SUMMARY OF THE FISH DISTRIBUTED FROM LICENCED PRIVATE HATCHERIES IN ONTARIO DURING 1966 

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PRIVATE HATCHERY 



SPECIES DISTRIBUTED 



AGE 



K.V. Tiffin, 



Midhurst Trout Hatchery, 



R.R. 1, Midhurst 



W. McCutcheon, 



R.R. 1, Rockwood 



Ray Olan, 



Box 63, Campbellville 



James Alexander, 



Ozark Lodge. 



R.R. 3, Cobourg 



Ivan Cryderman. 



Rainbow Ranch, Box 9 



Milton 



Donald Barnes, 



St. George Trout Farm, 



R.R. 1, St. George 



Shadowbrook Trout Hatchery, 

 R.R. 2, Hornings Mills 



Russell C. Coulson, 

 R.R. 3, Campbellville 

 Fred Trimborn, 

 Spring Valley Hatchery, 

 R.R. 2, Petersburg 



Harold White, 



Box 201, Aylmer West 



James Howgego, 

 Woodstock Trout Hatchery, 

 260 Mill Street, Woodstock 



Brook Trout 



Rainbow Trout 

 Rainbow Trout 



Brook Trout 



Rainbow Trout 



Brook Trout 

 Rainbow Trout 



Brook Trout 



Rainbow Trout 

 Brook Trout 



Rainbow Trout 



Largemouth Bass 



Bluegills 

 Brook Trout 



Rainbow Trout 



A policy has been established in Ontario to limit the im- 

 portation of fish and spawn in order to control the spread 

 of parasites, diseases, and undesirable species. However, a 

 limited number of permits were issued in 1966 for the 

 importation of fall-spawning rainbow trout eggs. The source 

 of the eggs in the western United States was designated 

 because the hatchery has no record of disease organisms 

 that have not yet appeared in Ontario. The sole reason for 

 allowing this import was because there were inadequate 

 stocks of fall-spawning rainbow trout in Ontario. For the 

 distribution of fish raised by private hatcheries for restock- 

 ing purposes in 1966 see Table 25. 



Commercial Fish 



This Unit is responsible for the issuance of commercial 

 fishing licences as well as accounting for licence fees; col- 

 lection and compilation of statistics of the catch; initiating 

 and directing programs for monitoring of fish stocks through 

 sampling systems; establishment of seasons, quotas and 

 conditions for fishing; development of programs to assist 

 the industry in catching, processing, handling and marketing 

 fishes. 

 LICENCING 



Licencing practices and policies applying to commercial 

 fisheries are continuously being reviewed and revised in 

 light of information on current biologic and economic con- 

 ditions. In July of 1966, a policy statement respecting the 

 licensing of fisheries on Lake Huron was announced. It 



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 Adults 



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provided for the expansion of existing fisheries; the elimina- 

 tion of licences under which the fishing privileges were not 

 being exercised; and the restriction of entry into the fishery 

 through new licensing. Previous provisions for transferring 

 a fishery and for experimental fishing were retained. 

 The objective was to strengthen the fishery resource man- 

 agement program through which the active Lake Huron- 

 Georgian Bay fishermen would have a better opportunity to 

 attain a level of income comparable to that enjoyed by those 

 employed in other industries in the community. At the same 

 time, the objectives of allowing full and multiple resource 

 use while ensuring continuing optimum yields continued as 

 the basic frame of reference. 

 ORGANIZATION CHANGES 



The Commercial Fish Unit was enlarged in 1966 by the addi- 

 tion of a classification for a third biologist. The position was 

 filled in 1967. The new position will allow attention to be 

 directed more fully to the program of data collection from 

 commercial catches and more reliable quota decisions. The 

 use of quotas as a means of fixing the commercial harvest 

 to an optimum level is increasing. Information obtained by 

 examining the species, size and age composition of com- 

 mercial catches of fish will aid in setting quotas. It also 

 provides a basis for other management decisions. 

 FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

 Instruction in modern fishing techniques and in the proper 

 care of fish was provided Indians in Northern Ontario under 

 the Federal-Provincial Resources Development Agreement 



