TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Pages. 

 Frontispiece. — Moose in the Quetico Forest Reserve. 

 Preamble. 



The Commercial Fisheries 6-89 



Depletion of the fisheries 6-10 



The whitefish 10-13 



The effects of legislation on the whitefish fisheries 13-14 



The limitation of nets 14-17 



Close seasons 17-20 



Close areas 20-22 



A close period 22 



The effect on the whitefish fisheries of extensive hatchery operations 22-25 



Scientific research 26-28 



The licensing of nets 28-33 



Various methods by which the provincial fisheries can be rehabilitated and 



a strong fish marli;et developed in Ontario 34-56 



Prohibition of export 35-38 



A provincial fish agency 38-42 



The imposition of an export duty on fish 42-43 



The powers of the Dominion and Provincial Governments in relation to the 



commercial fisheries of the Great Lakes 43-44 



An eflBcient personnel and equipment for a fisheries protective service. . 44-46 



The establishment of fish hatcheries and fish agencies 46 



The prohibition of export of fish 46-48 



Close seasons, a close period and close areas 48-49 



A provincial fisheries policy 49-54 



General recomm.endations in regard to the Great Lake commercial fish- 

 eries 54-56 



Commercial fishing in the lesser lakes of the Province 56-60 



Recommendations 60-61 



Fisheries of the Lake of the Woods 61-68 



Recommendations 68-69 



Fisheries of Lake Nipigon 69-71 



Recommendations 71 



The domestic license 71-74 



Recommendations 74 



Winter fishing 74-76 



Recommendations 76 



The sturgeon 76-79 



Recommendations 79-80 



The carp 80-85 



Recommendations 85 



The proposed international fishery regulations 86-88 



Recommendations 88-89 



The Sporting Fisheries 89-136 



The economic function of the sporting fisheries 89-94 



The sporting fishes 94-97 



The distribution and chief characteristics of the recognized game fishes of 



the Province 97-110 



The small-mouthed black bass 97-99 



The large-mouthed black bass 99-100 



The brook trout 100-104 



The mascalonge 104-106 



The lake trout 106-107 



The yellow pickerel 107-109 



The rainbow trout 109-110 



The distribution and chief characteristics of other fishes which provide sport 



and amusement to many anglers 110-113 



The pike 110-111 



The white bass Ill 



The speckled bass Ill 



The rock bass 111-112 



The perch 112 



The sunfish 112-llS 



The common mullet 118 



The common catfish 113 



