Tree cash Work works - i Fine finale Stumpage fees came back to the A local student proves hfird work Bluebacks wound up their season northwest last week, and then pays off, landing a full timejobas , with medal winning provincial some\NEWS A13 l a result\COMMUNITY B1 performances\SPORTS B7 I i .' . ..: .. WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 1995 /,/! j. Phone fo, r legal fi's I I Library workers FRESH HSH makes for a tasty Fish harvested by native their purchase. speeiessold, and the.number and barbecue, and a lucrative sale, but fisheries under communal Smithers DFC field supervisor weight of the fish. - facing the heat their illegal vendors and licences for food and ceremonial Terry Turubull said the line was "You must, must, ;have a IF THERE had been a contest money to cover all that was customers can face stiffpenalties . purposes are also not for sale. set up to help native bands sell. receipt for your salmon,": said last week for hottest inside wanted. if caught with the goods. Only native communities with their fish and to let the public Tumbull. workplace, the library would There is an air exc.hsuger To sort ont confusion over who agreements with the DFO can sell know the legal sources for their "If you're caught with a sal- have won. which does help, Curell added. can legally sell salmon, and their harvest legally m and only salmon dinner. mon without the proper receipt Problem is, nobody knew It's on a timer system which whcrc and when to buy, the De- in the case of a surplus of sock- Most local residents know the you'll likely find yourself in how hot it got inside the means Curoll comes in late at partment of Fisheries and Oceans eye and,pink salmon above con- law, said Tumbull, "but they just court. You have to have a rea- recently expanded structure. night to turn on the system to office has set up a toll-free in. servation levels, and only at like flsh,'~whiletouristsmayno t sonable explanation as to how' "Our thermostat goes up to at least provide some fresh air formation line for the North designated locations. know the rules. He pointed to a! you came into legal possession of. 30 and that's it. I came in one for the next morning. Coast In this area, the Gitksan and group of Europeans recently the salmon." night at 11 p.m. and it was off "By the next morning it's Callers to 1-800-257-5574 will Wet'suwet'en Watershed nabbed with illegally caught fish Nearlthe end of the 1-800 tele- th e scale," said head l~rarian down to 25 degrees,', said hear a recorded message explain Authority has a licence as does near Terrace. phone message there's a warning: Ed Currel. L'urell of the interior, that coastal commercisl the Tsimshian Tribal council Turnbull said a legitimate seller "The public should be suspi- There is no air conditioning fishermen may sell their catch (as L~rary workers did prop a Buyers are required to have an will provide a receipt with the cious when approached and of- in the expanded i~rary, It was back door open several weeks long as a receipt is issued), while aboriginal fish sales slip in their name of the purchaser, the name fered fish for sale at places other inchided in original expansion sport fishermen cannot. ago to let in some air. possession when transporting of r the band, the name of the than designated sites listed on this plans but cut as a cost item Somebody came tn that Fish tally recording." when there wasn't enough entrance and stole s CD player. job turns hi tech Council votes FISH COUNTING has entered the high tech age. FIsheries biologist Mark Beere noted the traditional method of tO save trees tallying steelhead passing through the Babine River fish fence was A ROW OF 80-year-old David Hull noted the,Horseshoe~ to have an observer standing there, clicking..9~n. a.. counter as spruce trees near Sacred Heart already had the highest con- each went by. Cl~rchwillbespared ....... .., ,.. ccntration o~fp~kland-gf,~y i~_a This year, however, a new tool In a split vote, couhciicie'dd- ...... itl Te~ace: ~~ .i' :. i", ";i'.:.[i-~ .. ':'i~_/. was introduced ~ a video sur- ed to abandon plans tO develop Council, h e said, had an"'o..,~ ~.i../: veillance system with a built in the graveled section of HughesSt~ ligation to all the. peep!eer 486 computer. Beere said the to the north of Straume into two Terrace", and that obligation, " $30,000 system was purchased lots. The sale of the lots Would could, be better met:~by.. using ..: from a Newfoundland company ave brought about $60,000 to money from the saleof~e!ois to ' which also installed it. the city. - . Enclosed in a waterproof box develop parks in the parts of the While conceding that poten- with a plexi-glasa bottom, the south side that had none..... camera-computer was positioned tial dollar value, cotinelllor Ruth By a 4-2 vote, '.councillors above a gap In the fence through Halleck said the parcel already decided to dedicate the Hughes, which migratIng fish had to pass. had a value as parkland, Street .parcel as parkiiaucii~!/ Explaining how the system She also suggested some Halleck, Graydon, McDaniel and~ : worked, Beere said the camera councillors were takingtoo nar- mayor Jack Talstra voting: {or, operated continuously, mostly at row a view of what. constituted Gordon and David Hull ag~hsil ,~ a super slow speed that allowed parkland. Actively involved= in .the 480 hours of recording on a Halleck maintained any quiet Catholic:church, eouncillor,~al i; single cassette. However, picture area where people of. all ages quality at that speed was GeOrge had.declared a c0nfliel ~of' could sit and enjoy the aesthetics "lousy", so when motion was interest and tookno part inthe: detected the camera kicked np to qualified, not just playgrounds • debate or vote. .. .... .~..... ;.. a higher speed, or "high resolu- with monkey bars. Last Thursday's commjft!ee. ' tion mode". "'The worse thing we could discussion of the issue had seen a He pointed out the images at do is bulldoze dbwn the ~'ees." the church's FatherJohn smith that speed were sharp enough to Councillor Ed Graydon presenta 312-namepetiiionof tell. the type of fish and, ff the agreecl, suggesting the additionof cath01ie P.~shioners. opp6s~ ~to: i', water was clear enough, it was amenities such as picnic tables i the c!tfs 16t deve!6~mentpi~..!//i even possible to spot whether it could turn the land into an asset to ' At that timeiTnls~ suggest~ i/: had been tagged. the neighbourhood. • • ed ~e.ehureh buy.the landh:om i Meanwhile the computer was Pointing out the Horseshoe the ~ity and then ~ievel0p i(int6a, : doing some recording of its own was already crowded with homes, -- the time each fish passed by, playground, as proposed by he said council should.be looking its length and the directionit was Smith, But the priest discoimt~ travelling,plus cumnlative tallies for what other small parcels in the that idea as too expensive,for the of each. area could be saved: parish ..... : And it can't be fooled into However, councillor Gordon "'so you just want to use ~e~i counting a stick as a fish or a Hull expressed doubts thestrip property, but you,.d0n~t~want t0 .~ trout as a steelhead, Beere added. had the potential to be useful pay for it," Talstra repli~. ,,.i:~:~=~. That's because the computer parkland. He also pointed out "Smith: noted the. public:at has been programmed to tally there were two school grounds, large uses the piayground ~e,a]O,~. i only objects that are shaped like a Christy Park and the Howe Creek Veritas School that was cieVel~ ~, fish and are longer than the mini- trail all within easy walking dis- mum length that qualifies as a ,oped by the Catholics. ~ ...~~. steelhead. m Recyclers at work tanee of the parcel. And Y0u.get ~ tax exemp- With this being the first time "'Are we going to start Iook- tion for that/'.Taistra countered. the technology had been used in NOT EVERYTHI NG that ends up at the local dumps Is garbage. Just ask Frank Walker who's !ng at all the back alleys in town,~ Smith said the Church .fears.: the region, he said Fisheries staff seen above with power tools he either salvaged from the dump and repaired or bought with and turning them into parkland," ,more neighbouring houseswill had watched the video tapes to the proceeds of scavenging, For more on Walker and other salvagers, turn to page AS. he asked. nlearl mort ensure what the computer re- Echoing that view, councillor fic and not corded was accurate. Stewart finds a treasure trove THERE'S NOT gold in them thar gravel. operations tonnca of gravel we have to move said. The district already has a bulk hills but gravel - at least as far as To Stewart mayor Andy Burton smelter lay~ right now. It's got to go," said "In some places the river's 15 loading terminal from previous the District of Stewart is con- the project kills two birds with Icy affected by coal!:m~e Burton. to 20 feet higher than the town. lndnstdal activity in the area. cemed. one stone, as it were. *'And there's 350,000 cubic It's a Mississippi-levee situation. Stewart has asked the provincial That gravel is carried down the "This way we can achieve Stewart's request nowwork,.