THE REPORT UPON No. 14 



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The fee for non-resident angling permits was maintained at $5.00, and all 

 residents may angle without permit or charge, except on such territories as are 

 legally prohibited. For the waters of Lake Nipigon and Nipigon River a special 

 permit is required by both residents and non-residents. The fees collected for 

 angling permits for the year amounted to $63,132.00, as compared with 

 856,565.00 for the previous year. The reports received from issuers of permits 

 and from anglers throughout the province show that game fish of all kinds are 

 plentiful and no doubt due credit must be given to the distribution of fry and 

 fingerlings by the provincial hatcheries for the past few years. 



Hatcheries. 



Since the year 1918, the Department has completed, equipped and main- 

 tained three large and modern hatcheries for the propagation of both commercial 

 and game fish, with the result that the distribution of fry and fingerlings has 

 correspondingly increased and the public waters are now showing the benefits 

 of these expenditures with gratification to the anglers as well as those who are 

 catering to the transportation and other needs of the tourist trade. In order 

 that this work may be further extended, a most suitable site for a large hatchery 

 has been secured in the eastern part of the Province near the town of Picton, in 

 Prince Edward county. . The property includes what is known as the "Lake-on- 

 the-Mountain," which provides an ample and admirable water supply by gravity. 

 This hatchery will fill a long felt need for the supply of game fish throughout the 

 eastern part of the Province at the least possible transportation costs. 



A detailed report of the waters stocked will be shown elsewhere in this 

 report, and the summary which is here shown can be considered very satisfactory, 

 as compared with the previous year: — 



Whitefish Fry 



Pickerel Fry 



Salmon Trout Fry 



Steel Head Salmon Fry 



Herring Fry 



Rainbow Trout Fry 



Speckled Trout Fingerlings and Fry 



Black Bass Fingerlings and Fry 



Parent Black Bass 



The demand for fry and fingerlings increases year by year, and the demand 

 exceeds the available supply in spite of the increased deliveries, which are sum- 

 marized since the year 1912, as follows: — ■ 



1912 150,000 1918 58,356,631 



1913 173,815 1919 22,361,748 



1914 598,630 1920 77,783,360 



1915 1,697,425 1921 155,347,142 



1916 1,570,450 1922 270,174,812 



1917 2,156,928 



Game Sanctuaries. 



During the year an additional area was set aside as a game sanctuary under 

 the authority of an Order-in-Council, and a complete list of all areas set aside 

 by this Department is shown, as follows: — 



