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faction to the Department, and showed a willingness at all times to comply with 

 their instructions, and displayed an eagerness in the protection of the waters which 

 were assigned to them to patrol. 



Special Officers. 



In the same manner as in former years special officers were stationed at vari- 

 ous points to inspect all the fish that were intended for shipment. The number of 

 these officers was increased and their services in the main were satisfactory. The 

 exporting of immature fish has diminished to a very great extent during the last 

 few years, through the watchfulness of these officers. :, 



All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant, 



E. TiNSLEY. 



GAME AND FISHERIES INSPECTORS. 



Toronto, 3rd December, 1912. 

 E. TiNSLEY, Esq., 



Superiniendent, Game and Fisheries. r r 



SiR.^— I have the honour to submit my report for 1913. 



Commercial Fishing. 



The season just closed has been fairly successful from a commercial point of 

 view, nearly. all points reporting as good a catch as last season, many reporting a 

 better catch and very few saying that there was a decrease. Lake Erie points 

 report an increased oatch of white fish, also a good catch of herring. 



Too many small blue pickerel, herring and perch are being caught; a limit 

 to the size of these fish should be established. I notice that in last year's report 

 Warden Chauvin recommends a ten inch limit. From enquiries made I agree with 

 him that this would be about right. Something of this kind should be done. Lake 

 trout are about the same as last season, the catch not being quite as good up to 

 the 1st of November, but the ten days extension made up the deficit. This appears 

 to me a somewhat reckless way of making it up, but if it had not been done most 

 of the hatcheries would have been short of spawn. As it is all of them are filled up. 



Yellow pickerel (dore), one of our mocjt valuable fish, are becoming scarcer 

 in most of our waters ; in my opinion the close season for these fish does not begin 

 early enough. 



Angling. 



Reported that black bass were numerous, but not as many caught as in some 

 former years, anglers blaming the weather. 



Tourists were not as numerous as last season. The weather, no doubt,_ accounts 

 for this. 



Altogether it was a disappointing year at the summer resorts. 



I am told that in some of the Muskoka Lakes they are seeing the results of the 

 planting of Bass fingerlings from your Mount Pleasant bass ponds. This, of 

 course, was to be expected. 



