of course, continue to handle regular supplies to fish camps in accordance with our agreements.
"However, a couple of questions have arisen which we feel may require some further discussion. Firstly, we would like to know more exactly which ports and places are regularly serviced by the seamen on strike and whether other transportation systems are handling freight to such port's. For example, what is the attitude of the SIU towards the 'airlift to the Queen Charlotte Islands' reported in the press? Are the airline crews handling hot freight?
"Also, what will your attitude towards emergency calls for passenger transportation in event of injury or sickness and towards emergency calls for food as the strike progresses? We have already been asked about policy in respect to such potential emergency cases. So far, we have not' given any answer. However, it may not be too long before a defin ite answer will have to be given in some actual case.
"We would appreciate an early reply on these matters in order that we can follow a policy which will mean the maximum support to the striking seamen."
(No reply had been received from the SIU by the UFAWU at presstime Monday).
bulk of the fishermen do—fish out i big fish, four or five years old— at sea. The up-river fishermen I magnificent. They get the name of still have at least three-quarters of Silverbright, and a premium is
their fishery left', and they can certainly adjust themselves to being full-time fishermen . . ."
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Upper River Men Called 'Privileged7
Replying to the points raised by George Hahn (New Westminster) and A. W. Patterson (Fraser Valley) several weeks .ago, the minister of fisheries said that closure of% the upper river had Ibeen discussed for 50 years, and had been recommended 50 years ago.
". . . these upper river fishermen in this area are a very privileged group," he said, adding that "Most of them do not fish more than one day a week, the reason being that the only day worth fishing is the first day after the weekend closure. On opening day, the downstream fishermen get the bulk of the fish, so few are available after the first day."
The following day, however, the minister said that ". . . the fish is so vulnerable in that area, that one straight stretch of the river, that he has not the opportunity that he has at sea t'o avoid or escape the nets that he has in the lower stretches of the river."
Mr. Sinclair went on to state that boundaries were being moved out to sea in other areas and ". . . because of the greatly increased fishing pressure, the number of boats, the size of boats, the more and more effective gear that is introduced, it is harder and harder for fish to get up the river to spawn."
Claims Fishermen Can Fish Elsewhere
The day before, Mr. Sinclair, referring to remarks by MP Hahn, said "To hear the hon. member speak, you would think these men were out of the fishing business completely. Of course that is not so. I had a full report' of the fishing effort up there made during the past year. They still have the full spring salmon fishing from February 1 'to June 30. They have the main sockeye salmon fishing from July 1 to September 15. The river is generally closed then, anyway. The last season is the fall fishing for pinks and chums. These spawn in streams quite close to the entrance to the river, and are fish which decline in quality very quickly once they enter fresh water. They are best caught in the sea, where quality is high.
"It is tliese fish which can no longer be caught in the up-river area. These fishermen still have the right to fish down the river in this period, or to do as the great
MR. HAHN: "And coujd they not' j sea. And my inspector will then use the same gear?" I drive him up to the Mission bridge
MR. SINCLAIR: "That is why Land he will hook out of the river think today they are privileged j a pink salmon and a chum salmon, fishermen. They fish part of the But they are no longer called pinks river not much wider in places than] and chums up there: they are call-this chamber, with small boats and eel humpbacks and dog salmon. I
nets, and expect to be given spec-, ial privileges as against those other fishermen who fish the high seas in good weather and in bad."
Minister Offers Quite a Contrast
One of the points repeatedly mentioned by the minister was quality of fish caught in the upper Fraser.
He contrasted them (with considerable abandon) to fish brought in by packers and offered to have one of the fisheries officers take Hahn for a trip.
"First of all," Sinclair said, "he will take him down to one of the canneries at the mouth of the river, perhaps the Imperial or the Celtic (!!!!) and he can see the fish packers coming in with the pinks and chums caught' at sea . . .
"They are beautiful fish. The pinks are small, perhaps four or five pounds, lovely looking, firm and hard and of a silver color. The chums are even more handsome—
am sure that the hon. member would have difficulty recognising them as the same fish. And, by the way, the names I have given are the names the fishermen use.
"The little pink salmon has begun to turn. Its body is splashed with ugly color. A great hump has grown on the back of the male salmon. The mouth has got an ugly hook. The dog salmon — the ehifm — is even in poorer shape. There are great splotches of color over its body because of the deterioration of the fish. The nose has become badly hooked, and great teeth have appeared, which give it its name"* of dog salmon.
"When the hon. member compares these two fish, he will agree that perhaps our scientists, who
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Sinclair to Push Seiners Offshore
In his speech to the House of Commons June 23, fisheries minister James Sinclair indicated some new scheme is afoot to push salmon and herring seiners farther offshore, with a resulting advantage to the sports fishermen.
He was speaking in reply to Comox-Alberni MP Thomas Bar-nett, who expressed fear that relations between sport and commercial fishermen might become strained in view of demands for increased sports areas by tourist groups.
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