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it was so successful that bass ponds were permanently established at Mount Pleasant, 

 near Brantford, in 1911. Progressively, from year to year, additional rearing facilities 

 for other species were provided. On July 1, 1926, the Province took over the Dominion 

 Hatcheries at Kenora, Port Arthur, Collingwood, Wiarton, Southampton, Samia, Kings- 

 ville and Belleville, and from that date fish rearing in Ontario was wholly a provincial 

 undertaking. 



At the present time, 27 hatcheries and rearing stations are operated. The following 

 table gives a brief account of the number of stations handling different species of fish 

 and their stage, age and length at distribution. 



A fish that is 12 months old, from the time of hatching, is a yearling. A fish one 

 inch long or over is a fingerling or undetyearling. Fry are those fish that have just 

 recently hatched. 



THE CULTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FISH 



Speckled Trout: 



Approximately 3,006,000 speckled trout yearlings and 4,500 speckled trout adults 

 were planted in suitable waters during the year. The distribution of yearlings was V/v 

 higher than that of the preceding year. The distribution of adults was fractionally 

 higher, and the fingerlings distributed showed a decrease of 76% as it is not the policy 

 of the Department to plant trout younger than yearlings. 



Brown Trout: 



One-quarter million yearlings were planted; a decrease of 32%, as compared with 

 1944. 



Rainbow Trout: 



(a) Steelhead trout: 



Only a few thousand eggs were collected and these were planted in the fry 

 stage. 



(b) Kamloops trout: 



There was an increase of 25% in the yearling distribution as compared with the 

 preceding year. 



Atlantic Salmon: 



Again, through the courtesy of the Department of Fisheries at Ottawa, our Depart- 



