European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 athe stars and stripes sunday april 12, 1992 West coast Salmon fishing put under severe restrictions by the los Angeles times Millbrae Calif. A with the number of Salmon off the West coast at an All time Low Federal regulators voted Friday to impose unprecedented restrictions on this years commercial Harvest. The decision by the Pacific fisheries management Council which imposes Tough restrictions on fishing along the entire coasts of California Oregon and Washington could spell financial ruin for Many commercial fishermen who depend on Salmon to carry them through the year. Recreational Salmon fishing will also be curtailed. A they provided the least amount of season possible without total closure a said Zeke grader spokesman for the Pacific coast federation of fishermen s associations. A a it a going to create some real  for decades the Salmon that spawn in the Rivers of the West have been in decline. Dams have blocked their migration upriver to spawn. Logging and cattle grazing Nave filled streams with Silt covering Many spawning grounds. In addition diversions to farms and cities have left Many Rivers with too Little water for Salmon to thrive in problem is not herewith the Hook and Lirra but in dirty with the plows and Concrete a Boyd Gibbons director of the Calif. Dept of pish and same finally six years of drought in California and this for us have brought the Salmon to the Brink of crisis. Years Al Nino weather pattern a a warming trend that has reduced the Salmon a food Supply in the Pacific a rink of i two species of Salmon the Sacramento River Winter run Chinook and the Snake River Sockeye have been declared threatened or endangered. Others Are under consideration for listing. A a today a decision by the fisheries management Council is the result of decades of environmental abuse a said Sierra club president Phillip Berry. A the severe economic social and ecological Cost of abusing our Rivers and forests drives Home an important lesson when we mistreat our precious natural resources we harm  traditionally the Pacific Salmon season ran from april is to sept. 30. Last year the season was pared Back so much that along the Northern coast of California some fishermen were Able to spend Only two months on the water. The fishery Council s decision a after four Days of hearings in the san Francisco Bay area and earlier sessions in the Pacific Northwest a was driven by the plight of the Klamath River whose Salmon stocks have suffered the greatest decline. The Klamath which runs from Southern Oregon and the Trinity mountains of California into the Pacific Ocean near Crescent City has been an important contributor to the fish catch off Northern California and much of Oregon. This year however Only an estimated 31,000 Salmon Are expected to return up the River to spawn a fewer than the 35,000 minimum the Council said was needed for the fishery to survive. Fishermen and environmentalists blame the Klamath a problems in part on the diversion of water from the coastal River system Over the mountains to californians Central Valley where it joins the Sacramento River and is pumped South to Farmers and City dwellers. The restrictions voted by the Council limit the commercial Harvest this year on the West coast to one fifth of the average annual take reported during the last 15 ears. The number of Salmon that can be caught will be larely More than half the take in 1983, until now the worst season Ever. Members of the Council were torn Between preserving the Klamath River Salmon and preventing destruction of the West coasts fishing communities. The 12-member panel also was frustrated with its inability to govern the fishes habitat and restore the water would improve the Salmon a chances of sur e to to gov lies that Vival. A the frustration i feel is we have this wonderful wild fish and we be mucked it up a not us but society a said Boyd Gibbons director of the California department of fish and game and a member of the panel. A the problem is not Here with the Hook and line but Inland with the plows and  at one Point the Council considered a total ban on recreational and commercial fishing this year. The conservation plan voted by the Council would ban All Salmon commercial fishing Only from Point Arena in Northern californians Mendocino county to North of Coos Bay Ore. Recreational fishing would be allowed at certain times. Along the rest of the West coast from Mexico to Canada some fishing would be allowed but rules would limit the season to As Short a time As two months and set quotas for the number of Salmon that can be taken. The councils recommendations which govern fishing in . Waters from three Miles to 200 Miles offshore must be approved by . Secretary of Commerce Barbara Hackman Franklin but that is usually a formality before taking effect. Despite the declining numbers of Salmon the destruction continues. Earlier this month scientists found that one third of this years Winter run Chinook Fry in the Sacramento River were sucked into pumps operated in the Sacramento san Joaquin Delta by state and Federal water projects. Mermen Anu environmentalists Tiame me re Imam s in Terai water projects. Lorida governor vetoes Bill iving protections to smokers it Aua acc i 1di\i Quilao it Tallahassee Fla. Gov. Lawton Chiles right vetoed a a smoker s rights Bill Friday saying it would cheapen the concept of civil rights if tobacco use was elevated to grounds for a lawsuit. The Bill by rep. Randy Mackey a Lake City would Nave forbidden any employer to fire refuse to promote or refuse to hire someone because of off duty use of any Legal agricultural product. It was heavily backed by the tobacco Industry which has won passage of such taws in 22 other states. But Chiles said in his veto message that Dis Chiles a ruminating against some one because of what they do is not the same As discriminating because of what they Are. He also said the Law was a vague and imprecise a Ana might result in lawsuits Bein filed against employers by people fired for coming to Wor with a hangover a since alcohol is derived from a a Legal agricultural products As defined in the Law. Chiles said the Mackey Bill wrongly a raises the use of Legal agricultural products to the status of a protected civil smokers and other such users of these products would have the same or More rights than those individuals who already confront invidious discrimination a said Chiles a nonsmoker. A a Florida a Laws protect people from discrimination because of their race age Handicap or National origin a qualities that cannot be  he said that kind of Protection should not be extended to a a class of people based solely on what they consume a cigarettes. A we should not trivialize Peoples fundamental civil rights with an unnecessary new class of a smokers a a he said. A quoting Montesquieu a useless Laws weaken necessary  a the vetoed Bill would have permitted employers to charge higher insurance rates for employees who smoke away from work. It also would have allowed smoking bans for firefighters and other employees whose Job specifications include health requirements. Chiles earlier this week signed a new Law extending the clean indoor air act. That Law after oct. 1, will re Auire a rather than allow a restaurants seating More than 50 customers to have non smoking sections and also will ban smoking in most common areas of Public buildings. The tobacco Industry had not opposed the clean indoor air act but concentrated on the a a smokers a rights Bill the governor vetoed. . Roth students injured chartered bus Accident from wire reports Halifax . A a bus chartered by a High school overturned Friday injuring at least 23 of 44 people on Board authorities said. No one was seriously Hurt said Diann Powers an administrative assistant at Pinecrest High school. The bus was one of two chartered to take Roth students about 200 Miles from Pinehurst in Central North Carolina to Virginia for visits to the Navy base in Norfolk Busch gardens and Williamsburg. Antoinette Williams a student on the second bus said she saw the bus ahead go off the Road turn Back onto the Highway then flip Over. The cause of the Accident near Halifax about 20 Miles South of the Virginia line was not immediately determined. No other vehicles were involved. The injured were taken to Halifax memorial Hospital in Roanoke rapids. Most were treated for cuts and bruises. Father follows son s suicide Greenfield . A Man fatally shot himself three weeks after his 16-year-old son committed suicide authorities said. Eugene Arnold 37, called the Saratoga county sheriffs office thursday saying he was despondent about his songs death and threatening suicide Deputy Charles Fuller said. A Deputy tried to talk Arnold into giving up his 12-gauge Shotgun but Arnold shot himself once in the stomach. Arnold a son Theodore shot himself once in the head with a .22-caliber Rifle near a flagpole outside Saratoga Junior High school on March 20. Friends of the teen Ager said he had been unhappy with his family life. Underwear thief jailed Lincoln neb. A a Man who admitted stealing a woman s underwear was sentenced to 90 Days in jail and five years probation. Randy s. Boone 37, was charged with two of a series of underwear thefts dating Back to 1984. He pleaded guilty to one charge the other was dismissed. County District judge Paul Merrittjr. On thursday also ordered Boone to undergo counselling. Police arrested Boone in november after investigating dozens of burglaries in which women a underwear was stolen from apartments or laundry rooms said police capt. Jon Briggs. Body found in Lake Ontario Oswego . A authorities Are trying to determine the identity of a Man whose partly decomposed body was found floating in a Cove in Lake Ontario. Authorities estimate the Man had been dead at least six months and possibly As Long As five years undersheriff Reue Todd said. Quot obviously we re interested in finding out who he is where he came from and Why he a Here a Todd said. A Man walking his dog discovered the body wednesday near nine mile Point just North of Oswego. The dead Man was described As White at least 20 years old about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. He was wearing Only White jockey shorts. Blast forces evacuations Mercer a. A propane exploded in an Auto dealers repair shop Friday causing a fire Jha destroyed the Dealership and forced 4,000 to 5,000 evacuations. No injuries were reported. The blast sent flames shooting from the dealerships roof late Friday morning billowing Black smoke could be seen for Miles. Firefighters ordered everyone within a mile of the site to leave including 200 people at the county courthouse and 1,000 students at an elementary school and a High school. Firefighters feared the cars might catch fire and explode said Dick Davis a spokesman for the county a emergency response Agency. The evacuees were allowed to return about seven hours later. A Salesman at the Dealership near Mercer about 60 Miles North of Pittsburgh said a propane truck was being serviced when the fuel tank Cap blew off releasing the propane