FISHERIES SECTION 



SPORT FISH AND HATCHERIES 



The responsibilities of this Unit are to manage and develop 

 the natural fisheries resource; to augment it where possible 

 and desirable by the planting of hatchery fish and the de- 

 velopment of additional fisheries; and to encourage wise 

 use of the resource. 



To accomplish these objectives in conjunction with field 

 staff, Unit personnel are involved in the planning and co- 

 ordination of programs to assess the fishery and its degree 

 of utilization by anglers; to determine the effectiveness of 

 fish plantings; to establish angling seasons and regulations 

 and to test their validity; to initiate habitat improvement; to 

 study fisheries problems and to evaluate remedial action; to 

 provide public access to natural waters and to acquire and 

 develop public fishing areas; and to dispense information 

 and to promote the sports fishery. 



The operation of an extensive system of fish hatcheries is 

 an important part of fish management in Ontario. Produc- 

 tion and distribution of fish stocks, modernization of the 

 hatchery system, and the application of new fish cultural 

 techniques are involved in the program. 



ANGLING REGULATIONS AND SUMMARY 



Numerous, minor amendments to the Ontario Fishery Regu- 

 lations were enacted to solve specific management prob- 

 lems or to permit more liberalized fishing in keeping with 

 the status of the resource. 



Winter fishing for brook trout in the streams and ponds 

 of St. Joseph Island was prohibited by placing the island in 

 Division 2. 



Algonquin Provincial Park was consolidated as Division 

 13, rather than Divisions 13 and 14. 



Winter fishing for brook, brown and rainbow trout was 

 established for the southerly portion of the District of Mus- 

 koka by placing it in Division 7. 



That portion of Crowe Lake in the County of Peterbor- 

 ough was deleted from Division 6 and placed in Division 7. 



Winter fishing for brook, brown and rainbow trout in Di- 

 vision 10 was extended two months by establishing the 

 opening date as January 1st. 



The open season for rainbow trout in Divisions 1, 2, 16 

 and 17, and in the special rivers having an extended fall 

 season, was extended to December 31st. 



The open season for bass and maskinonge in Division 12 

 (Ontario - Quebec border waters) was extended to March 

 31st. 



An "all year" open season on maskinonge was established 

 for Divisions 20 and 24. 



The over-all closing date for fishing in Algonquin Park 

 was extended from October 15 to November 30. 



The daily catch limit on lake trout was reduced from five 

 to three in Division 19 and in that part of Division 16 lying 

 north of the French and Mattawa Rivers. 



Sauger were included with blue pickerel and yellow pick- 

 erel relative to the daily catch limit. 



The daily catch limit on brook trout was established as 

 ten fish, or five pounds plus one fish, in the following coun- 

 ties which constitute the Lake Huron Forest District: Brant, 

 Bruce, Grey, Halton, Huron, Oxford, Perth, Waterloo, Wel- 

 lington and Wentworth. 



Blue pickerel and sauger were included with yellow pick- 

 erel relative to open seasons for angling. 



The open season on brook and brown trout was estab- 

 lished from January 1st to September 15th in the following 

 areas: Eugenia and Bells Lakes in the County of Grey; Cam- 

 eron and Gillies Lakes in the County of Bruce; and Pinery 

 Park Pond in the County of Lambton. 



The Summary of the Ontario Fishing Regulations was im- 

 proved by the addition of further relevant information, by 

 the deletion or clarification of wordy passages, by the re- 

 arrangement of material, and by effecting a general tidying 

 up of the format. 



A thirty-pound lake trout taken from Saganaga Lake, Thunder 

 Bay Forest District. Photo by C. E. Monk. 



