Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 



No. 3 



Table No. 19 

 CONVICTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1949 



Angling without Non-Resident 



Licenses 



Exporting undersized or over-limit 



of fish 



Taking undersized or over-limit of 



fish 



Angling with more than one line 



194 



34 



136 

 31 



Fishing other than by angling 93 



Illegal possession of gill nets 61 



Illegal possession of fish in closed 



season 



Setting nets in restricted areas 



Taking undersized or Game Fish in 



nets 



Taking fish by use of artificial lights 



Angling in restricted waters 



Pollution of waters 



Commercial fishing without licenses _ 



Exporting filleted fish 



Allowing fish to spoil 



Importing live minnows 



Guiding without licenses 



Hunting without licenses 



Hunting in closed season 103 



91 



9. 



10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 IS. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 



20. Hunting during prohibited hours .... 



21. Hunting deer without licensed guides 

 (Rainy River and Kenora Districts) 



22. Hunting with unplugged shotguns .... 

 2i. Hunting ducks from power boats 



24. Jacklighting deer 



25. Illegal possession of game in closed 

 season 



26. Illegal possession of female deer or 

 fawns 



27. Killing cow moose _ 



152 



2 



14 



26 



4 



3 



2 



4 



8 



10 



543 



11 

 19 

 10 



2 



99 



12 



5 



28. Illegal use of poison 1 



29. Trespassing 12 



30. Loaded firearms in motor 



vehicles, etc. 129 



Illegal possession of firearms in 

 Crown Game Preserves and 



Provincial Parks 98 



Illegal possession of firearms in 



lumber and mining camps, etc. 70 



Firearms not encased or dismantled 



at night 13 



Illegal possession of and transporting 



unsealed deer 33 



Shooting from motor cars or across 



highways 7 



Allowing dogs to run at large 6 



Hunting with dogs not licenced 2 



Hunting migratory birds and 



pheasants with rifles 14 



Obstructing an Officer 7 



Taking hen pheasants 6 



Killing wild native birds 3 



42. Operating Tourist Outfitters' Camps 



without licenses 4 



Trapping without licenses 71 



Illegal possession of furs 104 



Set snares in closed season _ 6 



Trapping during closed season 13 



Trapping in Game Preserves and 



Provincial Parks 10 



Set traps in muskrat burrows and 



beaver houses 16 



Ship furs by plane without licenses... 1 



Keep wild animals without permits .. 2 



2,302 



31. 



2,2. 



U. 



34. 



35. 



36. 

 37. 

 38. 



39. 

 40. 

 41. 



43. 

 44. 

 45. 

 46. 

 47. 



48. 



49. 

 50. 



Charges were laid against violators in a total of 2,601 cases in which infractions 

 of the legislation and regulations it is our duty to administer and enforce had either 

 been witnessed or disclosed upon investigation. 



In 2.302 cases, convictions were registered by the presiding magistrates before 

 whom the respective charges were heard. Charges were dismissed due to lack of 

 evidence in 106 cases. In the remaining 193 cases the charges were withdrawn. 



It may be of interest to relate that while quite a large percentage of these 

 cases constituted infractions of but a minor nature, there were many deliberate viola- 

 tions in which, following prosecution and conviction of the offenders, severe penalties 

 were imposed, important amongst which were: 



(a) Illegal taking and possession of beaver 



(b) Unlawful hunting and trapping in Provincial Parks and Crown Game 

 Preserves 



(c) Assaulting and obstructing officers 



(d) Illegal killing of cow moose 



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