Fish Culture
io int fe) '16 L ;044, A -04 ST, JOI-IN'5, NEVVFOUNDLAr= -2113 DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT ON FISH CULTURE 1 94 1 OTTAWA EDMOND CLOUTIER PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1943 ANNUAL REPORT ON FISH CULTURE BY J. A. RODD, Director of Fish Culture Fish cultural operations in 1941 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. In addition over 1,000,000 sockeye salmon eyed eggs were planted in Hillier Creek, Maggie Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in continuation of the stocking effort, resumed in 1937, to add these waters to the sockeye producing areas of the Barclay Sound district. Thirteen main hatcheries, one subsidiary hatchery, six rearing stations, six salmon retaining ponds and several egg collecting camps were operated. The total output from these establishments was 29,635,654, over 83 per cent of which was distributed in the fingerling and older stages. The output by species, hatcheries and provinces was: STATEMENT BY SPECIES OF THE FISH AND FISH EGGS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE HATCHERIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1941 Year- Total Species Eyed Advanced Finger- Rugs and Dis- Eggs Fry fry lings Older tribution • Salmo salar—Atlantic salmon 100,000 2,894,500 12,086,153 90,684 15,171,337 Salmo irideus--Rainbow trout 386,645 223 386,868 Cristivomer namaycush—Salmon trout. 67,550 67,550 Salmo salar sebago—Sebago salmon. 39,235 39,235 Oncorhynchus nerka—Sockeye salmon.
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