Miscellaneous 



In co-operation with the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Citizen- 

 ship and Immigration, part of a study of the economics of the utiUzation of fish 

 and wildlife resources in northern Ontario was recently completed. The project, 

 which assessed the problems of fish marketing from this area, has been reported 

 and the conclusions are now being assessed. 



FISHERIES RESEARCH 



The fisheries research program is being developed to obtain the new facts and 

 to develop the new techniques necessary for management of both the sport and 

 commercial fisheries of Ontario. Constant attention is given to the task of selecting, 

 from the many problems suggested, those which, when solved, will provide the 

 greatest advantage to management throughout the Province, rather than locally. 

 Continued development of the program along these practical lines demands that 

 the close working relationship between management and research staffs be con- 

 tinued and constantly improved. This working relationship must be close enough 

 that research is fully aware of the problems of management and can set project 

 priorities accordingly, and close enough to achieve the maximum communication 

 of research results both verbally and through reports. Constant care must be taken 

 to avoid such close integration of effort that research is drawn into problems of 

 local rather than province-wide priority. In other agencies, where research has 

 failed to resist this temptation, their programs have become more and more 

 involved in investigations of local and immediate value only, and long range 

 planning and progress has become impossible for management. 



Our present good working relationship has resulted from: frequent issue of 

 full reports and progress reports; personal communication between research and 

 management specialists; an annual meeting of research and management biologists; 

 and meetings of advisory committees annually or semi-annually to discuss 

 the programs of research at each of our Great Lakes stations. These advisory 

 committees are made up of sportsmen, commercial fishermen, and management 

 and research staffs from both field and head offices. Consideration is being given 

 to formation of a similar advisory committee to consider the recently expanded 

 sport fish research program. 



During 1962 there were no major changes in our program, staff or facilities 

 in either the Great Lakes or game fish studies. Research on the directly related 

 field of limnology was consolidated for improved efficiency. Plans for future 

 projects dealing with walleyes (yellow pickerel) await only funds and staff, and 

 the field of lake classification as a means of improving inventory and maintaining 

 our fisheries waters was explored with encouraging results. 



Great Lakes Fisheries 



LAKE SUPERIOR 



The fisheries research program on Lake Superior remains the responsibility 

 of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, in accordance with the terms of the 

 Federal-Provincial agreement for Ontario fisheries. The Fisheries Research Board 

 is also the Canadian agent of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and is therefore 

 responsible for the conduct of the sea lamprey control experiment. Close contact 

 with these programs is maintained by the Fisheries Section staff through minor 



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