18 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1944) 



In this connection it would be difficult to estimate the actual value to the 

 Province as a whole of the voluntary efforts provided by the many hundreds of 

 Deputy Game Wardens who are appointed annually, with authority to see that 

 those with whom they might come in contact observe and obey these various provis- 

 ions, and the services along educational and conservational lines which are available 

 through the hundreds of local Game and Fish Protective Associations which have 

 been organized and flourish throughout the Province. This co-operation in past 

 years by sportsmen and organizations interested in promulgating in all concerned 

 the desirability of maintaining undiminished as far as possible our wild life 

 natural resources is an asset which cannot be computed in terms of monetary 

 references and one which has been deeply appreciated by those to whom the 

 administration of the Department of Game and Fisheries has been assigned. This 

 co-operation in the work of enforcement and conservation has undoubtedly influenc- 

 ed a spirit of better law observance by those who hunt, fish and trap in this Pro- 

 vince than could have been secured under conditions where such co-operation had 

 not been available. 



Enforcement officers in the performance of their duties did interrupt offend- 

 ers on various occasions and in such cases the seizure of equipment being used in 

 violation of provisions of the Act and regulations subsequently followed. During the 

 year under review there were 1,201 cases in which such seizures were provided. Such 

 seizures were the result of action provided by Game and Fisheries Overseers in 

 1080 cases, by Deputy Game Wardens in 24 cases, by Provincial Police Constables 

 in 25 cases. In 66 cases the seizures were the result of co-operative action by 

 Overseers, Deputy Game Wardens and Provincial Police, and in 6 cases by mem- 

 bers of Municipal police forces, and in two of which they were assisted by Game 

 and Fisheries Overseers. 



The following is a summary of the articles which were seized in these 

 actions: — 



Live animals and birds in 10 cases 



Birds, game animals and meat in 147 cases 



Fire-arms and ammunition in 398 cases 



Fish in 173 cases 



Nets and fishing equipment in 130 cases 



Angling equipment in 109 cases 



Pelts and hides in 247 cases 



Traps and trapping equipment in 188 cases 



Canoes, rowboats and motor-boats in 19 cases 



Outboard motors in 3 cases 



Motor vehicles in 8 cases 



Poison , in 4 cases 



Flashlights and Lanterns in 43 cases 



Spears in 48 cases 



Miscellaneous articles in 51 cases 



A combination of articles seized in individual cases, — such as fire-arms and 

 game, pelts and traps, fishing tackle and fish, etc., is responsible for the difference 

 in the total of the above summary and the number of the actual cases in which 

 seizure of articles was reported. 



From the records is derived the following information with reference to the 

 number and types of fire-arms which were seized, viz: — ^Shot-guns, single barrel 

 and double barrel, 124; repeating shotguns, 24; automatic shotguns, 1; 410 gauge 

 shotguns, 7; rifles, .22 calibre, 144; high-powered rifles, including .30, .300, .30/06, 

 .303, .30/. 30, .32, .32/. 20, .32/. 40. .351, .38, .38/. 55, .40, .44, .44/. 40, 6.5MM, 



