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B.C. landings of tuna top 7.3 million
Tuna deliveries at B.C. ports in September continued at a high level and by the end of the month total landings were estimated to be in excess of 7,300,000 pounds, about four million pounds more than in the comparable period of 1971.
In the last week of the month, ports south of Cape Caution recorded tuna landings of 363,000 pounds, bringing the season's total for the southern B.C. ports to 6,030,000 pounds, compared with 2,911,000 pounds to the end of September last year.
No tuna landings were reported at northern B.C. ports during the last week of the month. But cumulative landings to September 23 stood at 1,285,000 pounds, up from 386,000 pounds in the same period last year.
Higher than usual water temperatures were credited with bringing an abundance of albacore to waters off Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlottes in August and September.
Although many units of the B.C. salmon troll fleet turned to albacore fishing they have been outnumbered on the grounds by even larger numbers of U.S. vessels which came north this year.
Some U.S. tuna vessels were instructed to leave west coast Vancouver Island ports in September when it became clear they were using the harbors as bases for refuelling and revictualling.
This year saw inauguration of a new Fisheries Service tuna patrol in which the Tanu and Howay kept the fleet informed daily of water temperatures and showings of albacore. The patrol was suspended in mid-September when the two vessels had to be transferred to other duties.
Landed price for albacore in September was 32 to 35 cents a pound at Vancouver and about 31 cents a pound at Prince Rupert.
Last year, the September price range was 28 to 29 cents a pound at Vancouver and about 26V4 cents at Prince Rupert.
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• Here Ken Novakowski fright), NDP candidate for Burnaby-Richmond-Delta, discusses a possible harbor development for commercial fishermen at Ladner with Nick Spilchen, secretary of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Ladner Local.
Elected Fraser harbor body IMovakowski's aim
Creation of an elected Fraser River Harbor Commission to replace the current board of federal government appointees has been called for by Ken Novakowski, New Democratic Party candidate for Burnaby-Richmond-Delta in the October 30 federal election.
Speaking to a UFAWU local meeting at Steveston October 10, Novakowski accused the harbor commission of ignoring the needs of commercial fishermen.
It is "disgraceful" that fishermen from Richmond, Ladner and other communities on the river now have the choice only between wharfage owned by fishing companies and "broken down, inadequate public facilities," he said.
By way of contrast, Novakowski cited what he described as up to date and efficiently administered tieup areas for fishing craft and other small boats at Bellingham, Wash.
The NDP candidate, accompanied by MLA Harold Steves (NDP, Richmond), UFAWU organizer Bill Procopation and executive board member Joe Setynski, were shown around the
Bellingham facilities by a port authority official during a visit to the Washington city last week. The visiting B.C. party also included Dave Morrison of the Richmond municipal planning department. COMMUNITY CONTROL
Praising the standard of public facilities available to commercial fishermen and pleasure craft users at Bellingham, Novakowski noted that "Whatcom County taxpayers elect the board which oversees operation of the port."
Consequently, he said, the community "can exercise some control" over the activities and policies of those administering the harbor. One of the three elected Bellingham port commissioners is a commercial fisherman.
B.C. visitors were told that wharfage fees for commercial fishing craft using Bellingham's harbor year round are based on a charge of 27V4 cents per foot per month. Vessels using the port nine months a year pay 31 cents per foot per month. On a month by month basis, the fee is 36 cents a foot for commercial boats. Pleasure craft pay 43 cents per foot per month.
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Good net sheds and ample storage space are available for fishermen using the port. Facilities also include electric-powered reels for loading and unloading nets, as well as free use of towmotors and other mobile power equipment.
Storage lockers, ship chandlers, electronic equipment dealers, net suppliers and other outlets are located near the tieup area.
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Novakowski said that what the group saw at Bellingham indicates the direction in which the Fraser River commission should be heading. "But instead," he said, "the commission has shown itself to be more interested in promoting the lower Fraser as a site for haphazard industrial development than in looking after the interests of resident commercial fishermen in communities like Ladner and Steveston."
Pressures on existing small boat tieup facilities throughout the lower mainland area make the provision of adequate new wharves and floats more essential than ever, he said.
The practice of manning the Fraser River harbor commission with political appointees, which Novakowski lashed out at last week, was assailed earlier this year by UFAWU spokesmen.
UFAWU wharfage committee spokesman Nick Spilchen said in January, "People without the least understanding of practical problems faced by river users are constantly being appointed to the commission.
"It's like the army where they take a man who's been a blacksmith in civilian life and make him a cook."
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In the past, Spilchen noted, longtime fishermen such as T. (Buck) Suzuki and Carl Liden had been nominated by union locals and municipal councils to fill vacancies on the harbor commission. Invariably, they had been passed over in favor of "politicians and businessmen."
UFAWU spokesmen claim the harbor commission has become unrepresentative and oriented almost wholly toward groups of industrial promoters and deepsea shipping interests.
Spilchen and other union members organized an earlier visit to harbor facilities at Bellingham and Blaine in February this year.
Participants in that visit, like those who accompanied Novakowski last week, emphasized the contrast they found between official attitudes in the U.S. ports, where harbor commissioners said they take into full account the importance of the fishing industry, and the lower Fraser River area, where the local harbor commission's policy toward the industry has been characterized by ineptitude and lack of concern.