24 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 10 



During the period, December 28, 1932, to February 6, 1933, hoop nets 

 and trap nets were set in suitable areas where ling were known to be 

 running in large numbers. As a result, our hatchery and field ofiicers, 

 assisted by members of the Smiths' Falls Game and Fish Protective Associ- 

 ation, succeeded in removing 2,870 ling from Otty lake, 700 from Otter lake 

 and 2,522 from the lower Rideau. On an average, the ling taken weighed 

 four pounds, so that the total weight of ling removed from these waters was 

 in the neighbourhood of twelve tons. 



Removal of quantities of rock bass, suckers, perch, pike and ling from 

 White lake, in Frontenac count}^ was carried out and an adequate supply 

 of golden shiners will be introduced as suitable substitutive forage species 

 for black bass. By such means competition among the black bass and the 

 species aforenamed will be considerably reduced, and as a result the produc- 

 tivity of the lake for bass will be increased to its maximum capacity. 



CLOSED WATERS 



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



White Lake — Lots 15, 17, 18, 19, Concessions VII, Vlll, IX, in the 

 township of Olden, county of Frontenac. Indefinite closure. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



In conclusion, I desire to publicly express my appreciation of the 

 assistance and support which has been rendered to the Department through- 

 out the year. 



The members of the staff of both the inside and outside branches of the 

 Service have performed any and all duties allotted to them in a faithful 

 and zealous manner, and at all times there has been evident a spirit of 

 loyal co-operation in the performance of the work of the Department. 



Our work has been made more pleasant by reason of the assistance 

 and co-operation supplied by the transportation companies and the various 

 Fish and Game Protective Associations throughout the province, the 

 officers and members of which latter organizations having at all times 

 worked in conjunction with the Department and its various officers in an 

 earnest endeavour to secure proper observance of the provisions of The 

 Ontario Game and Fisheries Act. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



D. McDonald, 

 Deputy Minister of Game and Fisheries. 



