seasonal and organized camp licences sold in 1963 was slightly below that of 

 1962, presumably as a result of the new licence, but the total non-resident licence 

 sales was increased by 45,428 licences producing an increased revenue of 

 $76,182.00 for the year. 



Hatcheries 



Seventeen fish hatcheries were operated by the Department in 1963. These 

 are listed below in order of classification and by their relative geographic location 

 and Forest District: 



Hatchery 



Location 



Forest District 



Trout Rearing Stations 



Chatsworth 



Tarentorus 



Hill Lake 



Dorion 



Normandale 



North Bay 



Pembroke 



Codrington 



Pond Stations 

 Westport 

 White Lake 

 Deer Lake 

 Midhurst 

 Skeleton Lake 

 Sandfield 



Jar or Trough Stations 

 Wiarton 

 Little Current 

 Port Arthur 



Chatsworth 



R.R. 2, Sault Ste. Marie 



Charlton 



Dorion 



R. R. 1, Vittoria 



Balsam Creek 



R.R. 6, Pembroke 



Codrington 



Westport 

 Mountain Grove 

 Cordova Mines 

 Midhurst 

 UUswater 

 Sandfield 



Wiarton 

 Little Current 

 Port Arthur 



Lake Huron 

 Sault Ste. Marie 

 Swastika 

 Port Arthur 

 Lake Erie 

 North Bay 

 Pembroke 

 Lindsay 



Kemptville 

 Tweed 

 Lindsay 

 Lake Simcoe 

 Parry Sound 

 Sudbury 



Lake Huron 

 Sudbury 

 Port Arthur 



All of the hatcheries, except the Normandale station, were operated at or 

 near their normal production. The Chatsworth station was placed back in opera- 

 tion this year following renovation. It is not expected that this station will reach 

 full production until 1964 or later, but most of the new facilities are currently 

 in use. 



The Normandale station is presently inoperative and is scheduled for recon- 

 struction in 1964. The Gibson Creek ponds, a sub-station to the Normandale 

 hatchery, is still in operation and will continue to be maintained as a separate 

 unit during the period of renovation. 



A total of 72,420,035 eyed-eggs and fish were distributed in Ontario waters 

 in 1963. The distribution included the planting of nine different species of fish 

 as well as albino brook trout and hybrid splake (lake trout x brook trout). Pro- 

 duction and distribution of these fish by hatchery is outlined in Table II. A 

 summary of the total distribution by species for 1963 and for each of the pre- 

 ceding four years is also tabulated in Table III. 



The production and distribution of hatchery reared fish was maintained at 

 a reasonably high level in 1963. A decrease in the production and planting of 

 walleye eyed-eggs was the most significant change. This reduction was due mainly 

 to a recent change in department policy curtailing the distribution of walleye eyed 

 eggs and fry for maintenance planting in waters where the species is already 

 established. 



Two hundred thousand lake trout eyed-eggs were secured this year from the 

 Manitoba Government in exchange for 100,000 brook trout eyed-eggs and 50,000 



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