hand la still particularly useful for immediate application in dealing with the eocisting 



fisheries in the area* 



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In 1931 » four fish sanctuaries , covering almost the entire western shore 

 of the Bruce Peninsula^ were established for the protection of the smallmouth bass 

 population during the month of June« This extensive closed area greatly restricts 

 the sport fishing activity for tourist operators, cottages, and private fishing 

 clubs, especially in the Stokes Bay area* The current project was undertaken to 

 study the smallmouth bass fishery in the Stokes Bay area and to recommend an 

 appropriate management program* 



Results from the study are incomplete* It is e3q>ected that two or three 

 years of intensive investigation will be req.uired before any definite conclusion can 

 be reached* However, during the first year of study considerable information was 

 obtained on the age, growth and mattirity of the smallmouth bass* Approximately 

 3,000 smallmouth bass were tagged and released diu?ing the year* Returns from these 

 operations also provided preliminary data on the distribution and abundance of the 

 species in the area* 



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A number of important amendments were made to the Ontario Fishery Regulations 

 in 1960* The most significant changes affecting the sport fish species were as 

 follcvrst 



1* The removal of the seven inch size limit on speckled trout, rainbow trout, 



brown trout and aurora trout* 

 2* The reduced creel limit for lake trout taken in Lake Timagami and southern 

 Ontario (excluding the French and Mattawa Rivers, Lake Nipissing, the Oreat 

 Lakes and connecting waters and the St* Lawrence River) from five to three 

 in one day* 

 3* The extension of the open seasons for angling for yellow walleye from 



May 23rd to May 13th for the area north and west of and excluding the Krenoh 

 and Mattawa Rivers and Lake Nipissing, and from December 31st to Miarch 31 at 

 for the area south of and including the French and Mattawa Rivers and 

 Lake Nipissing* 



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