THE REPORT UPON No. 9 



Angling 



The demand for non-resident angling licenses is increasing yearly, and the 

 revenue received from this source forms no mean part of the total revenue 

 received from the fisheries of the Province. The heavy demand on the game 

 fish may best be shown by a comparison of the revenues received from the 

 sale of non-resident angling licenses as follows: — 



1923 1924 1925 1926 



Revnues from Angling Licenses. . . $77,856 75 $105,862 50 $128,115 00 $145,913 50 



To cope with the heavy demand made by the anglers for game fish, it will 

 be necessary for the Department to use the existing hatcheries to their utmost 

 capacity, as well as to use every means within its power towards conservation 

 by the prevention of the pollution of waters, and the taking of fish illegally 

 and during the time prohibited by law. 



Hatcheries 



Elsewhere in this report will be found in detail the quantities and varieties 

 of fry and fingerlings placed in various w^aters of the Province from hatcheries 

 located at Mount Pleasant, Glenora, Sault Ste. Marie, Normandale, Port 

 Carling, Port Arthur and Fort Frances, and for comparative purposes with 

 previous years, the following figures show a summary of total distribution: — 



1924 1925 1926 



Whitefish Fry 437,469,000 246,125,500 260,575,000 



Pickerel Fry 80,250,000 49,015,000 13,820,000 



Salmon Troui Fingerlings and Fry 7,801,000 7,320,425 8,501,000 



Herring Fry 32,475,000 45,050,500 11,225,000 



Rainbow Trout Fry and Fingerlings 15,000 3,000 1,800 



Speckled Trout Fry and Fingerlings 1,898,500 676,700 1,085,300 



Black Bass Fry and Fingerlings 338,000 12,500 



Parent Black Bass 1,111 611 1,569 



Parent Speckled Trout 300 



560,247,611 348,191,736 295,222,469 



On July 1st, 1926, the Federal Government discontinued the propagation 

 of fish in eight hatcheries located at:— 



Coliingwood Sarnia 



Wiarton Southampton 



Port Arthur Kingsville 



Kenora Belleville 



The operation of same, however, was continuous, as the Province of Ontario 

 assumed control as soon as operations were discontinued by the Federal Govern- 

 ment and after the distribution of fry and fingerlings was made. The collection 

 of speckled trout spawn from the Normandale Creek ponds still continues to 

 be of a satisfactory nature, and the undertaking has been so successful that it 

 is now advisable to have further ponds established, in order that an increased 

 quantity of speckled trout, fry and fingerlings may be distributed throughout 

 the Province; the demand for which far exceeds the present production. 



Biological Investigations 



The Department of Game and Fisheries receives annually hundreds of 

 applications for fish in various stages of development (fry, fingerlings and 

 adults), and before distribution is made from the Provincial Hatcheries each 



