taken per day and four additional may be in possession. Mergansers are not 

 counted in the daily bag or possession limit. 



Geese (in the aggregate): 



5 per day, 10 in possession. 

 Rails, Coots and Gallinules (in the aggregate): 



5 per day, 10 in possession. 

 Wilson's Snipe: 



10 per day, 20 in possession. 

 Woodcock: 



8 per day, 16 in possession. 



FIELD SERVICES 

 Enforcement 



In the year under review convictions registered, totalled 2,347. This is an 

 increase over the previous year of 111. There is some evidence that law enforce- 

 ment training courses are responsible for a part of this upswing. A total of 42 

 conservation officers received instruction from the Department Law Enforcement 

 Training officer in a series of ten courses, bringing the total to 156 officers who 

 have attended such courses. In addition, some 22 supervisory personnel, such as 

 senior conservation officers, assistant senior conservation officers, Wildlife and 

 Fisheries Management officers and biologists attended a four-week course at the 

 Ontario Police College. This latter course provides for a broader interpretation of 

 law enforcement under such Acts as: The Canada Evidence Act, The Ontario 

 Evidence Act, portions of the Criminal Code and The Summary Convictions Act 

 (Ontario). These Acts are then discussed in respect to The Game and Fish Act, 

 1961-62 The Ontario Fishery Regulations, The Migratory Birds Convention Act 

 and the Migratory Bird Regulations and a number of other related Acts associated 

 with their duties in the Department of Lands and Forests. 



The upswing in convictions may be due to officers having more confidence 

 and knowledge respecting law and game enforcement procedure and the fact that 

 their supervisors are more capable of giving sound advice in respect to these 

 matters. There has also been a 50% reduction in the number of cases dismissed 

 as compared to 1960-61 before these courses began. 



The conservation officer staff which includes supervisors at District head- 

 quarters, fisheries management officers, wildlife management officers and those 

 whose duties are in the field, number 245 establishments with 8 vacancies occur- 

 ring during the year. 



The law enforcement programme over a 10-year period provides the follow- 

 ing convictions recorded. 



1956-57 2,704 convictions 



1957-58 2,993 



1958-59 2,525 



1959-60 2,228 



1960-61 2,160 



1961-62 2,049 



1962-63 2,045 



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