species including suckers contributed to the rise of 20J^ over the 1959 

 catch. 



Northern lakes and rivers continued to produce at a good high level, 

 8.1J^ above 1959 for a total of over eight million pounds of fish. 



During I96O the orgainizations of Ontario Fishermen were active and 

 both the Lake Erie Fisheries Council and the ttitario Council of Commercial 

 Fisheries played an important role in recommending changes which they 

 considered to be of value to the fishery of the Province. 



The experimental trawl fishery for smelt proved successful during 

 the year in Lake Erie and an experimental vessel made a short reconnaissance 

 survey* in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Trawls took a total of 7*018,785 

 pounds of fish during the year, of which 6,709,694 pounds were smelt. The 

 catches were made during each month of the year, being halted only during 

 the heaviest ice periods of late winter. 



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