12 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



LAKE TROUT: 



There was a slight drop in the total number of eyed eggs, fry and flngerlings 

 of this species distributed in 1934, but the proportionate number of flngerlings dis- 

 tributed was very satisfactory, namely 89 per cent. A drive to increase the quan- 

 tities of fry and fingerlings planted in inland waters met with some success and 

 will be pushed forward as far as economic conditions will permit. 



WHITEFISH: 



The quantity of whitefish fry distributed in 1934 was only slightly in excess of 

 that distributed in 1933, but the total distribution in 1934 was only exceeded in 

 1924, 1927 and 1929. 



HERRING: 



There was a decrease in distribution of 5,293,000 herring fry as compared ■with 

 the previous year. Lake herring spawn late in November and in early December 

 and the gales on the lakes during this period prevented successful spawntaking 

 operations to a considerable extent. 



YELLOW PICKEREL, PIKE-PERCH OR DORE : 



YelloY/ pickerel spawntaking operations, which for the most part were dis- 

 continued in 1933 on account of financial conditions, were resumed with greater zeal 

 in the spring of 1934, so much so that the distribution exceeded that in 1932 by, 

 approximately, 25,623,000. Satisfactory quantities were planted in game-fish waters. 



The co-operation of our commerical fishermen on the Great Lakes in connec- 

 tion with the collection of spawn of commercial species was highly commendable and 

 accounts to a very large extent for the successful harvest of various species. 



BLACK BASS (SMALL-MOUTHED): 



Although there was a decrease in the number of small-mouthed black bass 

 fry distributed, there was an increase of ten thousand in the fingerling production 

 as compared with the previous year. 



The culture of this most important game-fish is being extended to the eastern 

 section of the Province. A two-acre pond has been constructed at the outlet of Vv'hlte 

 Lake, Olden Township, Frontenac County. If this venture proves a success, addi- 

 tional poncls may be constructed in that vicinity. 



LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASS: 



From one small pond devoted to the culture of large-mouthed black bass at 

 Mount Pleasant 35,250 fry and 4,250 fingerlings were successfully distributed. 



MASKINONGE: 



For a number of years maskinonge eggs were collected during the spawning 

 season in the Pigeon River, vicinity of Omemee. The eggs were cultured to the fry 

 stage in a small temporary hatchery supplied with water direct from the river. 

 This year a second collecting field was operated at Beaver Creek, Crow Lake, Hastings 

 County and the eggs secured there were cultured in the Belleville Hatchery. Ap- 

 proximately nine hundred and nine thousand fry were distributed or more than 

 seven times the quantity distributed in 1932. 



Careful experiments were conducted with the object of determining the limiting 

 factors in the culture of this species from the fry to the fingerling stage, and the 

 results of these studies in detail will appear in the Transactions of the American 

 Fisheries Society for 1934. 



