for lake trout and sucker eggs; and several demonstrations of trap net and trawl 

 net operations for the benefit of commercial fishermen. 



In addition to the routine inspection and repair of all nets and gear, the staff 

 constructed new nets for districts as follows: 16 gangs of gill nets, one trap net and 

 eight leaders, one retainer and one hoop net. 



Regulations 



An important amendment to the Fisheries Act established a special licence 

 for lake trout angling in Lake Superior beginning in the summer of 1965. The 

 licence is issued free of charge and the co-operation of anglers is solicited in the 

 return of the "creel census" portion of the licence which requests information on 

 angling success relative to lake trout. 



Heretofore, no information was available on the harvest of lake trout by 

 angling in Lake Superior. The commercial aspect of the fishery was being 

 managed under a quota system and there was some evidence that angling pressure 

 was rapidly increasing as returns from plants of hatchery reared fish continued to 

 increase. In view of this additional angler activity and the need for an accurate 

 assessment of total harvest to facilitate a type of management consistent with the 

 quota system, it was imperative that the amount of lake trout harvested by angling 

 on an area basis be determined. Hence, the special licence was established. 



Although no major changes were made in the fishery regulations for 1965, 

 some of the minor amendments were noteworthy and are listed as follows. The 

 restrictions on the use of live bait-fish in the districts of Algoma, Cochrane, 

 Thunder Bay and Timiskaming were almost completely abolished; a minimum size 

 limit of 30" was established for maskinonge in Lake St. Clair in a co-operative 

 approach to management with the State of Michigan; boundaries of Division I 

 were amended on the basis of biological information relative to spawning periods 

 of fish; the open season for general angling (bass, muskie, walleye, panfish) in the 

 Kawartha Lakes area was extended from October 15th to November 30th; the 

 early opening of the brook trout season (last Saturday in February) was extended 

 to include most of the province with the exception of Algonquin Park and the 

 central and southwestern portions of southern Ontario; the open season on rainbow 

 trout was extended to November 30th in the districts of Muskoka, Parry Sound 

 and parts of the province north and west thereof; and the number of persons 

 required in a party to qualify for an organized camp licence was reduced from ten 

 to five, but the permissive age was dropped from 21 to 17 years. 



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