HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-04-26, Page 15ROUGH, JQURNEy-'This s ckledAtr� trout(p o i
t ,: Pe , i" U .�: p aged yup ,.key the
Department of Natural Resources conservation crew just
below the dam of Port Albert, has had a rough trip up the,
.river to the ;$awning beds. Conservation Officers believe
the trout's' encOunter with a lamprey; will mean., its death In
the near future (Staff,Phot0)
Conservation officers and the'r
crews hawo'l n workingn the
Port Al.t area .four the last few
weeks,tagging the, trout which
or'eawimming up the livct to the
spauming beds and,belping them
along their way, ,
The trout -tagging operation,
which has :only been in effeet•in
the Port Albert, area for the last
few Years,, represents' a program
which has been "a n integral part
of the Ministry of Natura),l
sources''-stoc ng. o rations, for
the last 30 to 40 yew.
"The tagging citation has
been restricted to the spawners,"
said Blake Evans, a conservation
officer with witit the Wingham branch
of the '. Ministry ..of Natural
Resources. "We hope to put'the><x
in 'the optimum place where, they'
will be able to regenerate thent-
selves."
t
Tra
4 ut- i , serves a m tt
m
purpose function in the scheme of
the Ministry of Natural Re-
sources stocking operations.
"It gives ' us their' rate of
growth—that is the rate of In-
crease in size, in the -period let -
veva. w they` were d
when .may are naught ":
Tagging al'reveale where
spawnersetravel and where `t
gather,'" f no one catc . a
"with.,tag then iben maybc
fisshingthere and w
wht„''
Mr. Evans added that
versa 40tgd be true 'IF
fishermen are just not
the fish ;they, catch with a
theY*(the coervationau
e to think on the goad:
"The :port Albert operate
relatively t small profit,'
nservatton crews
s at,
eeda
l� the.
his year.'Tlifey t!ed�`tr
of whiff were caught :on, ti
day.
The crewsgo put w
weather is right, If the s
and di.t atrout
warm
gathered more than if the'
clot tly and cool.
"The workforce consists,;
conservation officers an f
five cols uel employees, depi
y l ee iri her • of i
itrout. a
river." Mr. Evans d the )3
-
•s,,,
ber of trout Is Oeternained
the operation #lir
' The trout-taggink #tlr
paid for out of the, ,fl
:• management .allocation .' ►
ministry's budget, "It all `
back to the taxpayer's money,"
said Mr. Evans.
ale added that he lieges the
3 trouttagging, Prograin programwill coni.
itinue into the future, "We have
considerable faith in thepros
gram. it ,depends on funding`bit
there ' •.
there's' every Indication of it
being a continuing°program. '?
The conservation ocerahive
not faced any discouraging�re-
marks•in;regard :toe thep program.
"There has been nothing int
favorable' comment'f rein• ih
local people in Port Albert," said
Mr. Evans.
°
with the coming of dryer,
s
a,gwarmer • weather: the water,levei
t Iver gone ander
a 4.
trout'
"In ihe,last fCw ys'� tbes►e were' tit
have stinted t o cleapicturr tie � Wit;
at tit true ` t
talo , watetr, jevelwas .tan.
: f tem," comme tted .
4 ' an''goosd
d ire don.... t pan
:Snlwhy. `it .won't'' it> prove..
a trout stream
river is�y�_.
ut t
e fokets
'tfiewa ' bel+o 'ihe dam.:They
sm.!. t able to get;d,past it.
e +c pm Pont b tie the
final o ta#cle. °to this tj use
e u the �tne-tie river .
to . s b t i
pa�, � .0 . the s
Ihitle- tit can be st it.
da
+aWA• l aken
London .ands' he refuses to sem.
There was another°dam further '''l
.up' 'the river but it was 'washed
r
'Out
?.
The Ontario Branch of the
Holstein.Friesian .Association is
sponsoring as new event to be
known as the Ontario Holstein
'Spring, 'Show: `t ryi l '',beheld
Saturday;"May-. 5, at ,'atford
Fair t,ounds, commencing at
10:30 a *fl ..
s vent
e:i '
ar is the result of. a
rising demand from breeders for
. a major snow; at whi'eh ':animals'
that are not at their plc for the
fall fairs,may .exhilo ted, mince
LOCAL TALENT—The Department of Natural Resources'
fish and wildlife department's conservation team, based
near Wingham, makes use of the Local talent when netting
trout for its tagging program. The nets used in the picture
c�.. -:
av':i..f,..w.+ci..iYa>Ata1.c 2. wA7 ati..R.ax'e.cy.s ' "'V;u`s.'<_` 1 . z, t -•moi f.. (.
are specially designed for working in the Lucknow river.
The rest of the crew beat the water to try and drive the fish
in the direction of the mets. (Staff Photo)
•
iC;,fi';�..., ''�Y',:.'., .. ._.: ,... ozs"z "". '' .... 'e:F.� ,,..,..._ _.... Sw3iAYr:'e1:...',..:,...as,«�,fi>.adi•V-airs . .: ..:., :.
FISH STOPPER The old stone darn on the Lucknowwriver,
where if flows through Port Albert, poses the last real
obstacle to the trout as they swirn up the river to the swri-
i'rig beds further up. Part of the consevvation crew's opera-
tion calls for helping the trout get past this obstacle whereas
the rerrlainder of their job is to tag the fish in order to follow
their movements. (Staff Photo)
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SPLIS SPLOSH—Conservation officer Blake Evan's finds
it a wet fob as he makes a fast bee -line for the shore with his
fish in tow. The fish, a rather good sized female speckled
trout, is being taken to the department's truck for tagging
and a dip in its tank. She'll later be released a little further
up the river on the other side of the Port Albert dam.
TROUT TAGGING—Once the trout is caught, he is measured and supplied with a tag by
the Department of Natural Resources' conservation officers. The purpose of the tag is to
assist the officers in sighting their movements; determining how far they move; and the
type of rivers the trout prefer to spawn in. (Staff Photo'