THE FISHERMAN, OCTOBER 19, 1998
NOTICE
CANADIAN FORCES MARITIME EXPERIMENTAL AND TEST RANGES
The Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges tests ship and aircraft systems and torpedoes. Torpedoes may be launched by a surface vessel, submarine, or aircraft. No explosives are used; however, a hazard exists due to the possibility of the torpedo homing on vessels and then the vessel being struck by the torpedo on its way to the surface.
Testing is usually carried out from 0800 to 1730 Tuesday to Friday and occasionally on Monday or Saturday.
During testing Area "\VG" is "Active". Any vessel within the area bounded by the following coordinates:
a. b. c. d. e.
49°21'00"N 49°14,50"N 49°16,45"N 49°19'21"N 49°2r21"N
123°48'24"W; 123°48'24"W; 124°00'54"W; 124°07,42"W; and 124°07,42"W
will be required to clear or stop on demand from the Canadian Range Officer at "Winchelsea Island control" or any of the range vessels or range helicopter, the positions of these coordinates are clearly marked on the diagram.
A transit area 1,000 yards north of Winchelsea Island and 1.000 yards east of South Ballenas Island has been established to enable mariners to transit safely around the active area. It also facilitates unimpeded access to marina facilities in Schooner Cove and Nanoose Bay. This area is clearly depicted on charts 3512 and 3459 by means of pecked lines.
Additional information on active hours or for safe transit through the area may be obtained from:
a. Winchelsea Island Control 756-5080 or 468-5080 or 1 -888-221-1011 (next day's activity only);
b. CFMETR Range Officer 756-5002 or 468-5002 (long range planning);
c. Winchelsea Island "control VHF CH 10 or 16 (for safe transit area information when approaching Area "WG');
d. VHF 21B or Weather 3 (listen only, for active times), or
e. CB Channel 9.
Area "WG" constitutes a "Defence Establishment" as defined in the National Defence Act to which the Defence Controlled Access Area Regulations apply. Vessels which do not comply with direction from either Winchelsea Control or Range Patrol Vessels may be charged for trespassing.
Range vessels exhibit a flashing red light in addition to the prescribed lights and shapes. These vessels may operate outside of scheduled hours and should not be approached within 3.000 yards because they may be in a three-point moor with mooring lines extending to buoys 1.500 yard away. Additionally, lit as weil as unlit mooring buoys are randomly located within the area and mariners are advised to use caution when transiting this area.
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Northern fishermen go to court on Nov. 3
Northern gillnetters will be back in court next month in Prince Rupert, once again facing year-old charges of fishing in a closed period for their protest fishery in 1997.
The trial date has been set for Nov. 3, the third time that fishermen have had to appear since DFO first announced the charges following the protest fishery. More were initially charged but DFO later reduced the number to 18. In July, Crown prosecutor Ron Gamble also offered a deal through the local newspaper that would have given the 18 suspended sentences in return for a guilty plea.
The charges stem from a protest fishery in August,
1997 when gillnetters staged their own test fishery to prove the fleet could harvest sockeye while still releasing coho and steelhead alive. The fishery was conducted under food fish permits issued by the band council and the fish that was caught was distributed at a public barbecue held in Mariners Park.
Federal gov't set to appeal AFS ruling
The legality of the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy could be put to the legal test next year when the B.C. Supreme Court hears DFO's appeal of the Aug. 7,
1998 decision by Provincial Court judge Howard Thomas to stay proceedings against 26 fishermen who set their nets during an AFS opening on the Fraser.
Judge Thomas had ruled that the department's policy of aboriginal-only openings was contrary to law and therefore any proceedings against the 26 would be "unfair and indecent."
DFO's appeal directly challenges Judge Thomas' contention that the AFS pilot sales program is contrary to law, indicating that the department's policy will be on the line in the court proceedings.
The appeal hearing is set for Jan. 22, 1999, opening the possibility that a decision may be handed down before the 1999 salmon season.