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Natives Plan Court Action To Halt Nass Log Drives
In a statement issued July 5 the Native Brotherhood and Nish-ga Tribal Council said they will seek a court injunction to prevent destruction of Nass River spawning beds unless the federal fisheries department acts to stop log drives conducted on the river by Columbia Cellulose Company Ltd.
The statement contended that according to the department's conservation and protection branch, no permits have been issued for the log drives which, consequently, are "clearly illegal."
(A fisheries department source said in Vancouver this week that federal government jurisdiction extends only to issuing permits for location of log dumping sites.)
Native Brotherhood president Guy Williams and Nishga Tribal Council president Frank Calder charged the fisheries department bears a large measure of responsibility for any destruction of spawning grounds on the Nass because it has offered no objection to the log drives.
"There is a complete lack of cooperation and communication between the federal government,
provincial government and Columbia Cellulose with respect to damaging log drives and conservation of salmon in the Nass River," they said.
"We are deeply concerned with the fisheries department's ignorance of what may accrue from these log drives and its laxity (in failing) to protect a major natural resource in the area."
THREAT TO STOCKS
Calder warned that deposits of logging debris in the Fishery Bay and Red Bluff areas "may wipe out spawning grounds of the famed oolichan fish, the food from which Nishgas and other coastal Indians secure oil . . ."
Several instances of blasting to clear log jams on the river have been reported recently. UFAWU acting president T. (Buck) Suzuki was told by a department spokesman in Prince Rupert last month that permits were issued allowing "Columbia Cellulose Company to blast on the river near Canyon City.
Warning that a major salmon run is threatened by "an irresponsibly undertaken log drive," Suzuki recently described the de-
OUR DESIGNERS ARE BUSY ON TIME, LABOUR AND COST-SAVING DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE FISHING INDUSTRY.
Throughout the year, the Industrial Development Service of the Department of Fisheries undertakes many projects in an effort to improve and modernize the catching and processing of fish. During the past year, for example, the Department has played an important role in developing the Atlantic herring fishery, the Pacific offshore ground-fish fishery, designs of fishing vessels, more efficient catching gear, and a Canadian tuna industry. Currently the Department is investigating such things as the underwater exploration of marine resources by divers, electrical devices for catching fish, automation and mechanization on board fishing vessels and in fish processing plants. In almost every instance the Federal Department co-operates closely with the Provincial fishery departments and the fishing industry in a continuing effort to improve the working conditions and financial returns to the fisherman.
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
Hon. Jack Davis, M.P., Minister
Dr. A. W. H. Needier, Deputy Minister
Ottawa, Canada
THE FISHERMAN — JULY 12, 1968
partment's inaction and general approach to the problem as "almost incredible."
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CATCH
sage, 16 gillnetters averaged 14 sockeye, 15 pinks and five chums.
There was no fishing effort in Area 7. In Area 8, 62 seiners averaged 86 sockeye, 842 pinks and 13 chums in Fisher-Fitzhugh and 82 gillnetters averaged 25 sockeye and 34 pinks in the Bella Coola area. Dean Channel saw five gillnetters average 29 sockeye and 20 pinks.
In Area 12 on July 8, 14 gillnetters reportedly averaged 26 sockeye in Goletas Channel and in the Broughton Strait - Malcolm Island section 21 gillnetters averaged 30 sockeye.
GDR Third In New Ships
East Germany, which has 150 fishing vessels totalling 170,000 gross tons on order in her shipyards, now ranks third in world fishing vessel construction. Over 14 percent of the world's fishing vessels and fishery research craft are built in East German yards.
Some sources indicate East Germany is concentrating more on building up her own fishing fleets and may expand further into distant water fisheries following her first successful venture to western Atlantic grounds last year.
Irradiation Study Made
Research into feasibility of irradiation as a means to preserve fish is being conducted by the Icelandic Fisheries Research Institute in conjunction with the International Atomic Energy Agency which has loaned a portable reactor and other equipment for the project.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and U.S. technical personnel also are participating in the research.
Reports indicate Iceland has no immediate plans for applying irradiation in preserving of fish but is going ahead with the project in the hope that the technique may be of future advantage in her fishing industry.
Closures Ordered For Gillnet Areas
Principe Channel gillnet area, not including Nepean Sound, has been closed to salmon fishing effective 6 p.m. July 10 until further notice, the federal fisheries department announced this week. The west coast of Banks Island was closed at the same time, also until, further notice.
District 1, including Fraser River, and Areas 17 and 18 reopen for fishing under Commission regulations from 8 a.m. July 15 to 8 a.m. July 17.
Bella Coola and Dean Channel gillnet areas have been ordered closed to all salmon net fishing from 6 p.m. July 14 to 6 p.m. July 21.
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