Th« resulting effect has therefore been a general expansion of the overall fishery 

 with muoh of the increased pressure being spread over a more extensive area* 



Winter ioe fishing is an integral part of the sport fishery in Ontario 

 ^Moh is also gaining rapidly in poptdarity. This fishery ^rtxioh was mainly confined 

 to a few areas in southern Ontario a few years ago now forms a very significant part 

 of the sport fishery in many areas of the Province. The key centers of activity btb 

 still located on Lake Simcoe and on Lake Brie and connecting Great Lakes waters y but 

 increased interest and development in the sport is evident in the Fort Frances » Kenontf 

 Sault Ste« Marie» Sudbury and North Bay Districts* Reports received from the 

 Kemptville» Tweed and Lindsay Districts | i^ere winter fishing seasons have only 

 recently been provided , also indicate considerable interest and activity in the sport* 



The fisheries management program which was undertaken in Ontaxio in I96O 

 was essentially similar to the work which was carried out in previous years* 

 Particular eiophasis was again placed on the need for the collection of fundamental 

 information on the quality of waters and the fish populations contained therein, and 

 on the condition of the existing fisheries* Lake and stream surveys , fish population 

 studies and creel census studies were conducted extensively in each of the 22 forest 

 districts* In addition considerable attention was directed to the distribution and 

 planting of hatchery reared fish and to investigation of a number of special projects 

 which were undertaken in various areas of the Province* 



Twenty^-one fish hatcheries were operated by the Department in I96O* These 

 included eight rearing stations, eight pond stations (including one sub-station at 

 Ingersoll) and five trough or jar hatcheries* 



Host of the hatcheries were operated at, or near maximum capacity* However, 

 two of the trout rearing stations at Chatsworth and Normandale were under re-coxistruotion 

 and the production at these sites was greatly reduced* The operations of the jar 

 hatchery at Kingsville and the pond station at Mount Pleasant were also curtailed 

 mainly because of the deterioration in the respective water sitpplies and, in the 

 case of Kingsville Hatchery, because of the lack of siq>ply of suitable egg stocks* 



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