FISH AND WILDLIFE BRANCH 



The Annual Report of the Fish and Wildlife Branch provides a continuous 

 record of activities that have gone on from year to year, and becomes a valuable 

 reference on that account. It also is a record of change, and changes are not 

 always recognized when they happen. Nevertheless they do show up, and broad 

 patterns are very plain. 



There was a period when the chief emphasis was on commercial fisheries, 

 and the reports became the earliest and for a while the only reference work 

 on the fishes of the province. Again it became preoccupied with the develop- 

 ment of fish hatcheries and fish stocking. At another stage emphasis was on 

 building up the ranch fur industry and the longest sections were scientific reports 

 from the Kirkfield experimental fur farm. 



For recent years a future reader will detect a preoccupation with the 

 growth of our human population and the pressure of more and more sportsmen 

 on dwindling open areas and waters. We have seen more than a dozen townships 

 over which hunters once moved freely disappear into the conurbation, to be- 

 come dormitories for hunters who wander still farther afield. This year we made 

 our first moves towards managed public hunting. Limited as they were they 

 were successful, so that we can be sure that there is more to come and public 

 fishing may appear in next year's record. 



WILDLIFE SECTION 



OFEN SEASONS 

 Moose 



Schedule 1 — Residents and Non-residents — September 30 to December 23, 

 1961. 



Commencing at the intersection of the boundary between Ontario and 

 Quebec with the southerly shore of James Bay; thence southerly along that 

 boundary to its intersection with the centre line of the right-of-way of the most 

 northerly east-west line of the Canadian National Railways; thence westerly 

 along that centre line to its intersection with the easterly boundary of the geo- 

 graphic Township of Shackleton in the Territorial District of Cochrane; thence 

 southerly along the easterly boundaries of the geographic townships of Shackle- 

 ton, Carmichael, Ford, Oke, Aitken, Fortune and Enid, to the southeasterly 

 comer of the last-mentioned geographic township; thence southerly along the 

 easterly boundaries of the geographic townships of Frey, Sewell, and Kenogaming, 

 in the Territorial District of Sudbury, to the southwesterly comer of the geo- 

 graphic Township of Pharand in the Territorial District of Timiskaming; thence 

 easterly along the southerly boundaries of the geographic townships of Pharand, 

 Childerhose, Doyle, Musgrove, Bartlett, and Geikie, to the southeasterly corner 

 of the last-mentioned geographic township; thence southerly along the westerly 

 boundaries of the geographic townships of Hincks, Montrose, Midlothian, Ray- 

 mond, Knight, Turrell, Leonard, North Williams, and Dufl'erin, to the south- 

 westerly corner of the last-mentioned geographic township; thence westerly along 



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