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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

 

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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

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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

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

 

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