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The Lake Ontario Management Unit, is part of the Great Lakes Branch, Natural Resource Management Division of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The unit manages fisheries in Lake Ontario and in the St. Lawrence River.

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Table of Contents
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I. Fish Community Indexing
1. Pelagic Planktivores
Overview / The Surveys / Total Numbers of Fish Targets and Species Composition / Alewife Smelt / Other Species / References
2. Pelagic Piscivores
Overview / Stocking, Chinook Salmon Status / Rainbow Trout Status / Lake Trout Status / Atlantic Salmon Restoration / References
3. Eastern Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte
Overview /Species Population Status / References
4. St. Lawrence River
Overview / Species Population Trends / References
II. Resource Use
5. Commercial Fisheries
Overview / Quota Management / Lake Ontario / References
6. Recreational Fisheries
Overview / Bay of Quinte Walleye Fishery / Western Lake Ontario Boat Fishery / Eastern Lake Ontario Boat Fishery / References
7. Aboriginal Spear Fishery
Overview / Spear Fishery Summary
III. Additional Topics
8. Smallmouth Bass PopulationStatus
Introduction / Methods / Result and Discussion / References
Appendix
Fish Stocked in the Province of Ontario Waters of Lake Ontario in 1998
Atlantic salmon / Brown trout / Chinook salmon / Coho salmon / Lake trout / Walleye

LAKE ONTARIO
MANAGEMENT UNIT
1998 ANNUAL REPORT
Prepared for the
Lake Ontario Committee Meeting
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Niagara Falls, Ontario
March 30-31, 1999
© 1999, Queen’s Printer for Ontario
Printed in Ontario, Canada
March 1999
Editor’s Note: This report does not constitute publication. Many of the results are preliminary findings. The information and findings should not be quoted without the consent of the individual authors. Individual authors should be contacted prior to any application of the data herein.
Report ISSN 1201-8449

Table of Contents
The following articles are posted as PDF documents, and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print. A free copy of the software can be downloaded from Adobe.
Species Highlights
I. Fish Communities
1. Lake Ontario Offshore Pelagic Fish Community
Alewife / Rainbow smelt / Other pelagic prey species / Stocking program / Chinook salmon / Rainbow trout / Atlantic salmon
2. Lake Ontario Offshore Benthic Fish Community
Lake trout / Lake whitefish / Slimy sculpin / Burbot / Deepwater sculpin
3. . Lake Ontario Nearshore Fish Community
Smallmouth bass / Yellow perch / Walleye / Lake sturgeon / Round goby
4. St. Lawrence Fish Community
Fish species update: yellow perch, smallmouth bass, northern pike, american eel, other species
II. Fisheries
5. Lake Ontario Commercial Fishery
Quota management / Commercial harvest summary / Biological characteristics of the harvest
6. St. Lawrence River Commercial Fishery
Quota management / Commercial harvest summary
7. Bay of Quinte Recreational Fishery
Fisheries update
8. The Boat Fishery for Salmon and Trout in Western Lake Ontario
Fisheries update
9. Bay of Quinte Aboriginal Fishery
Fisheries update
III. Special Studies
10. Status and Prognosis for Bay of Quinte Walleye
Fisheries / Recent changes in the status of walleye and the Bay of Quinte fish community / What factors might be influencing the walleye? / Lessons from the past / Prognosis for walleye and the Bay of Quinte fish community / Approaches to sustaining walleye populations
11. A survey of Rainbow Trout Anglers at the Ganaraska River during Spring 1999
Fisheries Update / Creel limit survey
Appendices
Appendix A: Fish Stocked in the Province of Ontario Waters of Lake Ontario in 1999
Appendix B: Catches in the Index Netting Program in Eastern Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte in 1999
Appendix C: Catches in the Index Netting Program in the Thousand Islands Area of the St. Lawrence River in 1999

LAKE ONTARIO
MANAGEMENT UNIT
1999 ANNUAL REPORT
Prepared for the
Lake Ontario Committee Meeting
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
St. Catherines, Ontario
March 28-29, 2000
© 2000, Queen’s Printer for Ontario
Editor’s Note: This report does not constitute publication. Many of the results are preliminary findings. The information and findings should not be quoted without the consent of the individual authors. Individual authors should be contacted prior to any application of the data herein.
Report ISSN 1201-8449

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Telephone: (613) 476-3255 FAX: (613) 476-7131 e-mail: sandra.orsatti@mnr.gov.on.ca

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