I 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1936-37 13 



"In presenting this, the first of what we hope will be a monthly bulletin, we 

 have in mind an extension of the publicity work by which we are endeavouring to 

 make the people of the Province more deeply conscious of the valuable heritage 

 we posses in our wild life natural resources, and the necessity for conserving these 

 resources. 



"We appreciate the co-operation of the Sportsmen's Associations thoughout 

 the Province, as well as the individual co-operation of all those who, from an 

 aesthetic or recreational standpoint, are interested in the wild life. 



"With a view to fostering this spirit of co-operation it is our desire to convey 

 to the public all the information in the possession of the Department concerning 

 wild life resources of our forests, lakes and streams, and we hope that a wider 

 knowledge of conditions will result in a keener realization by the individual of his 

 own responsibility for the protection of these important assets." 



Various interesting extracts from the material which was published in the 

 issues of this publication during the months now being reviewed have been in- 

 corporated, with advantage, in this particular annual report of Departmental 

 activities, and indicative of the interesting information which appears in this 

 Monthly Bulletin is the following extract from the issue of January, 19 37 — 

 "Non-resident Angling Licenses: The value of the Tourist Industry to the Province 

 has been emphasized in a previous issue of the Bulletin. Its importance becomes 

 more and more evident each year as records are made available and data in con- 

 nection therewith is systematically tabulated. The Department of Game and 

 Fisheries exacts a license fee from non-residents who desire to fish in the Province. 

 A tabulation of the licenses issued divulge some very interesting information. Re- 

 turns show that a total of 48,09 7 non-resident angling licenses were issued during 

 1936. This total does not by any means represent the number of visitors fishing 

 within the Province. It is provided by the regulations that 'Children under the 

 age of twelve years may angle without a license, when accompanied by a member 

 of his or her family who is in possession of a non-resident angling license.' 

 Further provision is made for the issuing of a special Family License covering a 

 husband, his wife and their children not over the age of twenty-one years, at a fee 

 somewhat higher than that for an individual license. Of the total number of 

 licenses issued 12,810 were Family Licenses, 



"As each licensee furnishes the Department with his name and address it is 

 possible to compile a distribution of the different States and countries represented 

 by the license holders. It is interesting to note that every State in the American 

 Union with the exception of Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming had representatives 

 fishing in Ontario during the summer of 1936. The nearby States of Ohio, Michigan, 

 New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois sent us thousands of sportsmen, the others 

 contributed lesser numbers in direct ratio to their geographical locations. The 

 Provinces of Canada, from British Columbia to Quebec supplied their quotas of 

 visiting anglers but the Maritimes are not represented. Most interesting of all, 

 however, is the information that fishing licenses were sold to visitors from such 

 widely separated parts of the world as England, Java, Porto Rico, Australia, East 

 Africa, Panama, Hawaii, India and the West Indies." 



Owing to the provisions of the Regulations under which non-resident angling 

 licenses are issued, and more particularly the conditions which govern the use of 

 these licenses to which previous reference has been made, figures are not available 

 showing the actual number of non-resident anglers, though it has been estimated 

 that under the licenses issued during the year a grand total of more than 68,000 

 non-residents legally enjoyed the recreational advantages of the excellent fishing 

 which is available in the waters of this Province. 



TOURIST OUTFITTERS' CAMP LICENSES: 



In accordance with a suggestion which was submitted for the consideration 

 -of the Fish and Game Committee of the Legislative Assembly by the organized 



