COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL 

 FISHING LICENCES ISSUED IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO 



Type of Licence 1963 1964 Increase Decrease 



Gill Net 1,075 1,088 13 



Pound & Trap Net 166 161 5 



Hoop Net 269 266 3 



Coarse Fish Seine 92 90 2 



Baited Hook 222 251 29 



Dip Net 16 17 1 



Trolling 22 27 5 



TOTAL 1,862 1,900 



Bait-fish Seine, Trap & Dip 2,125 2,114 11 



Bait-fish Dealers 591 651 60 



Bait-fish Preserving 101 121 20 



TOTAL 2,817 2,886 



TOTAL ALL LICENCES 4,679 4,786 



NET INCREASE 107 



BAIT FISH PRODUCTION AND VALUE BY FORESTRY DISTRICT 



1964 



Catch 

 District Value (By Dozens) 



Aylmer $519,726. 1,960,102 



Chapleau 349. 383 



Cochrane 10,000. 23,775 



Fort Frances 74,279. 161,610 



Geraldton 5,488. 13,923 



Gogama 909. 1,851 



Hespeler 12,729. 43,964 



Kapuskasing 2,132. 7,050 



Kemptville 50,910. 110,675 



Kenora 142,210. 294,479 



Lindsay 110,000. 177,700 



Maple 36,328. 119,587 



North Bay 72,784. 117,491 



Parry Sound 77,372. 155,060 



Pembroke 11,452. 26,830 



Port Arthur 50,000. 120,000 



Sault Ste. Marie 22,341. 36,544 



Sioux Lookout 33,558. 73,979 



Sudbury 61,624. 80,724 



Swastika 7,455. 18,986 



Tweed 81,078. 181,936 



White River 4,529. 8,178 



TOTAL $1,387,253. 3,734,827 



Average price — 390 per dozen 



THE COMMERCIAL FISHERY 



During 1964 a total of 43,510,352 pounds of fish was landed by Ontario 

 commercial fishermen. The value of these fish to the primary producer was $5,229,- 

 820.11. While the 1964 catch showed a decrease of over ten million pounds or 20 

 per cent from the previous year, the value was down only five per cent from 

 $5,503,955.00 in 1963 to $5,229,820.00 in 1964. A major decline in yellow perch 

 production of over nine million pounds accounted largely for the reduced landings 

 in 1964 while improved prices for the same species of over ten cents per pound 

 meant that the returns to the fishermen were only $274,135.00 less than the pre- 

 vious year. It is of interest that the value of the 1964 catch was only slightly less 

 $(111,380.00) than the value of the all-time record production of 1962 landings in 

 excess of sixty-three million pounds were recorded. 



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