Working Group Releases Study About Sea Lice
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.M' l-T°ll LIBRARY AND . ARCHIVES CANADA .% . I 1 / I Bibl otheque et Archives Canada "--1.1 11 1-I . r . .OF.11 I I 4S.oR. typS. II III I 1 I I H 3 3286 54057030 2 f - - ' 1 HaShiIth-Sa Canada's Oldest First Nations Newspaper - Serving Nuu -chah- nulth -aht since 1974 Canadian Publications Mail Product Vol. 36 - No. 16 - August 27, 2009 haa'sitsa "Interesting News" Sales Agreement No. 40047776 Cÿ " Ì I f .K ^' 'na_. S *tit:- a r , Heart told c - Á i1 ? 4o . M% ,Zit;¡,-T:: . .+y ,1 Williams to 44/r4 I 4* v M. t 11N- .. ~ I remain at _ y Yuquot ~ 7111= By Jack F. Little cm -Sa Reporter "\ Ha- Shilth ``` Yuquot- Ray Williams and his family, who live at the beautiful, historic and : _a:` cí . ;. Yuquot (Friendly Cove), were . remote ' t >4' 4 - honored on -site at the annual Summerfest 1 ° on Aug. 16. They are the only permanent .... '' - '-+, tlt : ,.r If residents of the area, and for years have n s JtyjAlkYd i. As ; -7a, - - - o) J been looking after the lands of Tyee - t( A S ha- y LW qty. Ha'wilth Maquinna's houlthee. Ray _ ,, Q ,may 0'1. ", and his family were recognized for their .` 1.. x efforts, making the special Summerfest / . IC" - ^ -a += .ra.S:T.. tom - `."&;-..át^- event extra special with the acknowledge- - - - áy" * Debora Steel ment from the Council of Chiefs, elders wheels her grandchild out of the Papermill Dam park on Aug. 24 after meeting with representatives of the Bertha Gus and commune members. Ministry of Transportation. Tseshaht residents attended the meeting to express their concerns about traffic safety on Williams vl rased with this passed park. It was here that Peter Thomas, 12, was stuck by a Hector Rd., which cuts through the reserve and runs the year's largest- ever.turnout for the cam - injuries. In the centre of the photo, Keith Hunter, who has truck on Aug. 8 suffering severe, but non -life-threatening pout that takes place in early August each Patrick Livolsi, the regional director of the worked with members of Tseshaht to address traffic concerns, speaks with year. Ministry of Transportation. Story and photos on page 5. Continued on page 2. Working group releases study about sea lice ï monitoring the situation After five years of sampling juvenile should continue likely look at different wild salmon in Clayoquot Sound for sea and will most in future analyses." lice, the Clayoquot Sound Sea Lice interactions Clayoquot findings were Working Group has released its findings Although the than the prevalence of sea lice on in a public report. higher 1 reported in the Bella Bella region The report is a collaborative effort chum between salmon farmers (Mainstream in 2007 (Raincoast Conservation they were similar to those Canada and Creative Salmon Ltd.) and Foundation), Ii the Mathieson and Finlayson local First Nations (Ahousaht and Tla -o- reported for the Central coast qui-aht First Nations). The group is coor- Channels on et al., 2008). When com- dinated by Uu -a -thluk (Nuu -chah -nulth .041,41.^a (Butterworth o pared to two studies conducted in the Tribal Council Fisheries). WO "'P. Archipelago (Jones and "This study was the first of its kind in Broughton Hargreaves, 2007, and Beamish et al, Canada to have collaborative research the Clayoquot findings were between First Nations, who have environ- 2006), mental concerns about fish farming, and lower. Analysis of the data did suggest that the industry itself," said Uu -a -thluk biol- L was a factor in determining the ogist Katie Beach. "We have established salinity of sea lice, something Beach working relationships through this distribution salmon captured during sea lice monitoring in was already known. research, and that has led to really pro- A close -up of a juvenile chum said "In Clayoquot Sound, it's pretty fresh. ductive discussions about environmental Clayoquot Sound. at the fresh that we're not getting the concerns." revealed that the presence of sea lice on "Instead the group wanted to look It's so Clayoquot levels of salinity where sea lice are Monitoring the prevalence and density chum salmon fluctuated between seven distribution of sea lice in the environ- known to be abundant for the most of sea lice on juvenile wild salmon in per cent and 20 per cent from 2004 to Sound and some of natural affecting part...That may be partly why sea lice Clayoquot Sound since 2004, the 2007, and overall, the presence of sea lice mental parameters that might be rather than levels are lower than in the Broughton, Clayoquot Sound Sea Lice Working in the Clayoquot Sound did not vary sig- the populations of sea lice, So far but still higher than other places." Group captured and analyzed mainly nificantly from year to year. looking at farm interactions... the sea lice chum salmon due to the fish's abundance "The intention of the research wasn't to we've found that although levels were not alarming, we Continued from page 4. in the area. The results of the studies push the bounds of science," Beach said. population If undeliverable, please return to: Ha- Shilth -Sa Inside this issue... P.O. Box 1383, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M2 3 Summerfest at Yuquot celebrated Page (17) NEWSPAPER COLLECTION Tseshaht members express traffic concerns Page 5 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA 395 WELLINGTON ST. 8 ON4 Thunder storm back for win Page OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1A National Fastball action Page 9 Community and Beyond Page 13 . ..r ,..r...r . 'I '. `. 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