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CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 5 



Fish licenses first issued, 1887 6 



S. Wilmot and various Orders in Council 6 



Alberta separated and domestic and commercial licenses 



dropped 7 



Over-fishing- 8 



Average Whitefish catch, Lake Winnipeg, 1904-9 9 



Extent of waters 10-11 



History of the fisheries 11-17 



Methods of fishing (winter and summer) 17 



Closing of summer fishing unnecessary 18-19 



Fall fishing 20 



Alleged depletion of Manitoba waters 21 



Control of foreign companies 22 



Middlemen 22-23 



West will require more fish 23 



Decrease in size of fish and proposed remedy 23-24 



Under-sized whitefish on 1 the market 24-25 



Sturgeon and caviar export prohibited 25 



Close seasons (permit for cold storage) 25-26 



Tullibee close season abolished 26-27 



Improve routine of issue of licenses 27-28 



Fewer and better paid officers 28 



Patrol boats 29 



St. Andrew's Eapids and Walhalla dam 29-30 



Fishways necessary 30 



Eoyalty on fish 30-31 



Hatcheries failure of some, Big Island, &c 31-32 



Gold-eye worthy of attention 32 



Stocking waters pickerel, bass 32-33 



Biological investigations in Manitoba, need for 33 



Claims of Indians and settlers 34 



Ample notice of change in regulations 35 



Lowering of Lake Dauphin 35 



Annual statistics more details necessary 36 



Extensions of time 36 



Regulations recommended General 37-38 



Lake Winnipeg, &c 38-43 



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