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Fisheries Management Programs

A variety of fisheries management programs are inplace to protect and maintain healthy fishpopulations. Emphasis is placed on habitatprotection and improvement to allow fish to surviveand reproduce naturally.Habitat improvement programs include the creationof new spawning areas, control of erosion, andconstruction of additional cover on trout streams.The Deer Lake Hatchery near Havelock is the onlymuskellunge hatchery in Ontario. The hatcheryserves as a winter holding area for rainbow and laketrout which are then stocked in local lakes in thespring.

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days a week at thistime. He points out itis necessary to besure to have enoughminnows to feed themuskellunge, 'other-wise the will canni-

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There is continuouswork and effortinvolved in theproviding of fish forlocal rivers andstreams. Perhaps nottoo many fisherman,or would-be-fisherman reallyrealize the work thatis involved on thepart of the manyhatcheries inOntario.

The Deer LakeProvincial FishCulture Station atRRI Havelock ismore commonlyreferred to as theDeer Lake Hatchery(DLH), although theoriginal name of thelake that it is nearwas originally calledCordova Lake. It islocated about 19 kmnortheast ofHavelock.

The Deer Lakehatchery is one offourteen provincialfish culture facilitiespresently operatedby the Ontario Mini-stry of NaturalResources (MNR). Aunique point concern-ing this hatchery isthat it is the onlystation which rearsmuskellunge. Moreoften called plain'musky', or known bythe Indian name,'Maskinonge. '

The facility is alsoused during the wint-

Muskies thrive at Deer Lake Hatcherysupply, which comes, upwelling bell jarsin at about 9.100litres which are loadedper minute, is taken with 2 litres of eggs atby gravity flow from approximately 10Cordova Lake. degrees Celsius.Cation remarked that There could bethe arrangement is approximatelyideal because, 'We 120,000 eggs per twodon't have to rely on quart jar. About 16

,pumps or hydro.' days later; the hatch-NET SET IN mg occurs at waterSPRING temperatures which

Nets are set at range from 10 to 12Stoney Lake in late degrees Celsius.April by the DLH HATCHINGworkers when the The eggs arewater temperature is removed from thebetween 45 and 50 'jars at the first signdegrees Fahrenheit. of hatching, usuallyThe eggs are taken about two weeksfrom the fish who after fertilization,enter the spawning and placed in pails.area. The females The quantity of theseand fertizilized in a could be up to 10,000basin with sperm eggs per pail. Thenfrom the males. Then the hatched 'fry' arethe adult fish are set up in hatchingreleased unharmed. troughs. DependingCation remarked, on water tempera-'This year was a tures, the frys reach

'record year for us. the 'swim-up' stageWe got all our eggs about two weeksout of the lake in six after hatching.days.' SURVIVAL

After the eggs are Once the fry havefertilized, they are reached the 'swim-rinsed with lake up' stage, they mustwater and moved to be able to feed onspecial buckets zooplankton shortly« dtb'4t' .. '-"where they are allow- after SWIm up.' ThIS Pictu.re~ ab~ve is Mr. George Cation, manager at the Deer Lake,.ed to stand for one must take place not Prouincial F h C It St ti B thour to harden. Then more than the follow- , l~ u .ur~ awn. e ter known ju~ as the 'Deer LakeHatche.ru~sta.tinp. is.ib.e o:nln...sdafi=:Lof j-jv;, .i'£>,~~

they are transported 0.. Cl S S Ei"8 :;'::J""'O :; S ~ vl :;. 2" 8' 0" Cl s·~ (;' 0'" q ~ 0 '< e..:::!l (D Cl ro Cl Cl 0.. ~ 0.. N 0.. Clin pails held in a e; ~ s· 0 :@;.> =~ a ~ ~ c: en ><: ~ ..., ::s 0 e g" '<"" ~ Cl ::J"" ~ 25 o..Jg ::s g ::s S 5.. S .g lb e; g ~ @well-cushioned frame ~.~ g ~'~~~S~g: ~~'§ ~.~~~~~~~~::s ~~g~g~5::~ § m ~~'~SS'on a truck to the '. ~ ()'Q ()'Q ::s o..:=: 0.. . :; :::: re ()'Q c: ~ q>..., ~::s ::s ~ ~ ...,::s '< S :;'::J"" Cl •.•. - e-e- ::s '0 qDLH "" en o.c 0...., ..., c: '0 ~ '< o-e 0.. ...,:;, ()'Q Cl ()'Q ~ ..., •••••••• Cl::J"":>< S 0

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er season to keeplake trout and rain-bow trout which areproduced in otherstations. Thebrochure availablefor visitors to thehatchery, providedby the MNR, statesthat 'Deer' Lake isimporant to the over-all fish culture prog-ram because itallows other stationsto produce morefingerlings than theycould rear to stockingsize.'

Mr. George Cation,the Manager of theDeer Lake hatchery,says that visitors arewelcome to thehatchery. A visit tothe attractive site is apleasure any time,but probably themost interestingviewing time wouldbe early spring whenit is possible to seethe proceedings inthe hatcherybuilding.

Mr. WayneVan Volkenburg is theAssistant Manager atthe hatchery. Duringthe summer thereare about six peopleemployed in the oper-ation. George andWayne are the onlypermanent staff.

The Deer Lakehatchery is classifiedas a pond stationbeacause the fish arereared in a series ofponds. The water

balize among them-selves.' UsuallyGeorge and Wayneget the minnowsfrom Rice Lake,Pigeon Lake, andBuckh L

nets used to catch theminnows are aboutten feet long. Georgeremarked thatpresently 'Rice Lakehas a tremendous

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~-----------------------~~-~II1 FOUR-MILLION MUSKIE EGGS are ccminq to life atDeer Lake hatchery, final phase of this suring's spawn-taking. Under management of Henry Jacksoti (upper leftphoto) floating egg sack shells are floated from newly-

1st ~hatched fry (centre, left) by himself and Lees Youtnans(foreground) from hand basins (lower left photo) which

t· , , mS) contain 15,000 fry eacti; this hatch is half an hour old." " Frances Youmens (upper right photo) studies huge jars Of

~') I muskie eggs in various stages Of incubation. Young fry.

f71"" ~~" -I:- /() // /J" I Cl4QJL soon to be dumped into the Hatchery'! jour rearing ponds,~/LIL ~ )\.)t~"" grow at an amazing rate as shown in the (lower right)

/'7" . 11 photo where pickled specimens eight weeks old have at-_ ' -.L,~ tained an average length Of jive inches.-(Examiner Staff'Y7• Photos)

~ ~~~MillionsOf Muskies Crack~ i V;fC;C;CJg 91 Eggs At Hatchery .t? a Have 29 Inches Yet To Go

By:JIM ENGLISHI Muskies by the million, but not a bite in a basinful. That'sthe picture at the Deer Lake maskinonge hatchery this week.By the weekend or shortly after, more than 4,000,000fry will

}be" wiggling in the hatchery

Itroughs. It's the best year thehatchery has ever had forrearing maskinonge, says superin-tendent Henry Jackson. In theannual muskie-stripping in theKawarthas, more eggs were takenand the weather was just right.Crucial Time .

It was a crucial time when Out-door Editor Nick Nickels and Iarrived at the hatchery this week.The first 150,000 fry were justcracking their shells in whiteI enamel basins,

I Deer Lake Hatchery, operated I1 by the Department of Lands andForests, is about nine miles northof Highway 7 and :n miles east ofPeterborough. The hatchery,with its four rearing ponds and

f two buildings, is located in acrook of the Deer River, just southof Deer Lake.

One of the buildings containsHenry Jackson's office, and thetroughs in which the fry willspend their first 10 days of active

j life. The second holds nets and \1

1 other gear used in trapping male

jand female muskies to strip them I

of their milt and roe.The four rearing ponds are to

the west of the hatchery buildingsin a line that runs close to north

',and south. Biggest of the pondsis at the north, and the other

11 three, roughly the same size, are

Iterraced at lower levels than thelarge one.

Signs aplenty are posted alongthe gravel road that leads northfrom Highway 7 to the hatchery,and that gives the visitor glimpS-Ies at times of the rushing Deer

,River. Incidentally, bass andI pickerel fishing is said to be good Iin the river.

Henry Jackson met us at the Imain hatchery building and led

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Muskie rearinq pond at Birdsall's Point on Rice Lake. The Musk,ie finqedinqs aretrapped in..P',l"rqe seine net • • •

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Story And PicturesBy Bill Reid

The pond is maintained bythe association, under the su-pervision of the departmentof lands and forests whocontrol the hatching. The de-partment provides the muskiefry, feeds thef\l during thespring and earty summer andassists with the harvesting anddistribution.or the fingerlingsin July each year. The pondhas been in operation for fiveyears, during which time ithas produced an estimated45,000 fingerlings which havebeen deposited in Rice Lake.CREATES CULTURE

Eaeh spring the departmentmen fertilize the water withsoy bean meal. This createsculture for the growth ofalgae on which the young fishfeed in the early stage. Thedepartment then plants about60,000 muskie fry in the pond,and during the approximately

• . taken to large tanks near the pond, where they are inspected and countedand placed in cans.

muskies. These minnows arealmost all. tiny spottail s'vin-ers, nearly all of which arenetted from Rice Lake.CAUGHT IN NET

About the middle of Julyeach year, the fish are har-vested. This is done by lower-ing the water level in thepond by pulling logs from asmall control dam. The fishare then caught in a largeseine net and dumped intotubs at the pond. They arethen carried, in the tubs, tolarge tanks, where they areinspected and counted andplaced in large cans, about100 to a can, for: planting inthe lake.

Resort operators take thecans by car and boat to theirown resort areas, where thefish are deposited in the lake.They will provide sport forvisiting anglers after about

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IHarvest Yields, IIARVEST DAY fo~ the Rice three months it takes to raise

I, .I: Lake 'l'a,urist Association the :"ish to"fingerhng, size, t?eiNhich 'Operates what it claims to department also provides mm-

'/ b h Id" I' ti nOW8for feed.• e t e wor s o~ Y co-~pera ive- The fish usually consume a: Iy owned muskie rearmg pond, fantastic number of minnows,, was held recently. This year although the mortality zate

, the harvest was approximately among f.he:fr:y is 1.igIi. Ou~ et:: 7,050 muskies fingerings. 60,000 muskis fry deposited•• . . this year, only slightly over: The· pond IS loc.ated, on the 7,000 Iingerlings were har-': north shore of RICe Lake at vested, Department men be-,; Birdsall's Point. The land 'was Iieve, however, that a .iumber". acquired through funds raised of fingerlings escaped through11 by the tourist association, a hole in. a screen at the over-:.•.•.: made dUPthOflreks.ortTOhPeratords floT"':..end of 't~te'tPo,nkd'85t k. around . e axe, e pon HIS year, 1 00 an S

cost an estimated $2,500 to of minnows, with about 300;construct. It is located about 000 minnows to a tank to feed

: 15 feet above the level of the the muskies.: This is a total of::. lake, is 200 feet long, 90 feet 25 and a half million min-

01 wide and about 18 feet deep. nows consumsd by the hungry

]'~inqerlingsMuskiefour or five ::2 " when they'~~ach their !~~ >?!' gth fer?feepers', 28 inches.' I

This year's harvest was su-pervised by Henry Jackson,manager of the Deer Lake

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Hatchery, 'and assistanz man-ager. ',Toc'k'Hunt, as 'M':ll 'asVie Harris,' conservatir m offi-cer for the Rice' Lak:e areaand Stan Windsor, eo nserva-tion officer of Peterb- nrough,

Department men said 1953. was a rather poor year at' the

ond, and a' comparativelylew muskies were harvE:;{;tE'rl1n 1957, the, 'yield was ~bQut12,000 fingerlings.

INCUBATION! A familiar scene at the Deer Lake Fish Hatchery. Thebell jars each contain about l20, 000musky eggs per two quart jar ..

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Muskellunge For Niagara Riverstamford Rod and Gun Club, under the supervision of SeniorConservation Officer Roy' Muma,' released 1,500 Muskellungefingerlings about five to six .fnches long in, the Upper NiagaraRiver yesterday, .The :(ingerlings arenine weeks old and' werefed live sucker. minnows at the provincial hatchery at Deer Lak~.

near Havelock, from where they were obtained. The fish weretransported in cans to the Upper Niagara River. Above at themouth of Bakers Creek, left· to right, releasing. the fingerllDgs.are Mike Lessick, director of the club, Barney Ogilvie, presidentof the club and Ed Bowen, of the. fish hatchery.

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Mr. Edward Bowen,R.R.I,Havelock, Ontario.

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Fewe'r Fish To Be Planted This Ye'GI

CONTINUING TREND"Plantings of warm water

species have been greatly cur-tailed in recent years and itis expected this trend will con-tinue on the basis of existingknowledge." .

Summary of fish plantings inthe district last year: Maskin-onge fry, 1,280,000;maskinongefingerlings, 19,950; maskinongeadults, 384; yellow walleyeadults, 654; largemouth bassadults, 793.

In Durham County, brooktrout were planted in Bowman- . ('~ ~ville, Cavan, Trout and Bair- Lost, Lower Minnow, Skunk- Victoria County, brook trout-stow Creeks and at Orono nur- kitten, Marquart, Stubby, Coon, Young's, Mariposa, McLaren'ssery. Little .Sand, Beaverskin, Dixie, Davis, Martin creeks; maskin-

Haliburton County, rainbow Huckleberry, Lowrie, East onge - Balsam, Canal, Dal-trout - Drag River and Huckle- Harding, Hourglass, Jordan, rymple, Young's, Chemong,berry, Lily, Coburn, Little Drag, Long, Samp, Silver, Cauliflower, Pigeon, Sturgeon, Cameron,Silver, Pine, Green Canoe', Bill's, Big Clear, Birch, Little Head lakes and in the BurntBlue and Dog Lakes; brook Long, Branch, Hemlock, Ritch- and Pigeon rivers; yellow wall-trout - Doe, Branch, Byers, ie, Hurst, Tea, Cranberry, eye, Shadow and canal lakesBurnt, Sand, Rock, Little Percr, Frost,' Rainbow, Raven, Clear, and large-mouth bass in Stur-Smith, Longboot, Fourcorners, Devil Gap and Maple Lakes. geon lake. ..

LINDSAY (ENS) - Fewerfish are being planted in theLindsay forest district this yearthan were planted in 1963, anOntario department of landsand forests spokesman reports.

Fish plantings are now underway in Northumberland, Dur-ham, Peterborough, VictoriaCounties and most of HaIiburtonCounty.

Last year, 22,812 trout year-lings were planted along with142,650brook trout and 80,810lake trout.

Kenneth Irizawa, departmentbiologist said that trout plant-ings will be completed by themiddle of next week Maskin-onge planting will begin in twoweeks.

Mr. Irizawa said each yearnew waters are added andothers deleted from the plant-~ng program. "By combiningfindings of research agencieswith our department findingsfrom biological surveys andcreel census studies, we hopeeventually to foster a modern,l'calfstie--approaeh-to- fish plant-ings," he said.

Another department policy re-stricts fish planting to publicwaters and to privately control-led waters to which free accessis given, said the biologist.

He added that plantings ofexotic species is being restrict-ed until more is learned aboutthe species by research work-ers. !

-(Examiner Staff Photo)7,000 TROUT LOADED ON PLANE AT CORDOVA MINES LAKE

Edward Bowen Dips Them From Tank For Transfer To Plane

t's Spawning Time InProvincial Hatcheries

Spawning (taking eggs and milt:from adult fish) and incubation(care and hatching) of the eggsare two of the most important fac-ets of operating a hatchery.

Parent. stock taken from the~olding pond are placed in partit-ioned race ways from which they'can be readily captured whenready to spawn. Females arechecked periodically after mid-Jan-uary. When the odd female appears I

ready to release the eggs, the en-tire parent stock of approximately2,000 fish, are checked over andthe eggs are taken from the ripefemales. Those which are spawnedare released back into the mainpond and the others are checkedagain at two to four-day intervalsuntil all have been spawned. Thisoperation could last from 30 to 90days depending on temperaturefluctuations.

Actual spawning is done artifi-eally, The eggs are stripped fromthe female into a damp, enamel-ware dish and fertilized by stripp- I

ing milt from the male over them.The eggs and sperm, mixed togeth- I

er, are washed gently several times I'to remove excess milt and broken 1eggs. The fertilized eggs are thenplaced in a pail of clean wa ter andallowed to harden for about one I

.hour, after which they may be han-dled, measured and set up in thena tching facilities.

At one of the provincial hatcher-ies .(Normandale)), approximately I

1,325,000 eggs will have been takenoetween January 25th and April22nd. The water temperature wasmaintained at 47 F. and the eggswere far enough advanced for ship-.merit by March 7th. The requirednumber were washed and placed 'on cheesecloth trays in an egg case.Then, about one inch of ice was:packed around the stack of 18trays and two to three inches ontop, allowing the slowly meltingice to drip through and keep theeggs moist. In this manner, 750,000~ggs will be transferred to other.stations throughout the Province·by April 18th. The remainder areheld at Normandale 'and hatchingwill occur about 37 days after f

spawning.When the fry have used up the

major portion of their yolk sac, Ithey are taken from the incubat-ors and placed in rearing troughswhere they are fed between six to~ight times a day on finely groundbeef liver with some dry feed sup-plement. t

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The first fingerlings will be suf-ficiently advanced by May 23rd tobe moved to the large, outdoor cir-cular ponds and when this is com-pleted the initial, critical steps inthe operation are finished.

At least two years prior to atrout stocking program decisionshave to be made at 'a provincialbatchery such as the one at Nor-mandale, regarding district allot-ments and other commitments toobtain fairly definite figureS on thenumber of eggs to be taken andheld for catchable-size trout. Dur-ing the following two years thisnumber is far from constant andfluctuates with mortality, transfers(both in and out) and commit-ments, e.g. research, which were

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The Havelock Standard,

More About Spawning Season Ibased on the officers' recommen-(continued from page 6) dation and other factors mentioned

not considered earlier. Ipreviously. IBy late February each year, pro-I The actual planting is carrie.l

posed pl~nting lists are drawn up out using a two ton truck equippedfrom estImated area requirements with six large tanks and aeratingsubmitted by each conservation of- equipment to maintain a good oxy-ficer. The final allocation of the gen supply to the fish. Perforatedhatchery stocks depends on factors aluminum trays are inserted in thesuc~ as supplies available, area lids of each tank for carrying ice,fishing pressure, angler success, thus chilling the air and water in'

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present populations,. stream ~uality the tanks should the temperature~nJ other relevant Information. become too warm during the plant-

The waters to be stocked are not ing season. Under normal carryingonly for a "put and take" fishery conditions, the six tanks will holdwhere the majority of the fish between 1,000 and 2,000 large two

j planted this spring will be taken year olds for local planting trips.Iby the angler during the first sea- For long transfers, with smallerison, but are also waters in which fish, the load is generally limited: the present population is, or ap- to approximately 75 pounds perIpears to be, on the decline due to .

loverfis.hing, unfavourable spawningconditions at some period causing

Ia small year class for one or moreyears, or other conditions resulting I

in a reduction of numbers thoughleaving the streams or river quitesuitable as trout habitat, i.e., no

I toxic chemicals or extreme pollut-ion in the water in question.

A third type of stocking is in-troducing stocking. Waters, suchas ponds which presently do nothave a/standing population of troutbut, which are quite suitable forthis species and are open for pub-lic fishing, must be considered. In1967, 65 waters (rivers, streams

Iand ponds) were selected from the I

proposed lists and the trout onhand ~divided up among them, 11

Itank.

Generally, the fish are weighed!onto. the truck to speed up the op-eration and with a monthly inven-toryon the weight of the fish, quiteaccurate measurements, as far a'actual numbers planted, can be de-termined. When unloading, the fishare dipped from the tanks andeither carried in nets or in tubs ofwater to the pond or river depend-ing on the distance from the truck.This method of planting is one ofthe oldest and simplest and with,only the extreme exception, thefish reach their destination in ex-cellent condition and after a short

Iacclima tion period provide the an-gler with good to excellent fishing.

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Deer Lake Provincial Fish Culture StationThe Deer Lake Provincial

Fish Culture Station islocated on Cordova (DeerLake approximately 12miles northeast of Have-lock.Histo and Operations:

The original statIOn, builtin 1938, was the firstpermanent provincial fishculture station constructed Ito hatch and rear muskel-lunge (Esox masquinongy).The station had the facilitiesto hatch approximately 5 Imillion eggs and-Z ponds torear muskellunge from thefry to fingerling stage. In1947, two additional pondswere constructed.

The Deer Lake FishCulture Station which isoperated hy the OntarioMinistry of Natural Resour-ces, is the only stationwhich rears muskellunge. Itis classified as a pondstation because fish arereared in a series of ponds.The water supply of 9,100litres per minute is taken bygravity flow from CordovaLake. The large amount ofwater is necessary to ensurean adequate supply ofdissolved oxygen for thejuvenile fish.

In addition to muskellunge, this facility is used tooverwinter lake trout andrainbow trout produced inother stations. Deer Lake isimportant to the overall fishculture program because itallows other stations toproduce more fingerlingsthan ·they could rear tostocking size. The excesstrout fingerlings are trans-ferred in the fall to DeerLake where space is suffi-cient to rear them until theyare stocked in the nextspring. Trout are fedartificial food pellets.Muskellunge Culture:

u1t musKel unge arecaught each spring (usuallybetween the end of Apriland the middle of May) inpound nets in Stoney Lake.Eggs are taken from fe-males and fertilized in abasin with sperm frommales. The adult fish arethen released unharmed.Fertilized eggs are rinsedwith lake water and thentransferred to special buc-kets and allowed to standfor one hour to waterharden. The collection peri-od varies depending onweather conditions but is

usually from 10 to 17 days.Up to 600,000 eggs can becollected in a day.

The buckets of washedeggs are transported back tothe hatchery, rinsed again,measured and placed~ inglass inculbtor jars (approx.imately 120,000 eggs per2-quart jar). Water flowsthrough the jars to supplyoxygen to the eggs. Periodi ..cally, the staff stir the eggswith a feather to preventthem from clumping toge-ther and smothering. Ap-proximately 4 days afterfertilization the eggs "eye

up"; that is, the embryonicdevelopment has pro.gn!ssed to the point where

the eyes can be seenthrough the egg shell.Throughout the incubationperiod any dead eggs aresiphoned off. Dead eggs are

tistingUiShed from healthyggs because they arepaque.

Sac-fry emerge fromthe egg approximately 2weeks after fertilization. Atthis stage the large yolk sac,the source of nutrients forthe juvenile fish, restrictstheir movement. The sac-fryare removed to trays whichare placed in troughs. Thesac-fu reach the "swim-up" stage approximately 2weeks after hatching. At

\this stage the yolk sac hasbeen absorbed. This allowsthe fry to swim actively insearch of food. It is at thisstage that most of the youngmuskellunge are stocked.

The "swim-up" fry thatremain are transferred tooutdoor ponds, usually earlyin June. These ponds havebeen fertilized previouslywith soy bean meal toproduce an abundance ofplankton. Plankton is foodfor muskellunge. fry forapproximately 3 weeks after"swim-up".

After this 2-week period,the muskellunge are fedyoung white suckers whichhave been hatched fromeggs at the station. Then,large numbers of minnowswhich are netted daily fromlocal lakes and streams aredumped into the rearingpond for food. Youngmuskellunge will become'cannibalistic if other food is Jnot available.

Most of the muskellunge ,fry are planted in late' May "\as fry. Those which are

stocked. The remaining fishare reared to the advancedfingerling stage (6 inches)and stocked in mid-August.Fish Stocking:

Fish stocking IS animportant part of theprovincial fish managementprogram designed to main-tain and improve the fisher-ies resource of Ontario. Fishare stocked to restore wild,naturally reproducing fishcommunities; to supple-ment natural stocks where

retamed grow quickly andreach fingeriing stage (3-5inches) in July. Some are

fishing pressure is ~ea~and natural reproduction IS

limited; and for put-=-and-

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take fishing in readilyaccessible waters.

Muskellunge are stockedin selected lakes in Sou-thern Ontario, especially inthe Kawartha Lakes, tosupplement existing naturalstocks. Lake trout from DeerLake Culture Station are

stocked mainly in thewestern basin of LakeOntario as part .of thefisheries rehabilitation pro-gram for the lake. Rainbowtrout are stocked in GreatLakes tributaries and in-land waters in southernOntario, to build sport fishpopulations and providefishing opportunities.

All trout which arestocked in Lake Ontario andtributary systems are fin-clipped. Fingerling muskel-lunge stocked in someKawartha Lakes also havetheir fins clipped for identi-fication purposes. Anglersare requested to reportcatches of fin-clipped ormakred fish to their localConservation officer or thenearest office of the Mini-stry of Natural Resources,

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Doug mixing the eggs andmale.sperm.

Ed Bowen getting another muskie ready for.Doug. ~ -

WetLineswith Ab Graham

For the past 20-some-odd years, Doug. Dunford hasbeen netting muskie for the Ministry of NaturalResources and the Deer Lake Muskie Hatchery inthe Havelock area.

For' several years Reg. Braine of Bobcaygeonwas helping Doug., this year Ed Bowen, Havelockarea was helping.

May 9, Jack Davis and I spent a few hours up atStony with the netting crew, and I understand thatthe hatchery at Deer Lake has reached its quota of3,000,000 eggs for this year at press time.

Due to the fact the weather has been so adversethis spring, the netting crew were indeed lucky toreach there quota.

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The Deer Lake hatchery, being the only suchmuskie hatchery in Ontario, has been in use for agood number of years, and is indeed in need ofupdating.

With the present objective of 3,000,000 eggs, thisnumber I feel, in accordance with the time and thepopulation increase over the past 25 years or so,should be instead at least 50,000,000 eggs, and anup-to-date muskie hatchery to handle this number.

I'm all for a vigorous fishery program for thegreat lakes and the' trout and salmon species, but letus not forget our much smaller inland bodies ofwater and the sport-angling of lake trout, pickerel,bass, muskie, and other species that the week-end angler enjoys to pit wits with, winter andsummer.

Hatcheries to propogate the above mentionedspecies are sorely needed, and let's hope thoseresponsible soon, very soon take a far moreobjective look at the present Ontario fisheries.

The re-instatement of a $5. angling licencewould go a long way to making this a reality. Andevery cent over and above the assessment fee,turned into a treasury set aside for a/hatcheryprogram, I feel would be welcomed by a goodpercentage of Ontario an glers . . . at least that ismy opinion.

Jessie Anderson, an employee at the DeerLake Fish -Hatchery, cleans egg shells outof the containers. The shells are gentlywashed away -after the eggs have hatched,

diii"usually in eight to 10 days.- The fry are thenplaced in pans, 10,000 to each one, and arefed on plankton. [Staff Photos by Mrs.Neva Barr~l _

Deer Lake hatchery. _stocks Ontario's muskies

By JOE McALLISTERExaminer Staff Writer

CORnov A - While most people are con-cerned about winter sports, George Cationis working on next year's fishin,:t.

Cation, a ministry of natural resourcesworker, 'at the Deer Lake Fish Hatcheryright now, has the, care and feeding ofalmost 250,000lake and speckled trout. Dur-ing the summer he will be responsible for allmuskellunge the ministry transplants in On-tario lakes.. The Derr Lake Hatchery, the only hat-

chery in Ontario which rears and hatchesmuskie, will stock 1 to Ilh million fry eachyear and attempts to raise 180,000to maturi-ty in their own ponds. Others are shipped toother hatcheries,

Cation said if they start with 180,000frythey are lucky to have 30,000to plant duringthe summer, as the muskies are cannibalsand eat each other. .

Blue herons and kingfishers, also use theministry's ponds as a convenient source offood; as do minks and even the occasionalosprey.

Now the hatchery has the care of lake andspeckled trout, which winter there beforebeing planted in lakes. Fish from Deer Lake.are\transported as far away as the Niagaraarea and Algonquin park.

The Deer Lake hatchery is onEUlf theoldest in the province, opening in 1946?It is apoun~g hatchery, which means it gets itswater from a lake and is not suitable fortrout during summer when the water canraise above 65degrees.

Ideal trout water should be around 55degrees during summer. Rigl}t now thetrout are moving very slowly and are onlyeating about 20pounds of fish meal each daycompared to the 150pounds they eat in Oc-tober.

"We try to stock them (into the lakes)early in the spring. We prefer the water tobe around 55 degrees. For the past' five or

,six years we've been stocking Lake Ontario.Some of the ones we stocked as youngfingerlings of about four or six inches longare now up to six or eight pound range," hesaid. .

The trout are stocked starting Aprill and'are transported in special tanks with ox-ygenating systems.

Only the lake trout and the speckled orbrook trout are native to Ontario. Theyspawn in early winter, where other typesspawn in the early spring. -

The hatchery receives its trout as fingerl-ings from other hatcheries and releasesthem in the spring so they can be preparedfor the important muskie spawning season.

,"We keep an eye .on the' watertemperature. When it is right we stopeverything and take our nets up to StoneyLake and set them. We can get all our eggsin two weeks but you don't want to be late,"he said. I

For two weeks special ponding nets areset up to direct muskies looking to spawnalong the shore into a crib or holding net.

'Qle muskies spawn in shallow rockywarm waters near shore and the nets areused to gather the fish and force them.towards deeper water where they can beheld until the ministry people get to them.

Each year the ministry takes about 50quarts of muskie eggs. "From a big, bigmuskie you could get up to two quarts ofeggs, " said Cation. ' •

The females are milked on the spot andusually two males are used to cover theeggs with sperm within 90 seconds to assurethe eggs have been fertilized.

There are 00muskieסס,60 eggs to a quart;compared to 8,000lake trout eggs.

They generally get a 60 per cent successrate with the hatch, far higher than in the 'wild. The eggs are left in water for an hourafter they are inseminated, then taken tothe hatchery and placed in two-quart jars.

Water is continually moved through theeggs and every few days they are stirredwith a feather to prevent clumping andsmothering. Dead eggs are siphoned off sothey do not contaminate others. , .

After about four days the eggs "eye up"or show the embyro developing inside. Aftertwo weeks, sactrys (with yolk sac attach-ed) emerge from the eggs.

The sac-fry are moved to trays after hat-ching and two weeks later reach the swim-ming phase and are transferred to pondswhere they feed on plankton for threeweeks.

In early July, the fry are fed newly hatch-ed white suckers and then are started on adiet of minnows. "Cannibalism is one of themajor problems and so is getting a goodsupply of minnows the size they 'can feedon," Cation said.

Ministry staff have to ensure they do notcatch any perch or bass minnows when theynet from Rice, Pigeon or Buckhorn Lakes,as they grow faster than the muskies andcompete for the minnows.

During July the staff starts placing fish invarious lakes, with special attention paid to

. the Kawartha Lakes, where muskie fishingis important.

By the end of July the muskies havegrown to a five or six inch size. Thr~ yearslater they will have their fi~t spawn, usual-ly just the year before they reach the 28-inchsize it is legal for them to be caught at.

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Fish hatcheryonlywantsa little sunsfiineByNEVABARR

HAVELOCK - While most area residentsare longing for a nice hot spell to announcethe final arrival of spring. the staff at theDeer Lake fish hatchery are asking only fora little .sunshine and seasonable weather.

They definitely do not want a spell ofexceptionally warm temperatures such aswe had at this time last year. The unusualheat last year almost completely destroyedtheir crop of muskelunge fry.The muskie eggs are in the process of

hatching now and the water temperature isa very important factor in the developmentand successful raising of these fish tofingerling size. According to GeorgeCation. hatchery manager. the water is52-53 degrees F. - ideal temperature wouldbe 55-60 degrees F. The fatal temperatureslast year were 75-80 degrees F.

Bob Beecher. Fish and Wildlife Supervis-or. was at the hatchery last week for a-routine inspection. With him were UrsulaBocherek and Pauline Flett. both employ-ees working out of Lindsay.

It was the first time the women had seenthe workings of the hatchery and the tourconducted by Mr. Cation explained all thesteps from the milking and fertilizing of theeggs up to the release of the fingerlings.The eggs are kept in jars with a steady

flow of fresh water to supply oxygen. Afeather is used to stir them. necessary tokeep the eggs from clumping during thelater stages of development. A feather isused since it is the only thing that canseparate the eggs without bruising them.

In eight to 10 days all the eggs havehatched. The shells are gently washedaway. The fry are placed in pans. 10.000 toeach one. They are fed with plankton.gathered from the lakes in Algonquin Parkand later minnows.

The first plantings takc place when thefish arc 2'/, inch cs long. About bO.OOO arcput in the ponds while thc rest go to lakesneeding stocking. The last plantings arelate summer and the fish are about sixinches.

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attacked and tried to devour a largerfingerling. Both died in the struggle. acommon occurrence.

Anyone wishing to inquire about having

the 1.700,000 fingerlings that will bereleased into t'le lakes, it depends onnature from there on how many survive thefirst crucial weeks.

their lake stocked must contact the closestoffice of the Fish and Wild LifeDepartment.

Mr. Cation emphasized that, in spite of

Pauline Flett, Ursula Bocher-ek and Bob Beechcr, fish and wildlife supervisor, were given a guided tour through the Fish Hatchery

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operat ion dcpends on naturc and a. lot. ofhard \\ ork. A raise or drop 111 temper atut esor an insufficicnt crop of minnows candcstrov the work of months. . .

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muskic than almost anv other fish. This\\ as dcmonstrated to the visitors by a.arrcd s ecimen of a small fish \\ hich had

FISH PLANTINGS - Each "earthousands of fish are planted In On-tario lakes by 'aircraft and truck. Thisyear, 48,900 brook trout from DeerLake hatchery were planted by air-craft; 7,600 were delivered to theplanting area by truck and 56,450 laketrout were planted by aircraft. From

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the Codrington hatchery 31,300 laketrout and 16,000 rainbows were plant-ed by aircraft, while at the White Lakehatchery 5,000 lake' trout and 9,000rainbows were planted by aircraft.Paul Finch of the Deer Lake hatcheryis seen unloading tanks of fish (orplanting by air.

Deer LakeAfter 40 years of part 'time work at the

Deer Lake Fish Hatchery, located 22 kmnortheast of Havelock, Ed bowen, a localfarmer, has decided to direct his time andtalents back to his farm and trapping, andtake a few scenic trips with his wife,Dorothy. Ed owns the home farm not farfrom the Hatchery as well as the popular"Lost Lake", excellent for bass and muskyfishing.

Ed's history with the government beganway back in 1938 when he and his team ofhorses were paid 54.00 per day to scrapemuck from a swampy area for theconstruction of the original hatchery

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man retiresponds. In the past Ed also took out acontract to cut blocks of ice from CordovaLake to store in the Hatchery icehouse. Theproduction of cutting ice was eventuallyeliminated once hydro arrived in the areaaround 1949. Since 1938 he has worked forevery Deer Lake Hatchery Manager in'producing bass, pickerel, muskellunge and~any species of trout. Ed has been aroundto see all the changes at the Hatchery andhas been a book of knowledge tonewcomers.

The Hatchery won't be the same withoutEd's presence but we all wish him a longand very happy retirement.

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After 40 years of part time work at the Deer Lake Fish Hatchery, located 22 km north-east of Havelock, Ed Bowen, a local farmer, has decided to direct his time and talentsback to his farm and trapping, and take a few scenic trips with his wife, Dorothy. Edowns the home farm not far from the Hatchery as well as the popular "Lost Lake",excellent for bass and musky fishing.

Ed 's history with the government began way back in 1938 when he and hf.s team ofhorses were paid $4.00 per day to scrape muck from a swampy area for the constructionof the original hatchery ponds. In the past Ed also took out a contract to cut blocksof ice from Cordova Lake to store in the Hatchery icehouse. The production of cuttingice was eventually eliminated once hydro arrived in the area around 1%9. Sin.ee 1938he has worked for every Deer Lake Hatchery Manager in producing bass, pickerel,muskellunge and many species of trout. Ed has been around to see all the changes atthe Hatchery and has been a book of knowledge to new corners.The Hatchery won't be the same without Ed's presence but we all wish him a long andvery happy retirement.

C.R. Gray, District ManagerMinistry of Natural Resources322 Kent Street WestLindsay, Ontario K9V 4T71-705-324--6121

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Proposal made to re-open Deer LakeFish Hatchery at Authority meeting

A move to re-open the DeerLake Fish Hatchery and thepossible development of aneducational centre hasresulted in the adoption of amotion by the Crowe ValleyConservation Authority tohave a report prepared fortheir December meeting.

Councillor Bob Watson andDeputy Reeve Ron Gerow ofthe Belmont and Methuen!fownship appeared before theull authority at the Oct. 19theeting.Watson underlined his disap-

pointment and frustration overthe hatchery closing in 1991bythe Ministry of NaturalResources which haddescribed the action as a cost-cutting measure. The council-lor recommended that effortsbe made to re-open the hatch-ery and the possible establish-ment of an educational centreon the site to be used by theschools and other agencies as aseminar/conference centre.

He proposed that a five-member committee be formedCont'd on page 2

-am:lJ}oinLHe JUl""~NDHSstaff in September, 1988,the same year this group classwas taking its first real "tour"down the secondary school'shallways.

"Each new venture in learn-ing has its moments," he toldthem. And "change can beupsetting and paralyzing."

But he reminded the gradu-ates they have to "live, hopeand succeed within an environ-ment of constant change.

"It may not be easy but youhave the tools," he said. But"there is no doubt that changesand newness should not fright-en you off."

Mr. Crockower told them toremember their work ethic,their values and the successgained in friendships andrelationships. .

The "common hopes,dreams, a sense of family and.the gift of youth" are things to"cherish, whatever you do;wherever you go."

"Now, and forever, you arepart of the Norwood family,"Mr. Crockower said. "Thanksfor sharing these years."

To the graduates, the Hall of

Wear a Poppy... Everyone is encouraged to wear a Poppy thiweek as a reminder oj Remembrance Day ceremonies to be helacross Canada Thursday morning. 4/~ ~:

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~er .b£lkefish J::lgtcheryhas potential, councillor saysby Michael CzerewkoBelmont-Methuen - Councillor Bob

;>Watson outlined his vision for therevival of the Deer Lake Fish Hatch-ery. He told council that he in fact.had approached the Minister ofNatural Resources, Howard Hamp-ton, last month when the ministerwas in the area. Hampton's responseto Watson' s desire to see the hatch-ery re-opened was positive and assuch Watson is compelled to followit up. Councillor Barb Graingernominated Watson to head the group.Watson had already met with the

Crowe Valley Conservation Author-ity (CVCA) to plan an agenda.Watson would like to see a commit-tee of five include a council repre-sentative, CVCA, a Rotary Clubmember, a property owner and oneother person.

Using the recently released SewellCommission Report as his basis,Watson sees the hatchery as a multi-faceted resource centre. The site hasthe hatchery infrastructure in placealong with the new hydro-generat-ing station. The educational aspectsalone could lead to a conference

facility, a meeting place for schoolgroups and a library\reference cen-tre. Hiking and ski trails could forma part of the total plan making thisa potentially self-sustaining resource.Reeve Wilson and Deputy-reeveGerow offered their support toWatson.

Kareullis, a planner with theconsulting firm Greet Galloway,spoke to council and informed themthat an updated Zoning Bylawseemed in orderas the old one wasdrawn up in 1977 and does not re-flect recent changes to the OfficialPlan, wetlands and floodplain devel-opments among others.

"The new bylaw would be easy toread and use. It would be concise andup-to-date," said Ellis as she askedcouncil members to keep lists ofissues and changes they would liketo see considered. An "issues andoptions" report would follow, lead-ing to a new draft bylaw includingnew computer generated digitized

I. maps. When this stage was reached,a public open house would be held

for input from ratepayers. After as-sessing public input, council andGreer Galloway would circulatecopies to government agencies. Ellisoptimistically thought the new by-law would be ready for next sum-mer.

Deputy-reeve Ron Gerow pointedout that the provincial mapping ofwetlands is running behind sched-ule even though the Official PlanAmendment is already in use.

Craig Nicholson, Chair of the Pe-terborough Coalition of Lake Asso-ciations addressed council and re-quested the public input session takeplace during the summer months toallow cottagers to participate.

Roads Superintendent Boyd Hillgave his monthly report. In hiswords, in spite of continuing roadrepairs as a result of the severity oflast winter, cost overruns on specificwork items, cutbacks in grants aswell as implementation of the SocialContract, he is close to budget butwithout room to spare. CouncillorBob Watson offered his thanks toHill and his staff on behalf of satis-

1". fied ratepayers from whom he has

heard reports. Watson said, "It is hardto keep taxes down while continu-ing to provide services." Hill hasbeen instrumental in his part.

Bylaw Enforcement Officer Barry

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Deer Lake closingopposed ro~~iec~~~~

Th province'S decISIon industry in the Kawarth~s.closee the Deer Lake ~ish C:ulture Council agreed to write to theStation this summer I~ bemg op- ministry of na~r~l resources toposed by county counCIl. h' b)'ect to the decISIon.

N th Monaghan Towns IP 0 The facility is to be dosed asor reeve Art Beardsmore art of a cost-cutting move by

de~uty-. the hatchery - On- P .' trysaid closmg f ility for raising themIIDS .tario's only aCI I

Allemang, reported 15 building per-mits were issued in August, two fornew houses. This led to ReeveWilson commenting, "Maybe theeconomy is turning around."

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Empire building in the fish hatchery worldcar you bought them last week? Whythen, would you buy the CVCA a new

( venture when they have completelydevastated the last one. Get real!

During the meeting we were invitedto evaluate another of the CVCAacquisitions, Callahan's Rapids, toview the waste, destruction and bla-

I(tant di gard for public funds, beforeconside .ng this proposal. For thosewho wish to be enlightened,

Dear Editor:Where does Mr. Pender get off so-

liciting the taxpayers for funds so hecan continue to build his empire byreopening the fish hatchery inCordova? Once acquired, managingthe fish hatchery property by CVCA(Crowe Valley Conservation Author-ity)' would soon warrant additionalcompensation for the added respon-sibility. They more or less have a blankcheque now! It was my understand-ing the CVCA simply presents ourtownship with a bill of their expen-ditures and we are responsible for apercentage of itTheir immediate need of$59.,09O to

open the doors, remove the cobwebs,paint and polish, make the toilets flush(just to entice the investment commu-nity, many of whom are also funded)"by our tax dollars), is simply outra-

. geous.If this were 1894, Mr. Penderwould

probably be selling us snake oil whilehe was picking our pockets. Upondiscovery, the public would either tarand feather him or ride him out of townon a rail. Those were the good olddays! This is 1994. What is Mr. Penderup to and at what cost to the taxpayer?Could it be that the acquisition of thefish hatchery property would give the

Callahan's Rapids are easy to find andnot far away. (Marmora Ist line southfrom Highway #7 to stop sign, left onekilometre.) This invitation was not ex-

ltended by the CVCA but by a taxpayerliving adjacent to the mess created bytheCVCA.

By who~uthority, what mandate,whl!.l.&!Jidelines, does our counciloperate? Our elected officials were putinto office to take care of the business

at hand, not to pursue business ven-tures that have little or no financialcredibility or accountability to be fi-nanced, if necessary, by additionallevies.What we really need here folks, is

a lot of tar, a lot of feathers, and a lotof rails. As for Mr. Clark, keep up thefight in our best interests Don! You'vegot my vote.

(Name withheld upon request)

Forget fish hatchery says former employeeDear Editor:

In the January 18 edition of yourpaper, there was a news item with ~heading "Hatchery's Fate Debat~.

Having been employed at the FIshHatchery for some time prior to itsclosing, and knowing the problemswith the water and the antiquatedequipment, and the costs to operateit, I do not support the township or theCrowe Valley Conservation Authority(CVCA) getting involved in any waywith re-opening the hatchery. The wa-ter was too warm in the sununer andtoo cold in the winter.

Neither do I support the CVCA orthe township being involved in theopening of a park in the area, or re-source centre, office space, etc. as Ido not believe the need exists for these.

I believe the re-opening of the hatch-ery will result in both a short-term ~a long-term liability to the township.This news item stated that Mr. Kelly

Pender of the CVCA is alleged to havesai tha the Peterborouzh County

Board of Education buses students toan environmental resource centre inPetawawa, at a cost of $1,000 perstudent. Pender suggests that by hav-ing a similar local facility, that the feewould be reduced to $300 or less,allowing more students to benefit fromthis experience.

When checking this out, I was ad-vised that this is incorrect. The Peter-borough County Board of Education

sends no students to Petawawa,' there-fore there would be no savings what-soever.

As far as I am concerned, CroweValley Conservation Area alre~y h~been given far too much authonty, anaseem to be spending a lot of tax dol-lars with little or nothing to show fOltheir ventures. So, council, beware.

Don BowenlCordova Mines

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amount of taxpayers , money requiredto secure and develop the property.It is also proposed that a townshipreservefund account could be utilizedfor a portion of the work required toinitiate development. In either case itdoes not state the amount and I amnot in the habit of signing blankcheques.The proposal suggests many short-

and long-term uses of this propertysuch as fish hatchery, a building fora classroom, for a resource library forschool students, office space for thetownship, conservation authority andpossible other partner agencies, aboard room, seminar and conferencefacility, etc. It is my opinion that boththe CVCA and Belmont and Methuendo not require this office space. Fur-thermore, the present office is morecentrally located. If the CVCA officesare overcrowded, I would suggest theyreduce the size of their staff insteadof acquiring more space.The initial cost estimate for start-up

straight on this $50,000 which only includes thingssuch as surveying, legal fees, septicsystem, well, washrooms, minor re-pairs, etc.

This is only a minor portion of whatwill be required to complete the pro-posals as outlined.I believe we have a lot of taxpayers

hurting financially. When checkingin December, I was informed therewas about $450,000 in tax arrears. Ido not believe we should take anymoney from any reserve funds as wecould then end up borrowing money

to operate the municipality. Everyeffort should be made to hold munici-pal taxes down.

Some say this could be a money-making project and we would getsupport from many agencies. Wouldthese other agencies make a firm com-mitment to contribute their support orif it is not self supporting would theydrop their support and the CVCA andtownship be left paying the bills?I am not convinced it has thepotential

of making a profit. However, if it isa viable proposal, it should be oper-

ated by private enterprise or a consor-tium. I would suggest it would beoperated more efficiently than as apublic enterprise.This proposal is to be presented to

the minister as a final report. I am ofthe opinion that if either the CVCAor the municipality acquires the prop-erty based on all the suggested usesthat have been put forward in the pro-posal, that therninistry would be ex-pecting them to be implemented.

Don Clark,Havelock

Setting the recor~ Dear Editor:

(.)\ There has been considerable discus-~ sion recently regarding the opening"' of the Deer Lake Fish Hatchery. Some

are of the opinion that I am opposed""" to it being reopened. This is incorrect.V; as 1would like to see it operating again.

" However, I do not think that either theTownships ofBelmont and Methuenor Crowe Valley Conservation Au-thority (CVCA) should be involvedin the operation.Belmont and Methuen are by far the

greatest municipal contributors to theCVCA and each of the last two yearswe have been asked for an increasein levy of about 20%. When the town-ship receives this invoice it is man-datory that they pay it: If the fish hatch-ery projectdoes not pay itsway, whichI doubt that it will, at least for a longperiod of time, it will result in thetownship receiving further increasesin the CVCA levy. It is suggested inthe proposal to the ministry, that everyeffort will be made to minimize the

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. . . . ~.!!lL-!-1-!1/..1/ Ministry of Correctional Services has0Jirst option on Fish Hatchery property

by Nancy Powers

The future of the Cordova(Deer) Lake Fish Hatchery is inlimbo as the Ministry of Correc-r-, tional Services has first option topurchase the property.

Members of the Crowe ValleyConservation Authority (CVCA)were informed by the Ministry OfNatural Resources (MNR) thatthe Ministry of Correctional Serv-ices were still d . .or not they had a use for the prop-erty.

The discussion regarding theFish Hatchery took place duringthe CVCA full authority meetingheld in Marmora on April 14. Atthat time CVCA representativeAl French outlined the responsereceived from the MNR.

The proposal, which took threemonths to prepare, was presentedto Minister of Natural ResourcesHoward Hampton in January forhis comments and approval.

A joint effort between theCVCA and the Belmont &Methuen Township Council wasto see the fish hatchery turned intoa "multi-use, multi-agency re-source centre." A citizens com-

- mittee was formed in October,1993 to establish a proposal to besubmitted to the MNR.

According to Kelly Pender,CVCA General Manager, AlFrench and Belmont & MethuenTownship Council Bob Watsonreceived a letter stating that theMinistry of Correctional Serviceswas interested in the property andthat their group would be "secondin line".

The next step f commit-tee has been to request a meetingwith Hampton and local MPP' s tosuggest to the MNR they get aspeedy answer from CorrectionalServices.

"The committee is worried thatit could take a year or longer for adecision tobe made and they don't.want to lose the momentum builtup to this point," commentedPender.

"We have people on board whoare interested in forming partner-ships to help fund the project andwe don't want to leave them hang-ing," explained Pender.

The land is owned by the Mi!J.-i@:yof Government Ser.vices butwas maintained by the MNR from1938 to July, 1991. For the last

three years the land has been dor-mant.

"The buildings are already inpoor shape which means if a deci-

r sion is prolonged they will be\ even worse by the time we getaround to actual work," notedPender.

At this stage, the committee isin what Pender describes as a"holding pattern". Within themonth they hope to meet withHampton to determine the statusof the land. .

At a special meeting of Belmont,& Methuen Township Council on)April 14, Councillor Bob Watsoninformed both council and thepublic about the latest develop-ment. It was Watson who firstapproached his council and theCVCA about the property.

Deputy-Reeve Ron Gerow,who was chairing the meeting,.had a concern regarding potentialuses of the property by Correc-tional Services.

"We could end up with any-thing from a training centre to afull blo~on," commentedGerow, adding, "I hope the pro-vincial government keeps a closewatch on what is proposed."