* ROE @ ® Continued from Page B10 reduced to fish meal, fertilizer and | oil, and prices to the fishermen were very low, | Between 1966. and 1970 the biologists shut down the fishery because their research and moni- toring showed a drop in-spawning activity. However, as the female matures at three years, the stocks bounced back. the delights of herring roc and a whole new segment of B.C.’s huge — coastal fishery was born. The mar- ket went mad and during violent ‘price oscillations, the value per landed ton of ‘herring reached an incredible $5,000. Everyone jumped back in and the canneries were swamped, the roe in processed fish failed to meet high standards, and more regula- tions were put on: the fishery. Now the average price per ton is ‘between $2,100 and $2,500 with the small gillnetters which can only net about a-ton an hour getting high prices while the sein- ers capable of taking huge tonnage in quick sets gelling a much lower rale. Not ‘everyone is: happy with the ~ price balancing act, but again, every. fisherman prospers, com- pany boats, the independents, and (he crewman who work on a share NO. CC ith Any progr: R The Diet E Diet atl Jin, puny den | wed d pt Then the Japanese discovered . Re gisuration f & \ i i ytroductor) y. cc cer nt e rs ( enter” : MARINA COURT |. 61-9843 2nd SL, Sidney Hours: 6:90 am.5S p.m. ‘Monday. to Friday 14 Island Contios ta Serve You. the catch basis. B.C. roc is preferred to the California and Alaska product for reasons not quite known to the scientists, but Doug Hay says: “Ours has a special snap, crackle and pop, something like caviar, | guess. Cold, fresh and salted, it is very good.” He said, “It is absolutely vital to harvest at exactly the right time, just before they get the spawning urge. When they move into the Gulf in winter, when they move to the spawning grounds, the shal- lows and the bays, the testing must goon. “Like most fish we do not know everything about them but we’ve learned.a great deal in a few years and when we say go, we know that is exactly the right time. The Japanese are very carcful buyers and so quality.control is absolutely » vital. We produce high quality, and they know it.” About 20 per cent of the occan- feeding fish are allowed to be caught from several designated areas, depending on the studies. ~ When they spawn, the females ‘deposit their eggs by the trillions and the males swim through them ~ fertilizing their eggs. In ideal con-. - ditions, fertilization can be 100.per - cent. Then the battle for survival begins, with’ every element against them. FIRING THE. FIELD GUN to ‘commemorate: its 20th anni versary are members of the ‘Admiral Budge Sed Cadet Corps, earlier this year: With fall. approaching, the. Peninsulgbased corps es vane? looking for. new v TeCrUniS, ce ee owe Ine, ( Het ¢ sete vy ou se om a 30/89 ; CALL TODAY FOR A FREE “CONSULTATION - A high tide and an offshore wind can deposit windrows 20 feet wide and sometimes almost a foot deep and hundreds of yards long up on the beaches and the mortal- ity rate is cnormous. , Also, tens of thousands of sea birds feast on the floating roe and | those that survive the larval stage are fair game to every fish in the: sea, as well as seals-and sca lions and. whales. Sometimes. if the small fish become packed into a shallow bay millions will dic from lack of oxygen: “For every .10,000 fertilized eggs, we hope that one mature fish will return to spawn. A good thing is that unlike the salmon which dics after. spawning, the fish mature at three and they can keep coming back for four or five more years.” Three thousand years ago the people of what is now Denmark ~ ate herring and Captain George Vancouver, exploring the B.C. coast in 1792,.bought them from the natives and marveled at their good taste and the Englishman on Sunday has two kippers. on his toast and is’ happy. “In Canada, here ‘in B.C., we. - fish for salmon, using herring bait _ but we don’t eat herring itself: Vm “NOL sure: you can buy fresh herring in the fish stores. That is S100 bad, 7 -said: Hay.: HELMUT BLANA pholo Six. weeks from now you could be ‘lighter! 25 Ibs. You’ i jee! the difference a0 FOL BC | 656- 3961 ‘Wednesday, September 6, 1989" TheReview : “BIL rena ca 2440 BEVAN AVE. DISCOUNT CARS FROM $4 m= OD oF cer 656-0551 on 1987 or later models DAILY PUBLIC DENTU RISTS B.L. RICARD. E.M. 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