18 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 



United States Bureau of Fisheries 

 Dr. John Van Oosten. 



Ontario 



H. H. MacKay, Biologist and Director of the Fish Culture Branch, Toronto, 

 Ontario, Canada. 



The first meeting of the Advisory Committee was held in the Museum of 

 Natural History, Buffalo, June 22nd, and the second in the Reception Room 

 of the Parliament Buildings, Toronto, December 2, 1932. The chief recommen- 

 dations suggested by the Committee and applicable only to Lake Erie fisheries 

 were: 



(1) No gill net shall be more than 36 meshes deep, effective upon the 

 enactment by all states and the province represented by contracting parties. 



(2) There shall be a closed season from December 11th to the last 

 day of February, both dates inclusive, during which period commercial 

 fishing of all types shall be suspended. 



(3) No gill net with mesh less than 43<^ inches shall be employed for 

 the taking of whitefish and lake trout, effective January 1, 1934. 



(4) The use of any gill net with meshes between 3)^ inches and 4% 

 inches shall be illegal, effective January 1, 1934. 



(5) There shall be a closed season for sturgeon during the period, 

 January 1, 1934, to December 31, 1938, both dates inclusive. 



EDUCATIONAL ACTIMTIES 



Officials of the Branch have been actively engaged in giving illustrated 

 talks to game and fish protective societies and other organizations in connection 

 with the work of the Branch, the interpretation of the fisheries' laws and the 

 value and importance of conservation. 



April 4th, 1933. 



CLOSED WATERS 



The following waters were closed to all fishing during the year: 



Ada Lake — West of township of Stirling, district of Thunder Bay; closed to all fishing for a 

 period of one year from January 18, 1932. 



Aym Lake — West of township of Stirling, district of Thunder Bay; closed to all fishing for a 

 period of one year from January 18, 1932. 



Bass Lake — District of Rainy River, 2 miles north of Nestor's Falls, east of proposed Kenora- 

 Fort Frances highway; closed to all fishing. 



Current River — District of Thunder Bay; closed to all fishing until May 1, 1934. 



Golden Gate Lake — West of township of Stirling, district of Thunder Bay; closed to all fishing 

 for a period of one year from January 18, 1932. 



Little Gidl Lake— Lots 20-23, Concession X, township of Lutterworth, district of Haliburton; 

 closed to all fishing. 



Little McKenAe River and tributary creeks, including Mud Lake — District of Thunder Bay; 

 closed to all fishing until May 1, 1935. 



