GAME AND FISHERIES FOR 1928 



ABBREVIATION'S: n D.^TE; A .\GE; L LENGTH 



Biological surveys were carried out on seven hundred and seven (707) 

 lakes and streams in 1928, which is four hundred and seventy-four (474) more 

 than in 1927. This brings the total of individual studies to one thousand and 

 nineteen (1,019). The number of waters studied in the various counties and 

 districts of the Province so far is as follows: — 



Table I. — Biological Surveys of Waters 



Algoma 18 



Brant 5 



Bruce 21 



Carleton 1 



Dufferin 3 



Durham 13 



Elgin 5 



Frontenac 29 



Glengarry 1 



Grey 18 



Haliburton 56 



Halton 6 



Hastings 26 



Lambton 1 



Lanark 6 



Leeds 4 



Lennox and Addington. 6 



Lincoln 2 



Kenora 1 



Middlesex 5 



Muskoka 58 



Nipissing 10 



Norfolk 8 



Northumberland 10 



Ontario 3 



Oxford 13 



Parry Sound 38 



Peel 3 



Perth 3 



Peterborough 24 



Prince Edward 2 



Rainy River 6 



Renfrew 29 



Simcoe 57 



Sudbury 13 



Temiskaming 3 



Thames Watershed .... 472 



Thunder Bay 8 



Victoria 7 



Waterloo 13 



Welland 2 



Wellington 4 



Wentworth 4 



York 2 



Total 1,019 



The biological surveys tabulated above include studies of all the lakes 

 and streams in the township of Oakley in Muskoka, and in the township of 

 Matchedash in Simcoe county. 



The planting of fish is one which demands painstaking thoroughness. For 

 the waters so far studied the most suitable planting places have been defined as 

 far as possible. However, it is obvious that it is a very difficult matter to 

 define in words the most suitable locations for planting. Considerable education 

 along these lines is necessary, unless the planting of the fish is taken over by 

 the hatchery officials and the Biologist of the Department and his assistants, 

 entirely. Plans are being made to hold meetings in the various districts of the 

 Province, in order to explain the purpose and importance of biological surveys 

 of lakes and streams, the principles underlying a practical stocking policy, and 

 the methods which should be employed in planting fry, fingerling and adult 

 fish. 



