Fish Culture
r DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT ON FISH CULTURE 1944 OTTAWA EDMOND CLOUTIER PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1946 ANNUAL REPORT ON FISH CULTURE By J. A. RODD, Director of Fish Culture Fish cultural operations in 1944 were carried on by the Department of Fisheries in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island where the • fisheries are entirely, or to a large extent, under federal administration. Thir- teen main hatcheries, five rearing stations, six salmon retaining ponds and several egg collecting camps were operated with a total output from these establishments of 18,501,600, over 75 per cent of which were distributed in the fingerling and older stages. The output by species, hatcheries and provinces was:— STATEMENT BY SPECIES OF THE FISH DISTRIBUTED DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1944 Yearlings Total Advanced Fingerlings— Species Fry fry, and older distribution Salmo salar-Atlantic salmon 340,000 3,834,890 9,688,900 84,151 13,947,941 Salmo fario-Brown trout - 6,460 6,460 Salmo rivularis Kamloops-Kamloops trout 15,500 15,500 Salmo irideus-Rainbow trout 394,786 3 394,789 Salmo salar sebago-Sebago salmon 3,700 19,093 22,793 Salvelinus fontinalis-Speckled trout 50,000 307,160 3,659,035 97,996 4,114,191 390,000 4,142,050 13,768,381 201,243 18,501,674 3 50466—li HATCHERIES AND REARING STATIONS OPERATED, THEIR LOCATION, DATE ESTABLISHED, THE SPECIES AND THE NUMBER OF EACH SPECIES DISTRIBUTED FROM EACH ESTABLISHMENT DURING 1944 • Fingerlings Year- Total Total Estab- Advanced lings distri- distri.
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