ENFORCEMENT 



It Is the primary responsibility of this section to see that the 

 provisions of the following legislation and regulations are complied 

 with, viz: The Game and Fisheries Act and the Regulations adopted 

 thereunder, the Ontario Fishery Regulations promulgated in accordance 

 with The Fisheries Act (Canada), and The Migratory Birds Convention 

 Act and Regulations, also a federal enactment. 



A field staff of some 190 Conservation Officers are placed at 

 strategic points throughout the province to protect fish and wildlife 

 against violations; assist in many phases of conservation and manage- 

 ment work and at all times be good public relations officers. The 

 officer's task is not always a pleasant one and he is frequently re- 

 quired to spend many dreary hours in soaking rain and plodding through 

 bush deep in snow. Most people consider the officers get paid for a 

 Job that they consider fun or recreation. The dividing line between 

 work and pleasure is hard to define, but any Job done day after day 

 becomes work, though it still may be enjoyable. For all this, the 

 sportsmen will find the officer of wonderful assistance in the field 

 and the violator will find him hard but Just. 



The following is a synopsis of three average cases within a week 

 in different parts of the province brought to satisfactory conclusion 

 by our Conservation Officers. 



(a) Two Conservation Officers were making a routine check on 

 anglers' catches around Lake Nipissing. They came across 7 men packing 

 their car to return home. Hidden under a false floor of their station 

 wagon were metal trays containing 489 iced pickerel and 72 pike. The 

 officers seized the fish, car, 4 tackle boxes and 2 outboard motors. 

 Each man was convicted and paid a fine of $50.00 and costs. Their fish- 

 ing equipment and outboard motors were confiscated and the car released 

 upon payment of a $400.00 assessment. 



(b) A Conservation Officer and an O.P.P. constable on patrol on 

 Highway 65 were startled one day to see a car racing along with men on 

 each front fender and another on the running board. They all had loaded 



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