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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Port Alberni, BC \u2013 Canning jars are filled and freezers are stuffed with fresh sockeye salmon after a fortunate spell of cool weather sparked an abundant late-June return up the Somass River. Tseshaht First Nation fisher Shae Doiron netted almost 1,000 fish in a single set with her father Chuck and two deckhands. The lifelong fisher said the June 28 catch was the best she\u2019s ever had. Chuck simply described the big pay day as \u201cparadise\u201d. \u201cGrateful and blessed,\u201d Shae adds. \u201cWe are taken care of for the winter.\u201d Located in Port Alberni, Tseshaht and Hupa\u010dasath First Nations have an Economic Opportunity (EO) agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to gill net in the upper Alberni Inlet and the… <\/p>\n

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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Port Alberni, BC \u2013 Canning jars are filled and freezers are stuffed with fresh sockeye salmon after a fortunate spell of cool weather sparked an abundant late-June return up the Somass River. Tseshaht First Nation fisher Shae Doiron netted almost 1,000 fish in a single set with her father Chuck and two deckhands. The lifelong fisher said the June 28 catch was the best she\u2019s ever had. Chuck simply described the big pay day as \u201cparadise\u201d. \u201cGrateful and blessed,\u201d Shae adds. \u201cWe are taken care of for the winter.\u201d Located in Port Alberni, Tseshaht and Hupa\u010dasath First Nations have an Economic Opportunity (EO) agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to gill net in the upper Alberni Inlet and the... <\/p>\n

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