Conned Salmon Pack Near Season's Total
SOCKEYE
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Increase over prev. wk. BLUEBACK
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Increase over prev. wk. PINK
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Increase over prev. wk. TOTALS ALL SPECIES
Final Total--_ — G2I.856 1,746,989 1,465,708 1,819,215
Total to date ----- 1,366,061* 611,978 1,718.291 1,461.102 1 814 039
Increase over prev. wk. 13,271 5,123 2,816 7,746 ' — 'Includes these cases packed from salmon imported from U.S.: sockeye—27,943: springs—15; chums—21; total—27,979.
Oct. 17. 1970 Oct. 18. 1969 Oct. 19, 1968 Oct. 14, 1967 Oct. 15 1966
395.381 830 358.505 357,596 649 611,011 610,617 558,892 558.581 499 407,949 406.774
9.779 124 5,300 5,204 9 7,416 7.372 16 14,679 14,684 58 14,585 14,458
558 1 584 579 933 924 1,2% 1,298 2,480 2,462
2.881 2.146 2,146 10.389 10.374 7,799 7,797 5 21,087 21,143
106.806 1,958 55.566 54,760 118 177.205 175,452 189 138.878 138,394 732 260.536 259.007
654,278 22 153.386 151,705 1,957 669,347 667,652 650 650,142 649.721 3,934 951.794 950.087
196.378 10,336 46.369 39.988 2.390 270,688 246,900 1,961 94,022 90.617 2,518 160,784 160.108
Report from Rupert
! Pulp Mill Fumes Raise Stink at Port Edward
By RAY GARDINER
i~|N one side of Porpoise Har-" bor is Nelson Brothers Fisheries, an integral part of the community of Port Edward. On the other side, located on Watson Island, is the pulp mill complex of Columbia Cellulose.
Periodically, the pulp mill ?xhausts or "blows" its digesters, 'eleasing a considerable volume of ?as into the atmosphere, mainly s02. Under certain atmospheric .-onditions this gas rolls in a '/ellowish green cloud, somewhat •eminiscent of a First World War ;as attack, across the harbor and tettles over the Nelson's boat shop.
When the smog rolls in, mechanics and shipwrights working on the boats tied to the floats have to seek protection in the cabins of the vessels or inside the shop. On occasion they have been forced to leave the area. Some have become physically ill from the effect of the gas, which causes acute discomfort to anyone suffering from a respiratory ailment.
A drill pattern has been established. The men complain to management. Nelson's i management in turn complains to i Columbia Cellulose management.
I An hour or two later, a echnician from Columbia Cellulose arrives with instruments
| ipparently to check the density or oxicity of the gas. By this time the
honditions have usually changed,
the wind has shifted, and the tituation has improved. The Columbia Cellulose man pronounces that the smog is well
I nth in the safety factor, remarks hat he "doesn't know what's
I *rong with you people" and
| eaves.
On the morning of October 8 the | ondition was intolerable and | kelson's management was notified Ihrough Danny Kellough, shop hteward at the boat shop, that the rew did not intend to work in a
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situation they considered injurious to their health.
Unlike most such disputes, management expressed sympathy. Some supervisory staff personnel corroborated the men's complaints and voiced their own dissatisfaction with the continuing situation. Rupert Maier, the boat shop foreman, stated that at least two men had quit, giving the smog from Columbia Cellulose as their reason.
Mayor Allan Fisher of Port Edward, who is also shipping supervisor for Nelson Brothers, said that as the result of his complaints the board of health had conducted some inconclusive tests which had been discontinued because funds for such work were lacking.
Meanwhile, employees in Nelson's boat shop are determined to have something done to end an intolerable situation. There is even talk of picketing the pulp mill if the condition persists—as the men expect it will.
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Two well known members of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Prince Rupert Shoreworkers Local recently retired from their employment with Atlin Fisheries within a couple of days of each other.
Robert Munro, an employee of Atlin Fisheries since 1945, was a charter member of the local in which he served at least one term as president and a term as vice-president.
Chief shop steward in the Atlin plant for many seasons, he was instrumental in keeping the plant under UFAWU jurisdiction during the abortive SIU raid in the fifties. He is planning to retire to White Rock, and has applied for honorary membership in the union.
Con Stordale has been an employee of Atlin Fisheries and a member of the local since 1948. He was employed as a first aid attendant at Atlin Fish and was well respected for his proficiency in this field.
Although he never held union office, he attended union meetings more regularly than most and, since he is not contemplating leaving Prince Rupert, he will continue to be around.
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CANADIAN-SOVIET PACT
He also said that rules will be established for ' 'objective and conerete consideration" of the circumstances of any future marine incidents by "authorized officers appointed by both parties."
TOUGHER STANDARDS
One foreseeable effect of this provision is that incidents at sea in future will be investigated by competent authorities. This will be a distinct improvement over the situation prevailing earlier this year when incidents on the Big Bank provided fodder for scare stories in the daily press and were used as a political football by politicians, cranks and various self proclaimed "experts."
However, likelihood of incidents between Canadian and Soviet vessels appears to have been sharply reduced as a result of the Soviet agreement to halt operations on the Big Bank, where friction arose in the first place.
According to deputy fisheries minister Dr. A. W. H. Needier, who headed the Canadian delegation at the talks, safe navigational practices to be established in the agreement mean that more stringent standards will have to be applied on Canadian fishing vessels.
REASONABLE COMPROMISE
UFAWU secretary Nichol described the agreement as a "reasonable compromise." Negotiations of any type generally result in some form of compromise being reached, he pointed out.
In this case, although there may be reservations about allowing the USSR to fish inside the limit off the Queen Charlotte Islands, the Soviets, for their part, have agreed to stay out of an area in international waters which provided them with an important fishery for hake and other bottomfish.
According to Needier, the area in which the Soviet Union will abstain from fishing in future accounted for one third of the total Soviet catch off Canada's Pacific coast.
Nichol said Soviet agreement to withdraw from an area of the continental shelf over which Canada has no legal claim to jurisdiction establishes an important principle.
The agreement also will protect important stocks of herring. Although the main Soviet fishery in the area has been for hake, considerable concern has been felt over possible effect of intensive trawling on herring stocks.
Other members of the industry advisory committee at the Ottawa talks included representatives of the Native Brotherhood of B.C., Fishermen's Independent Co-op Association, Pacific Trollers Association, B.C. Fishing Vessel Owners Association, Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-op, and the Fisheries Association of B.C.
Frank Calder, NDP MLA for Atlin and the Native Brotherhood representative on the advisory committee, this week backed up the UFAWU's contention that a long range solution to North Pacific fisheries problem will be found only within the context of ar all inclusive fisheries treaty replacing the existing tripartite agreement. CONSERVATION
"Herring conservation was a big issue (in the talks) and the Russians know the importance of conservation," Calder said. "It was on this basis that an agreement was reached.
"But what do we do when South Korea, which is already fishing salmon on the high seas, or some other country moves in where the Russians have agreed to move out? The only real solution is a fisheries agreement between all Pacific rim countries."
A fisheries department statement issued at conclusion of the talks said the negotiations had taken place "in a constructive and friendly atmosphere. Both delegations feel that measures recommended will assist in strengthening the friendly relations in fisheries between the two countries."
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