1934 ANNUAL REPORT, 1933 23 



Public and Private Fishing Rights in Inland Waters 



The conflicting issue of public and private fishing rights in inland 

 waters, chiefly along streams located in more populated areas, was for some 

 time more or less acute. In order to overcome difficulties of this nature, the 

 Department now requires the signatures of all the landowners affected to a 

 clause on the application form by which they consent to allow public 

 fishing for a least five years after Government re-stocking. 



New Hatchery vSites for Small-Mouthed Black Bass Culture 



White lake, in Frontenac county, was set aside as a propagatory centre 

 for small-mouthed black bass and offers many possibilities as an admirable 

 site for the development of nursery ponds. 



Two large ponds weie constructed on the grounds of the Government 

 Reformatory at Guelph and should prove useful as a source of supply for 

 suitable quantities of the species from time to time. 



A New Hatchery Site for Pickerel and Whitefish 



Before fall spawntaking operatings were commenced a commercial 

 fish hatchery, having a capacity for handling 75,000,000 whitefish eggs was 

 ready for operation at Little Current, Manitoulin Island. This will be the 

 means of supplying the wateis of the North Channel and north and north- 

 easterly sections of the Georgian Bay with a satisfactory supply of white- 

 fish fry annually and will, therefore, supplement the work of nature in 

 maintaining the important whitefish fisheries in those areas. In the spring 

 of the year the hatchery may be used for the propagation of pickerel fry 

 for distribution to suitable parts of the North Channel and Georgian Bay. 



Culture of Land-Locked Salmon and Kamloops Trout 



At the present time arrangements are being made to experiment in a 

 very definite way with the introduction of Kamloops trout and the St. 

 John salmon or ouananiche to provincial waters. 



The Kamloops trout inhabits a number of lakes in British Columbia 

 and is considered one of the most popular game fishes. It is an interesting 

 fish of large size, slender in form and graceful in appearance and movement. 

 Unlike the steel-head, to which it is closely related, it does not descend to 

 the sea, but remains permanently in fresh water. 



The ouananiche, a relative of the Atlantic salmon, is best known as an 

 inhabitant of lake St. John in the Province of Quebec. It seldom descends 

 to the sea, remaining in fresh water by choice rather than necessity. As a 

 game fish some think it has no equal. In certain localities it will take the 

 fly at any time, but it is reported that fishing is best late in May, when 

 baits of various kinds may be used successfully. 



Removal of Noxious Species 



While the decrease or elimination of predatory and competitor fishes 

 is not undertaken as regular hatchery work during the past few years, 

 available hatchery officers and enforcement officers have given some time to 

 operations of this nature. 



Continuing the valuable work of previous years, steps were taken to 

 remove and properly dispose of quantities of ling from lower Rideau, Otter 

 and Otty lakes, located in Lanark and Leeds counties. 



