The total di8trll)ution of hatchory rearod fish planted in i960 together 

 with the plcmtlng reoorde for the previous four years is tabulated by speoies and 

 by age group in Table 3« It is noted that the larger prodtiotion and planting of 

 smallmouth and largemouth black bass fry and fingerling, and pickerel and whitefish 

 eyed eggs and fry was due mainly to the suooessful oolleotion and oiattire of these 

 speoies rather than any planned eacpansion of the hatohery progiram* The reduced 

 production and planting of trout yearlings iras due primsirily to the teinpcrary 

 reduction in facilities at the Chatsworth and Normandale trout rearing stations* 

 However, the oiirrent pxractice of the Department to produce larger size fish also had 

 an influencing affect, limiting the total number of trout nhioh can be produced in 

 the available facilities* 



This year one hundred thousand lake trout eyed eggs were obtained from the 

 Uanitoba Provincial Oovemment in exchange for an eqxial number of speckled trout 

 eyed eggs which were supplied from the Dorion trout reeuring station* The exchange 

 was arranged by the Department when extreme low water conditions resiilted in a poor 

 collection of lake trout spawn from Big Trout Lake in the Patricia District* The 

 transfer of each lot of eggs was a complete success and the resulting stock in each 

 case is reported to be in excellent condition* 



The lake trout rehabilitation program fez* Lake Superior was continued in 

 i960* This year an estimated total of 44^9891 hatchery reared lake trout, including 

 30,230 fingerling and 393,641 yearling size fish were marked and planted in Lake 

 Superior* The fingerling trout which were produced at the Port Arthur hatohery 

 were marked by the removal of the right and left pectoral fins and planted in the 

 vicinity of Pie Island, located at the mouth of Thunder Bay* The yearling stock was 

 produced at the Dorion and Tarentorus trout rearing stations* Approximately 263964I 

 fish from the Dorion station were marked by the removal of the right pectoral fin 

 and planted in the Hossport - St* Ignace Island area* The r«aainder of the stock, 

 estimated at 130,000 fish, was marked by the removal of the adipose and left pectoral 

 fins* These fish were planted in the vicinity of the Agawa Rocks from the Tarentorus 

 station* 



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