GAME AND FISHERIES FOR 1928 



Hatcheries 



At the Department's hatcheries located at Mount Pleasant, Glenora, 

 Sault Ste. Marie. Normandale, Port Carling, Port Arthur, Fort Frances, Colling- 

 wood, Wiarton, Kenora, Sarnia. Southampton, Kingsville and Belleville, the 

 work of fish culture is carried on, with various species of fish. The following 

 table shows the results obtained at these hatcheries during the past three years. 



1926 1927 1928 



Maskinonge Fry and Fingerlings 68,000 53,000 



Whitefish Frv 260,575,000 448,789,750 346,172,000 



Pickerel Frv 13,820,000 223,945,000 155,921,750 



Salmon Trout Frv' and Fingerlings 8,501,000 21,465,375 22,806,090 



Herring Fry 11,225.000 18,410,000 17,830,000 



Rainbow Trout Fry and Fingerlings 1,800 419 



Speckled Trout Frv and Fingerlings 1,085.300 1,444,050 1,669,600 



Black Bass Fingerlings 12.500 5,425 60,833 



Parent Black Bass 1,569 90 



Parent Speckled Trotit 300 606 200 



295,222,469 714,128,206 544,513,982 



The distribution of the 1928 production is detailed on other pages of this 

 report. In all, six hundred and fifty-eight shipments were required to complete 

 this distribution, as follows: — 



Number of Shipments 



Speckled Trout Fingerlings 166 



Speckled Trout Fry Ill 



Speckled Trout, Parent 2 



279 



Lake Trout 134 



Pickerel 125 



Whitefish 50 



Herring 13 



Bass Fingerlings 42 



Bass Fry 8 



Bass, Parent 3 



53 



Maskinonge 2 



Rainbow Trout Fingerlings 2 



658 shipments. 



Biological Studies 



Biological surveys of lakes and streams and specific problems of importance 

 to fisheries were continued under the supervision of the Department's Biologist, 

 Mr. H. H. MacKay. In this work he was assisted by Messrs. R. A. McKenzie 

 and K. Hamilton, graduates in biology of the University of Toronto, and by 

 Messrs. W. L. Dibbon (2), J. .Savage (1), A. E. Allin (3),' R. F. Cain (2), R. J. 

 Perkin (1), undergraduates in biological courses at the University of Toronto; 

 and by Messrs. G. W. McCracken (4), G. C. Toner (4). R. w'. Peavoy (4), 

 undergraduates of Queen's University, Kingston, in biology, or in a course 

 combined with biology. The number after each name signifies the student's 

 year at university. 



There is a very great scarcity of qualified men available for field work. 

 Nevertheless, with the ever-increasing interest, increasing demand and possi- 

 bilities for such work, future prospects for trained men for fisheries' investiga- 

 tions are hopeful. In future it is desirable that sufficient graduates maybe 

 available and that the Department ma>- also secure for summer's work the 

 services of active university teachers, especially qualified in fisheries' 

 investigations. 



