Hatcheries 



The production of fish for restocking purposes at our provincial hatcheries 

 was maintained at a reasonably high level in 1964. In all, seventeen hatchery 

 establishments were operated and these are listed below according to classification, 

 geographic location and Forest District: 



Hatchery 



Location 



Forest District 



Trout Rearing Stations 



Chatsworth 

 Tarentorus 

 Hill Lake 

 Dorion 

 Normandale 

 North Bay 

 Pembroke 

 Codrington 



Pond Stations 



Westport 

 White Lake 

 Deer Lake 

 Midhurst 

 Skeleton Lake 

 Sandfield 



Jar or Trough Stations 



Wiarton 

 Little Current 

 Port Arthur 



Chatsworth 



R.R. 2, Sault Ste. Marie 



Charlton 



Dorion 



R.R. 1, Vittoria 



Balsam Creek 



R.R. 6, Pembroke 



Codrington 



Westport 

 Mountain Grove 

 Cordova Mines 

 Midhurst 

 Ullswater 

 Sandfield 



Wiarton 

 Little Current 

 Port Arthur 



Lake Huron 

 Sault Ste. Marie 

 Swastika 

 Port Arthur 

 Lake Erie 

 North Bay 

 Pembroke 

 Lindsay 



Kemptville 

 Tweed 

 Lindsay 

 Lake Simcoe 

 Parry Sound 

 Sudbury 



Lake Hui'on 

 Sudbury 

 Port Arthur 



The Chatsworth station was back in full production after a period of renova- 

 tion and contributed significantly to the fisheries program. The Normandale 

 hatchery was inoperative but the Gibson Creek ponds, an independent sub-station 

 of Normandale, was functional throughout 1964. The construction of the new 

 trout rearing station at Normandale progressed steadily and the pond areas were 

 completed. Erection of the new hatchery building was commenced in 1964 and 

 is scheduled for completion in 1965. Preliminary planning was carried out for 

 the reconstruction of the North Bay (Balsam Creek) hatchery and trout rearing 

 station. 



The total distribution of fish from provincial hatcheries for 1965 is outlined 

 in Table II. This year, approximately 48,842,302 fish of various ages, eyed eggs 

 to adults, and including nine species were produced and planted in Ontario 

 waters. A summary of the total distribution by species for 1964 and for the 

 preceding four years is also tabulated in Table 3. 



The decrease in the production and planting of walleye and whitefish eyed 

 eggs and fry was the most significant change during the current year. This 

 reduction was due mainly to a recent change in department policy curtailing 

 the distribution of walleye and whitefish eyed eggs and fry for maintenance 

 planting in waters where these fish are already established. 



The Manitoba government provided Ontario with 200,000 lake trout eyed 

 eggs in exchange for 100,000 brook trout eyed eggs and 50,000 maskinonge 

 fry supplied from Dorion and Deer Lake hatcheries respectively. Two additional 

 lots of 50,000 maskinonge fry were also supplied to the National Parks Branch 

 of the Federal government and to the Fish and Game Department of the Province 

 of Quebec from the Deer Lake hatchery. 



As part of an extensive program to rehabilitate lake trout in Lake Superior, 

 large scale plantings of marked lake trout yearlings were carried out in 1964 from 

 Dorion and Tarentorus hatcheries. Some 222,400 of these fish were released 



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