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Salmon shutdown
SUMMER’S LAST HURRAH
DFO announces all-out ban on Fraser River salmon fishing until further notice
CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com
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boriginal communities along the lower Fraser River could face a lean winter, after officials banned all salmon fishing in the region in an effort to allow as many sockeye as possible to get to their spawning creeks. Less than half the forecasted numbers of sockeye, a 21 per cent lower water flow measured at Hope and record high water temperatures of 21C in the Fraser
Canyon prompted the ban on all species of salmon last week. Even though pinks are returning in good numbers, officials want to protect any sockeye that may get caught in other salmon fisheries. As of Friday and until further notice, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans with the Pacific Salmon Commission closed fishing for any salmon species on the lower Fraser River, from Steveston upstream to the Alexandra Bridge in the Fraser Canyon above Hope. The ban affects
all recreational, commercial and aboriginal fisheries. That means some of the 94 First Nations communities along the Fraser River will be facing hardships this year, said Ernie Crey, a fishery advisor to the Sto:lo Tribal Council. Aboriginal communities have fished the Fraser for sockeye for millennia as their main source of protein, and that relationship continues to be crucial. see SALMON, page A4
Adlem challenges Banman and Abbotsford on survey response Losing mayor washes the winner’s car ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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Nicholas Schmid, 10, has fun at the water park in Abbotsford on Tuesday. With the continuing hot, sunny weather, the water park will be a popular place to be, right up until school starts on Sept. 3.
istrict of Mission Mayor Ted Adlem has thrown down the gauntlet, or rather a soapy sponge, in a challenge to his counterpart in Abbotsford. Adlem has bet Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman that Mission residents will outdo Abbotsford residents when it comes to participating in an online health survey. And he’s putting some elbow grease on the line. “If the City of Abbotsford can encourage more people to participate in the survey than we can in Mission, I will personally wash and wax Mayor Banman’s car,”
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Mission Mayor Ted Adlem has bet Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman more Mission residents will do an online health survey. promised Adlem. “And I propose that if Mission wins this challenge, Mayor Banman will come
across the river and wash my truck.” see SURVEY, page A4
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