Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january 1990 Page 2 Julian provincial editor Good fishing boosts Economy by Lisa Gervais special to the free press Skownan Dave Campbell estimates he will make to fishing Chitek Lake this it is a lot More Money than last said the lakes 20 commercial fishermen did not really Winter fish last year because there were few but the about 150 Kilometres Northwest of has recovered this which Are like Gold to the Small communities around Are lining the pockets of fishermen and the people who Supply it is estimated the recovery will pump to into the local it gives a Benefit to Campbell while freeing fish from his it pays the Bills and Means larger benefits from unemployment insurance in the sum George watermen Lake fishermen association it helps pay some More Dano said in an without Chitek we would have had a poor Dano was referring to a poor catch on the other Lake Fisher men work in the Crystal who works at the watermen Lake said Busin esses i the area Are benefiting from the the fishermen Are coming in for Coffee and food and this works out Well for she at the Skownan general Marjorie Nep Inak echoed that As Treyve been they support she she said the store Sells a lot of Oil and food to fishermen going out on the it Means they Are capable of paying off their she i get More of a Cash flow from it is a pretty significant amount of Money into Skownan and where there int a lot Hugh regional fisheries manager with the department of natural re said in an last fishermen caught less than kilograms of Pickerel but have caught More than kilo Grams so far this the season ends april valiant said the restocking of the which has been going on for several is responsible for the improved he said certain classes of such As those put into the Lake in 1985 and May have result ing in the Good the fishermen have played a role in restocking the putting a portion of their fishing income to Ward the Dano said fishermen meet two or three times a year and decide How much they will contribute per Pound of fish Shawn buy educational program to help protect Birds Dave Campbell predicts he will make a lot More Money Winter fishing this by John Mcphee the Filmon government has a message for Manitoba commercial fishermen killing Birds wont in crease your the department of natural re sources plans to dispense information at Lake Winnipegosis and sur rounding areas about the habits of water officials Hope the program will prevent mass Slaughter of such As one last summer at North Long Island on Lake in that cormorants and White pelicans were killed last july two men from Basterville were recently charged under the wildlife Protection act and Are slated to appear in court ramp say its not unknown for fishermen to kill Birds on the Island because they blame them for eating away the lakes valuable fish fishermen say the Birds Are depleting lucrative such As Wall Eye and provincial biologists say Cormo rants eat mostly surface such As Perch and natural resources department spokesman Don Keith said the information program is needed because fishermen Are not convinced that the Birds Are not the there has been debate about this for a Long he said in an we have to have some thing Concrete and concise to substantiate our using a very targeted approach through Public information education in the schools and Keith has said overfishing is the main reason for the decline in fish stocks at Lake provincial wildlife biologist Wil Liam Koonz said an information pro Gram must go beyond educating besides the local officials and other people in the Community must be he Koonz said fishermen and Resi dents would be the losers if the Bird population he said he believes there is Poten tial for a lucrative tourist Industry based on the huge colonies of Birds on area theres a big Opportunity Koonz its estimated there Are about cormorants nesting around Lake Cedar Lake and Lake eradicate Birds cormorants have been protected by Law in Manitoba since the the Law was passed after an unsuccessful attempt to eradicate the Birds from the but the president of the Lake Winnipegosis fishermen association believes another eradication program should be there must be something that can be Ray Fleming said in an i know that Many years ago they used to paint the Bird eggs so they fishermen on Cedar Lake would also like to see cormorants the director of the Basterville fishing Scott Brad told the free press last sum Mer the Birds Are killing All the were looking for the govern ment to give us some Way to get rid of rms uneasy about fire ban idea by Maureen Houston Winnipeg free press Killarney a proposed ban on burning in smaller waste disposal Sites could become a big Burden on taxpayers in communities of less than municipal officials if we it would mean the nuisance grounds would fill up said Murray Secretary treasurer for this town of and the Adja cent Rural municipality of Turtle about 320 Kilometres Southwest of i dont know what wed the costs would be tremendous and in not sure the environmental Impact of burning is that much out draft changes draft changes to Manitoba environment act were sent out to towns and municipalities at the end of David head of provincial waste from an environmental Point of they should be operating with out open he people can put anything in their garbage pails and some of those things might give off toxic and a lot of people Are complaining to the municipalities and to us about but Many communities that have just heard about the changes Are afraid the province May forge ahead with the new legislation without considering the Impact on local govern right off the wed have to buy a big chunk of said Gerry Secretary treasurer for neighbouring Boissevain and the Rural municipality of before the province does any they better look at what the hell these places Are supposed to Walter chairman of the provinces waste disposal grounds review said about 16 municipalities responded with some concerns to the draft i guess the perception is that it would be an outright ban on Burn he noting some Burn ing May be allowed with Environ ment department the will be Sim Ilar to that currently allowed in larger Landfill which is usually restricted to Wood and after reviewing the concerns last he the committee will be recommending a number of Amend ments before the Bill is tabled in the legislature this he would not give the town Council in 75 kilo metres West of is so concerned Over the pending changes that it has forwarded a Resolution on the Issue to the Union of Manitoba municipalities umm and the environment were not against the no burning weve recognized that eventually its got to come town superintendent Norman Baxter were just lets go slow and do it because its a very High Cost for a Small in a town of with a supervised Landfill site More advanced than the changes would require a compacting a a new truck to haul an additional employee and enlarged storage facilities not to mention the Cost of More umm president Manson Moir said Rural municipalities realize some thing has to be done about but we Hope it will be in such a manner that All communities can go along with its going to be n major thing for i can see said Reeve of the Rural municipality of Albert near but i guess were going to have to clean up our airline Abandons passenger runs a Small Churchil based airline has Given up its attempt to take Over the passenger Market in the Keewatin District of the Northwest Terri nuns Northland airlines will Cut passenger service monday to seven Remote Northern commune leaving at least seven of its 35 employees out of the communities of Eskimo whale Rankin Chester Field Baker Coral har Bor and repulse Bay will continue to be served by Calm air International we were basically a duplicate Nanasi general manager Scott Edgar but its hard to take Over a Market with one Small Edgar said the passenger expert which began last has been 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