the course, which now makes a total of 30,913 hunters in the field, trained under 

 this program. 



A number of conservation clubs and other organizations have participated 

 in the instructional program, as summarized below. 



Ontario Federation of Conservatio;n Clubs Miscellaneous 



Year Anglers & Hunters Clubs outside Federation Organizations 



1960 47% 24% 29% 



1961 41% 22% 37% 



The miscellaneous group includes such organizations as high school cadet corps, 

 the Boy Scouts' Association, cadet corps of the Armed Services, service clubs and 

 church groups, along with a number of individual instructors. The importance 

 of the participation of the miscellaneous groups in providing instruction appears 

 to be growing. 



It is too soon to assess the effects of the Hunter Safety Training Program in 

 reducing hunting accidents. The major increase in accidents in 1960, as compared 

 with 1959, cannot be attributed to better collection of data. It was a particularly 

 black year, though the degree of public indignation expressed may well have aided 

 materially in achieving the lesser accident toll of 1961. 



FISHERIES SECTION 



Game Fish and Hatcheries Sub-secfion 



Ontario's sport fishing is one of the major industries of the Province. 

 Although no precise value can be placed on the worth of the sport fishery to 

 the economy of the Province, its importance is recognized as being one of the 

 most popular forms of recreation in Ontario as well as being a primary attraction 

 to tourist travel in the Province. 



Public interest in sport fishing in Ontario has been increasing annually in 

 recent years, and this trend continued in 1961. Field reports received from most 

 of the twenty-two forest districts in the Province indicated an increase in the 

 number of fishermen and in the amount of fishing pressure exerted on the resource 

 during the current year. 



No accurate data are available on the total number of people who participated 

 in sport fishing in Ontario in 1961. However, on the basis of results obtained 

 from a household survey, which was conducted throughout the Province in 1959, 

 and on the reported increase in the number of anglers observed from field oper- 

 ations during the interim, it is estimated that the number of resident anglers in 

 the Province probably approaches U/2 million people. With the addition of non- 

 resident anglers, which numbered about 425,000 in 1961, it may then be 

 estimated that a total of some 1,900,000 anglers probably fished in Ontario 

 waters in 1961. 



This year a record number of non-resident and Provincial Park licences was 

 sold in Ontario for a gross revenue of $2,527,212.49. The total number of 

 licences sold increased from 416,755 in 1960 to 434,133 in 1961, an increase of 

 27,358 licences, or an increase of more than six per cent over the previous record 

 sale in 1960. A complete record of all fishing licence sales for 1961, and for the 

 previous three years, is given in Table I. 



Fishing success varied considerably throughout the Province, depending on 

 the area and the season of the year. However, in general, most anglers experienced 

 reasonably good success on the average. In southern Ontario, fishing pressure 



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