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Investigations in regard to the establishment of new lines protecting inshore 

 waters and prohibiting commercial fishing in the areas enclosed by such lines 

 show (1) that areas already closed should not be interferred with, since the 

 factors which caused their closure are still in operation; (2) that a line on the 

 south shore of the Georgian bay would act as an effective spawning sanctuary 

 for commercial fish, such as lake trout, game fish, or any variety sought after 

 by anglers, and would also provide a spawning sanctuary for pike, maskinonge. 

 and pickerel in the southeastern section of the bay; (3) that an extension of the 

 present closed area on the northeast shore, if extended outwards and in a north- 

 westerly direction to take in the inshore waters of the north shore, would act as 

 an adequate spawning area for whitefish, pickerel, and bass. 



Fishermen operating in such areas have certain claims which would require 

 a hearing and remedial measures. 



IXTERXATIONAL COXVEXTIOX OF GaME-FiSH AXD CoXSERVATIOX CoMMISSIOXERS 



The twenty-fourth annual convention of the International Association of 

 Game-Fish and Conservation Commissioners convened at the Royal \ ork 

 Hotel, Toronto, August 25th and 26th, 1930. Mr. Hoyes Lloyd, of Ottawa, 

 presided over the meeting. 



Many interesting papers were presented by representatives ot the states of 

 the United States and the provinces of Canada, and constructive suggestions 

 were offered and ideas exchanged regarding many phases of conservational 

 problems, including the rearing and distribution of game birds and the protection, 

 winter feeding, and habitats of game animals. 



Sixtieth Axxual Meetixg of the Americax Fisheries' Society 



The sixtieth annual meeting of the American Fisheries' Society convened 

 at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, August 27th, 28th, and 29th, 1930. Dr. 

 David L. Belding, of Boston, Mass., the president, presided over the meeting 

 with the late Mr. Carlos Avery, secretary and treasurer. 



An address of welcome was tendered by the Honourable Charles McCrea, 

 Minister of Mines, Game and Fisheries for Ontario. 



On Wednesday, August 27th at 12.30 p.m. the members of the American 

 Fisheries' Society were guests of the Province of Ontario at a luncheon at the 

 Royal York Hotel and during the afternoon and evening at the Canadian 

 National Exhibition. 



Numerous papers were presented at the meeting under the following major 

 headings: Fish Culture, Nutrition, Diseases, Research, Pollution, Commercial 

 Fisheries, and Miscellaneous Subjects. In all, forty-eight papers by authorities 

 were listed on the programme, but only thirty-seven were read and discussed, 

 the remainder being read by title on account of the absence of the authors. 



The meeting was well attended by representatives of the majority of the 

 states of the United States and the provinces of Canada. The following 

 institutions or agencies in Canada more or lessdirectly concerned with the theory 

 and practice of fish culture and fishery problems were represented: the Biological 

 Board of Canada; the Department of Biology. University of Toronto; Depart- 

 ment of Marine and Fisheries for Canada; and the Department of <jame and 

 Fisheries for Ontario. 



The following papers were presented by officials and seasonal investigators 

 of the Biological and Fish Culture Branch, Department of Game and Fisheries, 



