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Turner, Deputy Minister\nREPORT OF THE\nDepartment of Recreation\nand Conservation\ncontaining the reports of the\nFISH AND GAME BRANCH, PROVINCIAL PARKS BRANCH,\nTRAVEL BUREAU, PHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH, AND\nCOMMERCIAL FISHERIES BRANCH\nYear Ended December 31st\n1957\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1958 Victoria, B.C., February 24th, 1958.\nTo the Honourable Frank Mackenzie Ross, C.M.G., M.C., LL.D.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nHerewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Report of the Department of\nRecreation and Conservation for the year ended December 31st, 1957.\nE. C. WESTWOOD,\nMinister of Recreation and Conservation. Victoria, B.C., February 24th, 1958.\nThe Honourable E. C. Westwood,\nMinister of Recreation and Conservation.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Department of Recreation and Conservation for the nine months ended December 31st, 1957.\nD. B. TURNER,\nDeputy Minister of Recreation and Conservation. CONTENTS\nIntroduction by the Deputy Minister of Recreation and Conservation.\nFish and Game Branch\t\nProvincial Parks Branch\t\nBritish Columbia Travel Bureau_\nPhotographic Branch\t\nCommercial Fisheries Branch\t\nPage\n_ 7\n_ 9\n_ 21\n. 31\n_ 39\n. 47 rt\n>\u25a0\nO\no\nJ\n\u00a7\nV>\nJ\n0\n0\n<\nz\no\nh\n<\n>\ntf\nu\nu.\nZ\nin\n<)\nu\n~*\nT_\n_^\nz\n0\nl.\ni)\n.\n2\nO\nm\nJ3\n|\ntj\nH\n0\na\n0\n<\nw\nPS\n0\nrt\no\nQ\nbo\n>\ng\nc\nH\nz\nw\nJM\n3\nH\ntf\n<\nP.\nM\nu\nu\nr-\n\nw\n3\n*\nH\na\nh\nu\nH\n31\nC\no\n0\nh\n\u00a7\nSQ\ntfl\nH\nfc_\nK\nh\nji\n>\nn\nM\nn\na\nO\nt*\n0\na\nm\nc\nG\n9\nfl\nlx\nrt\n9\nJ\ns\n<\n0\na\no\nrt\no\n\u00a7\nh\nV\na\na\n33\nH\nC\no\n1)\n0\ns\n1\n1\npi\n<_)\nz\nX\n|\nh\n0.\nm\\\no\n5\n_\nIS\n0\nG\ni\n8\nH\nu\no\ns\n<\nX\no\nX\nPi\noS\n<\n(0\nVancouver\nKelowna\nNanaimo\nCranbrook\nPrince George\nu\n\u201e x 75 \u2022 \u00ab\n& o 8 J\n^ g \u00bb 3 i-h o u\nUtoZCUOJJCU\nH\n0\nrt\nu\n5\na,\n1\n<\n\u00a7\n0\ni 1\n\u00ab frji\n\u20229 \u00ab 2\nI \u00b0 5\n99d\n> J 2\nh a\nrt \u00ab.\nS3 o\nE \u00b0\n\u25a0_* o\nIn\nh h_! -C\nPi...\nB * j<\nrt * rt\nJP< Pi\n5S.fi\n2 _ _\nII s\nB . S\nJ \u00abj V\n=- S s Ie\n\u00ab oi . !\n\u25a0\u25a0 .. o [\n\"\u25a0fi a\n\u25a0s >\u2022\"\u2022\n'ta 1\n1 s.s a\nS\u00bb S\n* \u00ab \u00a3 *\nrtcK g\n. ^ \u2022 M\ni. \u00ab * w\n S S\nQ - B \"\n13 JS\nJ! 6 i S\n\u00ab rt ^ o.\nQO a 1\nQ O\n.9\nII5 \u00a3'\n\u25a0j a \u00ab \u00ab\nw \u00ab o 2\n^ ^3 o c\nSol J\"\nJ gf si\nIII\nX\n\u2022<\no\n- w B\nT3 G O\nS3\n3\n12\nm>\no S\n5-S Report of the\nDepartment of Recreation and Conservation, 1957\nD. B. Turner, Deputy Minister and Commissioner of Fisheries\nINTRODUCTION\nThe Department of Recreation and Conservation was created by Act of Legislature\ndated March 28th, 1957. This is the first annual report covering the period April 1st to\nDecember 31st, 1957.\nThe creation of this new Department was the culmination of several years of careful\nexamination and favourable thought on the part of the Government of the Province. The\nfinal decision was influenced in no small measure by strong support and endorsement from\nsenior public servants, from outstanding citizens throughout the Province, and from Provincial and community organizations devoted to the advancement of the general welfare\nof British Columbia and its people. The result is that British Columbia can claim the first\nProvincial Minister of the Crown in Canada of a department organized to blend together\nthe major elements of outdoor recreation such as camping, hiking, boating, photographing,\ntouring and travelling, and hunting and fishing. This integration assures an over-all and\nunited approach and perspective of recreational outdoor activities.\nThe Department of Recreation and Conservation comprises the following five\nunits:\u2014\n(1) Fish and Game Branch.\u2014Formerly the British Columbia Game Commission in the Department of the Attorney-General. The Director, hitherto\nGame Commissioner, has under his charge the protection, the cropping,\nand the management of our fish, fur and game, or wildlife resources.\n(2) Provincial Parks Branch.\u2014Previously the Provincial Parks and Recreation\nDivision in the British Columbia Forest Service. Under the Director, the\nmain objective of this Branch is to plan, develop, and maintain a park\nsystem, including camp-site and roadside picnic areas and marinas,\ncapable of meeting the non-urban recreational needs of the people of\nBritish Columbia. Lands and waters for the use and enjoyment of the\npublic are obtained, largely through establishing reserves of Crown lands.\nWhen necessary to complete a land system of parks or a water system of\nmarinas, acquisition is by purchase. Occasionally a gift of an area is made\nby a public-spirited citizen.\n(3) British Columbia Travel Bureau.\u2014Drawn from the former Department of\nTrade and Industry. The function of the British Columbia Travel Bureau,\ndischarged through its Director, is to promote travel within the borders of\nthe Province and aid and assist in the development of the tourist trade and\nthe visitor industry.\n(4) Photographic Branch.\u2014Was a part of the British Columbia Government\nTravel Bureau but became an entity upon transfer to the Department of\nRecreation and Conservation. The Photographic Branch supplies visual\ncoverage, both movie and still, for all departments of the Provincial\nGovernment.\n(5) Commercial Fisheries Branch.\u2014Formerly the Department of Fisheries.\nBriefly and in broad terms the Federal Department of Fisheries controls\nand regulates the catching of fish, such as salmon, halibut, and herring, II 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nwhile the processing comes under the authority of the Province of British\nColumbia. Inspection of processing plants is the chief function of the\nSupervisor of Fisheries. In addition, because control of the foreshore is\nvested in the Province, the shell-fish industry is a Provincial responsibility,\nbut welcome co-operation in the matter of regulations governing the harvesting of shell-fish is received from the Federal Government.\nThe major aim of this new Department of Recreation and Conservation is the design\nand execution of a carefully drawn outdoor recreational plan, non-urban in character and\nfor British Columbia as a whole. In harmony with this recreational plan, the park system,\nfor example, in time must blanket the Province. In this way all sections of British Columbia will be used and enjoyed by our citizens. A major consideration in implementing\nthe recreational plan is economics. Obviously Crown lands must be used wherever possible, and hence the operations of the Department of Recreation and Conservation must\nlie primarily in unorganized or Crown territory and are exclusive of, except for Class \" C \"\nparks, organized areas such as cities, towns, villages, or district municipalities.\nIn the following pages of this first Annual Report of the Department of Recreation\nand Conservation, the substantial progress made by the respective branches during the\ninitial nine months is recounted briefly and as graphically as possible. , \u25a0,:\u25a0'\"...:\n^iP*!\n.: \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\nFISH and\nGAME\nBRANCH HISTORY\nThe first game administration was established in 1905 in\nthe Department of Lands and Works. Legislation which dealt\nwith wildlife had been passed as early as 1870. In 1905 the first\nhunting licence was introduced. First money for wildlife management was voted in 1908. The Game Branch was transferred\nfrom the Department of Lands and Works to the Attorney-\nGeneral's Department in 1910. The \"Game Act\" was consolidated in 1911. The Game Branch was abolished in 1918, and\nadministration of wildlife became a responsibility of the British\nColumbia Provincial Police. At the same time a Game Conservation Branch came into existence. Further reorganization took\nplace in 1929 with the separation of the Game Branch from the\nProvincial Police. The Fisheries Branch was established in 1932.\nThe Game Branch underwent another reorganization in\n1934, when a Game Commission of three members was appointed. The Game Commission remained until the organization became part of the Department of Recreation and Conservation on April 1st, 1957. The present title is \" Fish and Game\nBranch.\"\nThe responsibilities of the Commission grew in 1938, when\nthe non-tidal sport fisheries came under Provincial jurisdiction.\nScientific studies of game and fish began to grow in importance\nafter World War II. \u2022... \"'J.\nS**S!?*v_j>t-.''\n- : II\nTrapping California bighorn sheep, Chilcotin.\nKamloops trout. II 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nFISH AND GAME BRANCH, 1957\nF. R. Butler, Director\nGame-management techniques practised elsewhere have been put into effect where\napplicable and deemed necessary in the Province. Constant and careful study, examination, and investigation of the numerous wildlife problems are continually to the forefront in Branch activities.\nWILDLIFE PROBLEMS\nSuch problems as obstructions on lakes and streams, pollution, public access, and\npublic relations are of paramount importance. The Branch is fully aware of the need\nfor watching any development that might result in pollution or create other problems.\nThere is very little doubt that the section of the Federal Fisheries Act dealing with\npollution should be studied and revised so that there may be more control over pollution\nand obstructions of every kind.\nPublic access to hunting and fishing areas is of the greatest importance at this time,\nas a result of increased pressure. In this connection it is respectfully suggested that this\nmatter be carefully and fully discussed by heads of Governmental departments concerned\nfor the purpose of arriving at some suitable over-all access policy that will be acceptable\nto government, industry, and recreationists.\nPublic relations must be constantly improved because it is the best working-tool in\nany form of game-conservation work. The Game Branch has done a great deal of work\nin keeping the public informed on every phase of the multiple and sustained use of our\nvery valuable wildlife resource.\nGAME AND FISHING REGULATIONS\nEach year this Branch has endeavoured to simplify these regulations and to set\nseasons in accordance with sound wildlife-management practices. These regulations are\nunder frequent study, with a view to further simplifying them if possible.\nVIOLATIONS\nThere is bound to be an increase in violations as hunting and fishing pressure\nincreases. In 1957 there were 1,373 informations laid, resulting in 25 dismissals, 1 withdrawal, and 1,347 convictions, with fines amounting to $25,198.50.\nHUNTING ACCIDENTS\nWhile all reports under this heading have not been received or resolved, some twenty-\nfour accidents took place in 1957, twelve of which were fatal. Most of these accidents\ncan be attributed to carelessness.\nThere has been much discussion and thought given to devising means to prevent\nthese unfortunate accidents. It would seem, in the final analysis, that the only suitable\nsolution is by a constant and approved form of education. After careful study of the\nwhole accident problem, it would seem that requiring hunters to wear specific coloured\nclothing will not curtail accidents to any extent.\nLICENCES\nThere was a very decided increase in the number of firearms and anglers' licences\nissued during the year. Resident and non-resident firearms and anglers' licences issued\nin 1956 totalled 245,222. In 1957 the total was 273,365, or an increase of 28,143. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nREVENUE\nRevenue showed a decided increase over 1956, as follows:\u2014\n1956 $1,160,273.50\n1957 1,3 81,005.05\nIncrease $220,731.55\nII 13\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS\nSincere appreciation is extended to all Government Agencies, organized farmers,\ngame associations, and many other organizations for the friendly co-operation extended\nthroughout the year, and also for the excellent and often arduous work carried out by\nall Game Branch and R.C.M.P. personnel.\nFISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION\nGeneral\nThe continued interest in the sport fisheries resource is graphically illustrated in the\nfollowing table:\u2014\nAngler's Licence Sales\n1955\n1956\n1957\n98,517\n4,466\n22,032\n5,020\n109,976\n5,656\n25,101\n6,469\n127,827\nNon-resident\u2014\n6,895\n25,887\n7,187\nT\"tals\n130,035\n75.5\n147,200\n74.7\n167,791\n76.0\nThe 168,000 anglers who fished in British Columbia in 1957 caught an estimated\n10,000,000 fish and expended roughly $28,000,000 to $29,000,000 in so doing. Resident anglers averaged an expenditure of around $120 to $130, while non-resident anglers\nexpended as much as $330 each for their fishing in British Columbia (average amount\nspent by Californians). It is perhaps important to note that approximately 75 per cent\nof angler's licence sales are to British Columbia residents. A large percentage of the\ntime spent by the Fisheries Management Division is spent on such public services as\nlectures, attendances at rod and gun club meetings, dissemination of fishing and hunting\ninformation (particularly during the spring and summer months), as well as the more\nimportant management work associated with the regional sport fisheries.\nManagement\nIn 1957 over 115,000 acre-feet of waters were rehabilitated through lake poisoning,\nparticularly with toxaphene. This compares with a figure of 22,000 acre-feet in 1956.\nThe number of lakes treated is almost identical to 1956\u2014that is, thirteen\u2014but because\nof the economical means of treatment, the lakes treated in 1957 were, on the average,\nmuch larger. Of importance is the fact that many of the rehabilitated lakes of 1956\nproduced a \" fabulous \" sport fishery during the summer and fall of 1957. This management procedure is one that is extremely popular.\nEleven scientific publications and articles were prepared by the Fisheries Division\nand are available for distribution. Further simplification of the fishing regulations was\nachieved. Each year the regulations are leading to a more scientifically managed sport\nfishery. II 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nStocking schedules have been considerably revised as more information has been\ngathered on individual lakes. Creel-census work, necessary to evaluate the effects of\nstocking, bag-limits, and seasons, etc., took up a considerable portion of Management\nactivities.\nThe control and licensing of commercial and private fish-farms proceeded effectively\nand with few complications in 1957.\nProtection\nDuring 1957 continued attention was given to the processing of water-licence\napplications and stream-bed gravel-removal applications, industrial pollutions, and prevention of obstructions to fish passage. Increased liaison and co-operation were received\nfrom industry. This is attributable to a sound and technical approach to the problems\nfacing industry in the protection of the sport-fish resource.\nA major project involved a biological survey, in conjunction with the Federal\nDepartment of Fisheries, of the effect on fish-life and aquatic insects of a forest spray\nproject on Northern Vancouver Island for the control of the black-headed budworm\nthrough the use of DDT aerial spraying. A complete report has been completed.\nEngineering surveys of Morehead Lake near Williams Lake and Westwood Lake\nnear Nanaimo were conducted to establish means of maintaining these lakes as valuable\nrecreational areas. Efforts are under way to have a rock obstruction, which is creating\na steelhead blockade, removed from the Coquihalla River.\nAssistance was supplied whenever possible to the Federal Department of Fisheries\nin negotiations and surveys to further fisheries interests in the event of the construction\nof major water-supply and hydro-development projects.\nHatcheries\nDuring 1957 egg production rose from 10,100,000 to 11,600,000, fish production\nnumbers increased from 3,200,000 to 4,800,000, while total pounds of trout produced\nincreased from 18,000 to 21,000 pounds. Total cost of fish production was about the\nsame in 1957 as in 1956 for trout-food, wages, and travel expenses. Total increase in the\nhatchery budget from 1956 to 1957 (about $20,000) was almost entirely utilized in\nrepairs and modernization of existing hatchery facilities. Without expansion of present\nfacilities, no further increase in hatchery production is possible. Hatchery facilities at\nall stations presently are extended far over optimum production capacity, but they still\ncontinue to fall far behind demands of regional management programmes in all areas.\nResearch\nDuring 1957 final stages of analysis on homing data for the Loon Lake rainbow\ntrout population was completed. Field studies on behaviour and movement of young\nrainbow trout in the outlet and inlet streams of Loon Lake were continued. For the first\ntime, young trout were observed at night undisturbed by use of infra-red viewing apparatus. Information was obtained on type and rate of nocturnal down-stream fry movement.\nStudies on spring spawning runs of coarse fish were continued at Baker Lake.\nExperimental stocking of fall (fry) and spring (fingerling) trout in Baker Lake,\nwhich contains dense populations of competitive and predatory coarse fish, indicated\nthat survival of both groups of trout was extremely low.\nCollections of fish were made in Northern British Columbia and other areas not\npreviously studied. Several range extensions and additional species new to the Province\nwere discovered. The effects of proposed water diversions in Northern British Columbia\non fish distribution and possible introduction of predatory species or serious fish parasites\ninto new watersheds have been pointed out. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION II 15\nA handbook on identification and importance of common diseases and parasites of\nfresh-water fishes in British Columbia was prepared for use by anglers, field biologists,\nand the general public.\nDuring 1957 many instances were found of the need of revision of certain sections\nof the Federal Fisheries Act, and the necessity of a more specific delineation of the\nauthority responsible for the management and administration of all non-tidal fisheries.\nGAME MANAGEMENT DIVISION\nAppointments\nThe Division's responsibility, which rests primarily in game-management regulations,\ninvestigation, and research, has continued in an accelerating trend throughout 1957.\nThe staff of six regional biologists was increased to seven by the appointment of R. A.\nBaynes to the north central area with headquarters at Prince George.\nStatus of Big-game Populations\nThe winter of 1956\/57 was in most areas favourable to winter survival of big game.\nAerial and ground observations early in the year in several sections of the Province\nrevealed populations of moose and deer at or near carrying capacity. In many cases,\nmoose and deer populations were believed to be in excess of the sustainable level of\ndensity, due to several preceding mild winters, allowing a greater than average survival\nof young.\nAn extensive study of big game in the southern Rocky Mountain Trench is covered\nin \"A Report to the B.C. Game Commission on Game Damage to Ranching Interests in\nthe Waldo Stockbreeders Area of the East Kootenay \" and \" The Status, Requirements\nand Management of the East Kootenay Game Resource,\" by W. G. Smith, Regional\nGame Biologist, Cranbrook, B.C.\nOther extensive big-game surveys occupied much of the time of the Regional Game\nBiologists.\nWaterfowl Banding and Research\nWaterfowl were banded in the Kamloops and Chilcotin areas in July and August as\npart of a programme to determine effect of hunting pressure on local duck populations.\nApproximately 1,600 birds were banded.\nAn experimental nest-box programme to try to increase the density of Barrow's\ngoldeneye ducks on certain Cariboo lakes was begun during the summer.\nTrapping and Liberation of Bighorn Sheep\nTwenty-eight head of California bighorn sheep were captured at the Deer Park\ntrap-site. Eighteen of these were sent to Washington to assist in the re-establishment of\nthis species in that area. The remainder were released in the Southern Interior.\nPheasant Releases\nA total of 5,822 pen-reared pheasants were released in various sections of the\nProvince. This programme has been proven to be ineffective and is to be discontinued.\nGame-checking Stations\nTemporary checking-stations were operated for one or more week-ends on the\nLadner Delta, Vancouver Island, Saltspring Island, East Kootenay, and at Flood. Operation of the permanent check point at Cache Creek was maintained as in previous years. II 16\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCache Creek Checking-station Totals\nYear\nDeer\nMoose\nBear\nCaribou\nElk\nMountain-\nGoat\nMountain-\nSheep\nWaterfowl\nGrouse\nHunters\n1954 \t\n1955.__\n1,890\n2,296\n2,397\n2,245\n1,718\n2,301\n2,649\n2,799\n128\n82\n141\n179\n26\n20\n27\n48\n1\n2\n4\n53\n63\n56\n91\n19\n26\n24\n7,430\n6,568\n7,349\n8,193\n5,850\n4,371\n7,032\n11,027\n10,747\n10,966\n1956\t\n14,517\n1957 \t\n14,146\nGame-harvest\nAt the time of writing, the total game-harvest for the Province has not been\ndetermined, but indications from Cache Creek suggest that the over-all harvest in 1957\nwill exceed that of preceding years, especially in the case of moose. Grouse are building\nup to another cyclic peak in Central British Columbia, and 1957 showed a marked\nincrease in the kill.\nGame Regulations\nA further liberalization of seasons took place in 1957 to permit a greater harvest of\nwildlife. Longer antlerless seasons were allowed on moose and deer in most sections\nof the Province.\nPublic Relations and Education\nOver 100 meetings of various types were attended by members of the Game\nManagement Division. Several technical and semi-technical papers were prepared, and\na great deal of information supplied through correspondence.\nA Game Management Handbook for use of other members of the Game Branch\nwas prepared.\nPREDATOR CONTROL DIVISION\nPredator controls were very effective and losses were at a minimum throughout the\ncontrol areas. A total of 1,823 major baiting-stations were established. Fully three-\nquarters were dropped from aircraft in regions that would have been impossible to reach\nby ground methods.\nBlack bears were once again the chief offenders and led the complaint list by a wide\nmargin. Controls were adequate, although in some cases damage was relatively heavy.\nCougars were not responsible for a great deal of trouble. The situation indicates\nthat this species is at a low point in population. There are indications of a rise in numbers\nover wide areas of the Interior at the present.\nWolves and coyotes had a very lean year. Baiting techniques and other methods\nproved to be quite effective, particularly with respect to wolves. These two species should\nnever again become a major source of complaint as long as pressures are kept in play\nagainst them.\nThe rodent-control programme in the East Kootenay area was very successful.\nSome 7,500 acres were treated with poisoned oats. This involved approximately 121,000\nindividual bait placements. The kill on treated areas was estimated at approximately\n98 per cent. The programme resulted in congratulations being received from every\norganization that received attention. This procedure of control is well established and is\nmost certainly expected to be continued by the residents of that and other areas. Our\nexperimentation during 1957 indicated that, besides ground-squirrels, pocket-gophers\nand mice could be controlled under a correct programme. 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HISTORY\nThe origin of the Travel Bureau may be traced as far back\nas 1894, when a Legislative Library and Bureau of Statistics\nwas created and placed in the Department of the Provincial\nSecretary.\nThe librarian of the Legislative Library acted as secretary of\nthe Bureau of Statistics and, although the designation of the\nlatter office was changed in 1901 to Bureau of Provincial Information, it remained under the control of the Provincial Secretary until 1907, when it was transferred to the Department of\nFinance.\nFormation of the Department of Trade and Industry in 1937\nbrought the Provincial Bureau of Information into a new government service more directly concerned with the promotion of\nthe Province's natural assets, but a stricter definition of its\nfunctions called for redesignation to Bureau of Industrial and\nTourist Development.\nThis new title lasted for approximately one year, when, by\namendment to the Act in 1938, the Bureau of Industrial and\nTourist Development became the British Columbia Government\nTravel Bureau and its duties largely confined to stimulation and\npromotion of the tourist industry.\nThe creation of a Department of Recreation and Conservation in March, 1957, transferred the Travel Bureau to the new\norganization and brought it into direct association with the\nParks Branch and the Game Branch. Travel Bureau representatives at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto.\n^^^^^^\nThe British Columbia Government exhibit at the California State Fair in Sacramento. II 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nBRITISH COLUMBIA TRAVEL BUREAU, 1957\nE. Evans, Director\nTourist traffic as reflected by United States entries on customs permits continued to\nshow a healthy condition during the 1957 season. Traveller's vehicle permits issued at\nthe British Columbia border totalled more than 283,000. This figure has remained\nconstant during the past five years.\nThe dollar value of the industry for 1957 is estimated at $103,000,000. This sum\nconsists of $48,000,000 spent by United States visitors crossing the border, $35,000,000\nspent by Canadians from other Provinces, and $20,000,000 by British Columbians on\nvacation in their own Province.\nAdverse publicity on highway construction very definitely prevented the number of\nUnited States entries from establishing a record, as the Bureau's tourist inquiries were\nvery much heavier than normal during the season. On the other hand, the number of\nCanadian vehicles returning to Canada, as listed by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics,\nshowed a 10-per-cent-increase over 1956. This increase is attributed to Eastern Canadians travelling west over United States highways before crossing the British Columbia\nborder.\nPROMOTION\nTravel promotion during 1957 was based on the theme \"Share the Fun in British\nColumbia.\" Magazine promotions were highlighted by a page shared with Oregon and\nWashington in Holiday magazine. This advertisement drew over 10,000 inquiries.\nAnother 45,000 direct inquiries resulted from advertisements in other Canadian and\nUnited States magazines and in two Pacific Coast newspapers.\nRadio programmes were continued in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,\nand Manitoba, and the Bureau increased its billboard and poster programme through\nWashington, Oregon, and Northern California. The poster campaign undoubtedly\ncontributed very largely to the maintenance of the general traffic volume.\nPUBLIC RELATIONS\nGeneral publicity secured by the Bureau, supplementary to the paid advertising\ncampaign, added materially to the over-all promotion of the Province's tourist interests.\nPublishing houses were assisted by source material and the checking of figures.\nAs road conditions changed, road reports were issued and in a form which appeared\nto be quite satisfactory to the automobile clubs, directional bureaux, and other agencies.\nThe Bureau arranged for a seven-days-a-week road report to newspapers and radio\nstations.\nThe Bureau assisted at conventions and thus encouraged visitors to stay longer and\ntravel farther.\nA staff member took part in the goodwill tour sponsored by the Victoria Chamber\nof Commerce.\nLITERATURE\nWell over a million pieces of literature were distributed by the Bureau in 1957.\nThe demand for promotional literature exceeded estimates.\nNew printing included 150,000 copies of the Accommodations Directory and\n325,000 maps.\nAll basic folders were brought up to date as required, and some appeared under new\ncover. The Bureau produced \"Alluring British Columbia\" with a Centennial cover and\nan historic insert in co-operation with the Centennial Committee. The Centennial Year\nCalendar of Events was also produced by the Bureau for the Centennial Committee, as\nwere convention folders.\nFour-colour posters were made available to the trade and have been in very active\ndemand since they were produced at the beginning of the season. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION II 35\nTOURIST INFORMATION CENTRES\nDouglas\nThe Tourist Information Centre on Highway No. 99 at Douglas has been in operation\nfor three seasons. There has been a steady increase in service each year. More than\n17,000 cars, with a total of 48,280 visitors, stopped at the Centre during 1957. These\nvisitors spent approximately 71,510 days in the Province.\nThe erection of an authentic 40-foot totem-pole immediately south of the building\nhas influenced a greater number of visitors to stop at the Centre. A further service was\nprovided by the Centre this year through the issuance of resident and non-resident anglers'\nand firearms licences. The staff at the Centre co-operated fully with the Centennial\nCommittee in the distribution of literature advertising British Columbia's coming Centennial Year.\nCache Creek\nAn Information Centre was established in the checking-station at Cache Creek at\nthe end of June. This provided a very useful service to people vacationing in the Interior.\n\" TOURIST ACCOMMODATION REGULATION ACT \"\nIn 1957, for the first time, all types of tourist accommodation were registered under\nthe Regulations Governing Tourist Accommodations and Trailers. This widening of\nscope called for the inspection, registration, and listing of an additional 600 establishments, mainly hotels.\nStar rating in 1957 covered an additional 6,500 units, as well as the rerating of\npreviously graded establishments. Four-star units increased from 15 to 24 per cent of\nthe total, while three-star accommodation dropped from 36 to 31 per cent. There was\nno appreciable change at the two-, one-, and no-star levels.\nNew tourist-accommodation construction during the year leaned toward two separate\nand entirely new types\u2014(1) the modern highway hotel and (2) the privately operated\ncamp-site.\nThe Travel Bureau staff working under the \" Tourist Accommodation Regulation\nAct\" were frequently called upon to serve in an advisory capacity. Appreciation of this\nservice is reflected by steadily increasing requests.\nBritish Columbia has worked very closely with Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan\non star rating. British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba have star-rated with a measure\nof uniformity since the end of 1955. Saskatchewan plans to follow in 1958, after a\nmeeting of the four Western Provinces, at which the regulations and formula may receive\nany necessary adjustments. It is expected that the star-rating formula will be used in the\nNational parks of Canada.\nSETTLEMENT\nVolume of settlement inquiries increased in 1957, with over 50 per cent of them\nfrom the United States.\nThe assistance of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and the National\nEmployment Service is acknowledged.\nThe Bureau in no way solicits immigration. All inquiries are attended to promptly\nand the necessary information and references are forwarded.\nTOURIST COUNCIL\nThe meeting of the Tourist Council will be held in March, 1958, at the University\nof British Columbia. Secretaries of Chambers of Commerce and managers of tourist\nbureaux will be invited to attend a two-day seminar. II 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTOURIST SERVICE CLINICS\nThe Travel Bureau combined a number of ideas which had been worked out in other\nareas and were adapted to British Columbia's particular interests in initiating the Tourist\nClinic-Workshop in May, 1957. In general, the clinics were organized by the British\nColumbia Government Travel Bureau co-operating with the British Columbia Region,\nCanadian Restaurant Association, and the British Columbia Hotels' Association. Organization on the local level was left to the Boards of Trade, who worked in turn with the\nlocal and regional branches of the restaurant, hotel, motel, retail, and service associations\nand groups. Boards of Trade which co-operated in the project were Chilliwack, Penticton, Kelowna, Kamloops, Nanaimo, and Victoria. Meetings of restaurant management\nand personnel were also held at Vancouver, Vernon, and Alberni, and a general tourist\nmeeting at Gibsons.\nPersonnel of the lecture and advisory team comprised Mr. H. L. \" Billy \" Wortz,\ninternationally recognized authority on food service and restaurant management, a member of the team through the courtesy of the Vulcan-Hart Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. R. A. Denny, Director of Food Service Training Department, Provincial\nInstitute of Technology and Art, Calgary, Alta.; Mr. Guy Moore, Director, Development\nBranch, Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity; Mr. Jack Melville, Director,\nAssociated Boards of Trade of British Columbia, and Manager, Advertising and Sales\nPromotion, Home Oil Distributors Limited; John Fisher, LL.B., LL.D., Univ. D.Lit.,\nExecutive Director, Canadian Tourist Association; Mr. P. Edgcumbe, Executive Secretary, British Columbia Region, Canadian Restaurant Association; Mr. Ernest Evans,\nCommissioner, British Columbia Government Travel Bureau; and Mrs. P. Campbell,\nsecretary, who handled correspondence and much organization detail.\nThe tourist service clinics met with a very high measure of success, and the Bureau\nhas had a number of requests for extension of this service.\nEXHIBITIONS\nEmphasis was placed on direct personal contact during the year. With this in mind,\nexhibit space was taken at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto; California State\nFair, Sacramento; Minneapolis Vacation Show; San Francisco Sport, Travel, and Boat\nShow; Los Angeles and Spokane Sport Shows; San Jose and Hillsdale Boat and Vacation\nShows; and San Diego County Fair. The last four shows were in co-operation with\nAlberta and were arranged for and managed by the Tourist Trade Representative in San\nFrancisco for British Columbia and Alberta.\nREPRESENTATION\nThe British Columbia Government Travel Bureau was represented at meetings of\nthe Federal-Provincial Tourist Conference, Canadian Tourist Association, Okanagan\nValley Tourist Association, Okanagan-Cariboo Trail Association, Pacific Northwest\nTravel Association, British Columbia Hotels' Association, British Columbia Innkeepers'\nSociety, British Columbia Auto Courts and Resorts Association, and at regional meetings\nof the Canadian Restaurant Association. The Bureau was also represented at meetings\nof the regional and district Boards of Trade and of various travel bureaux throughout the\nProvince.\nCO-OPERATIVE ACTIVITIES\nLiaison with all Government departments has been good, and the Bureau acknowledges their assistance. Special appreciation is acknowledged to the Queen's Printer for\ntechnical assistance and collaboration. The Bureau also acknowledges the co-operation\nof the Department of Economic Affairs for Alberta and the Director and staff of the DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nII 37\nAlberta Travel Bureau for efforts beyond those normally requested. The Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity and the Director and officers of the Canadian Tourist Association contributed generously to our objectives. Directors and staffs of community and\nregional information centres throughout the Province co-operated splendidly and handled\nBureau literature and demonstrated a helpful interest in the Provincial tourist industry\nfar beyond that dictated by their respective community interests.\nHISTORIC SITES\nMarking of historic sites during the calendar year was confined to plaques made for\nthe following sites: Sooke\u2014marking land occupied by Vancouver Island's first settler;\nCowichan Bay\u2014marking landing of the first group of pioneer settlers from H.M.S.\n\"Hecate\"; Information Centre, White Rock\u2014marking Haida totem-pole; Nanaimo\u2014\nmarking Pioneer Rock, the site where the pioneers of the Nanaimo district first landed;\nand Fort Langley\u2014marking original route of the first overland telegraph system. HOW THE TOURIST DOLLAR IS SPENT\n1. ENTERTAINMENT 8. RECREATION 8+\n2. FOOD 28+\n3. LODGING 22 +\n4. RETAIL STORES 20 +\n5. TIRES PARTS & REPAIRS 3+\n6. GASOLINE & OIL 19+\nSOURCES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'S\nTOURIST REVENUE\nI.UNITED STATES VISITORS CROSSING\nWASHINGTON, IDAHO AND ALBERTA BORDERS $48,000,000.\n2\u00a3ANADIAN VISITORS FROM OTHER PROVINCES $35,000,000.\n3.BRITISH COLUMBIANS HOLIDAYING AT HOME $20.000,000.\nESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE 1957 $103,000,000.\nSTATE ORIGIN OF U.S. VISITORS\nTO BRITISH COLUMBIA\nI. FROM WASHINGTON 62%\n2.FROM CALIFORNIA 15%\n3. FROM OREGON 9%\n4.FR0M OTHER STATES 14% Photographic\nBranch HISTORY\nThe Photographic Branch of the Government Travel Bureau,\nDepartment of Trade and Industry, was the outgrowth of experience gained from the production of still photographs for publicity purposes which started in 1931. In the years following,\nseveral silent motion-picture films were produced on recreation\nand industry. These activities showed such promise that a photographic branch of the Travel Bureau was organized in 1939,\nand production started on the first colour-sound travelogue.\nDevelopment was slow during the war years, but in 1945 the\nBranch was expanded and the production of photographs and\nmotion pictures increased. The services of the Branch have\nbeen used increasingly to the present by other Government\ndepartments. When the new Department of Recreation and\nConservation was formed in April, 1957, the Photographic\nBranch was transferred to it as a separate organization responsible to the Deputy Minister. British Columbia Legislature.\n!\u00ab\u2022*' *\u2022\u2022.,\n._-.,,!\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0;.-.;\u25a0..\n,ii-\nMHHfflSIBlM\nWorld championship log burling, All Sooke Day. II 42 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH, 1957\nR. L. Colby, Chief\nEffective April 1st, 1957, the Photographic Branch became a separate unit in the\nnewly created Department of Recreation and Conservation.\nField work for our photographers started in April and continued to late November.\nASSIGNMENTS\nFebruary assignment work commenced with black-and-white and colour coverage\nof the carving of the Queen's totem. The Legislature in session sat for an official photograph in March. Photographs of a number of the members of the Legislative Assembly\nwere taken for the display in the British Columbia Building, Pacific National Exhibition\ngrounds, Vancouver.\nThe photograph of the Legislature subsequently won top awards and four trophies\nat the Professional Photographers' Association of British Columbia annual salon, including the R. J. Hughes Memorial Trophy as the best photograph of the year. This photograph was taken in black-and-white and colour.\nIn May a field-trip was made for complete black-and-white and colour coverage of\nblossom time in the Okanagan for the world-known publication the National Geographic\nMagazine.\nTwo staff members covered the Oak Street Bridge opening during June. The\nNanaimo Court-house opening was photographed, as was hospital construction on Salt-\nspring Island. General still coverage of Vancouver Island was obtained. Group assignment coverage was completed for the Purchasing Commission and Hospital Insurance\nService. The Chief Photographer assisted Mr. David S. Boyer, foreign staff writer-\nphotographer of National Geographic Magazine, on a Province-wide trip for colour\ncoverage. The outcome of this three-month-long assignment likely will be a 1958 feature\nstory in full colour and in black-and-white photography in National Geographic Magazine, considered superb publicity on a world-wide scale.\nA series of photographs showing operation of Sooke fish-traps and of All Sooke Day\nwere completed in July. Colour transparencies for lecture purposes were taken for the\nTravel Bureau. The Summerland Hatchery and stocking of a near-by lake with sport\nfish were covered. A field-trip was made to the Okanagan to photograph the Children's\nFishing Derby at Poison Pool, Vernon.\nGovernment camp-sites, Kelowna Regatta, Penticton Peach Festival, and Douglas\nLake Ranch were photographed during August. Up-Island assignments for the Department of Highways and Department of Health and Welfare were completed. A display\nof natural-colour prints and hand-coloured transparencies was prepared for the Travel\nBureau.\nThe Queen's totem was photographed in September. Stills were obtained in\nTweedsmuir Park area. Cement-pouring at Deas Island Tunnel was photographed.\nStills of Harrison .River Bridge and Pitt River Bridge openings were made in October. Hospital construction on Saltspring Island was photographed. Assignments covering pheasant and duck hunting at Vernon were completed.\nIn November, for publicity purposes, the Chief Photographer and staff writer covered the trapping of California bighorn sheep in the Chilcotin area and operations of\nthe Game Branch Cache Creek Checking-station.\nDuring 1957 the Photographic Branch accepted and completed assignments for the\nDepartments of Agriculture, Highways, Labour, Health and Welfare, Lands and Forests,\nMines, Public Works, Attorney-General, Provincial Secretary; and Provincial Archives,\nProvincial Museum, Purchasing Commission, Queen's Printer, Hospital Insurance Service, Game Branch, Parks Branch, Travel Bureau, and Centennial Committee. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION II 43\nMOTION PICTURES\nThe motion picture \"Men, Mountains and the Challenge\" was released in 1957.\nThis picture was made for the Department of Highways and illustrates the problems of\nhighway construction in the Province and their solution.\nFilms on camp-sites, Queen's totem, sport fishing, and Anthony Island are in the\ncourse of preparation. The camping film is based on a typical family's ten-day trip and\nuse of the Province's camp-sites. The Queen's totem picture is a step-by-step colour\nproduction of the carving. Types of sport fishing available in British Columbia will be\nshown in the fishing film. The Anthony Island film, which shows the careful removal of\nancient Haida totem-poles, is being made in co-operation with the Provincial Museum.\nA motion picture of British Columbia's wildlife has been started, with an inaugural\ntrip to Tweedsmuir Park for footage on grizzly bear, caribou, goat, and other species of\nthe Province's wildlife in their natural habitat. Work on this film has so far entailed\nextensive, time-consuming travelling in remote areas. Completion of the wildlife film\nis expected to take from two to three years.\nMotion-picture footage was forwarded to television stations and other publicity\nmedia programmes promoting British Columbia travel.\nShort films on Salmon Arm and the Terrace-Kitimat Highway were completed in\nco-operation with the Department of Highways. Step-by-step films on Deas Island\nTunnel, Pitt River Bridge, and Fraser Canyon Highway construction are being made.\nAt the same time, considerable footage of general Provincial highway construction is\nbeing obtained.\nA silent colour motion-picture record of the opening of the Legislature was made\nin March, with some of the footage shot inside the House. A colour motion picture of\nthe Speech from the Throne was photographed. The film is the first of its kind produced\nin British Columbia.\nThe Branch's motion picture \" The Road Home,\" which was made for the Department of Health and Welfare, was awarded first prize for sociological films at the Kootenay International Film Festival in May.\nDARKROOM PRODUCTION\nThe number of negatives processed and prints made during the year totalled 4,008\nand 20,089 respectively. This work represents a significant increase over last year.\nOf the latter, 3,199 were made for writers and editors. Considerable work was done\nphotographing old prints for the Provincial Archives. Indications throughout the year\nsignify increased activity is to be expected for the darkroom.\nGENERAL OFFICE\nIn all, 876 letters were received and 891 letters sent out in 1957. Demand for\nfilms remained high throughout the year, with increased requests in the last quarter.\nAcross-the-counter requests for films have shown a marked rise as the services of the\nBranch become more widely known.\nPrivate film showings and audiences in Canada totalled 843 and 38,348, in that\norder. For the first six months of the year, there were 964 shows with an attendance\nof 53,043 in the United States. In the Branch theatre, fifty-nine showings were made\nfor various departments, while staff members put on fifty outside shows to clubs and\norganizations.\nIn addition, there were forty-seven television showings in Canada, and in the United\nStates there were eighty-two showings to the end of September. The general opinion\nfrom television stations toward our films has been very encouraging. The films have been\nwell received, with requests for new releases when available. \" Legend of the West,\" II 44\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nthe Branch's motion picture made in the Cariboo and Chilcotin, has met with excellent\nresponse wherever shown. In the comparatively short time since release, it has gained\noutstanding popularity locally, in the United States and United Kingdom.\nSUMMARY\nThe year 1957 proved to be one of the busiest in the lifetime of the Photographic\nBranch in spite of long stretches of bad weather. Motion-picture and still assignments\ncreated a year-long tight working schedule in the field and in the office. The interest\nof writers in British Columbia's growing potential, accentuated still further by the Province's forthcoming Centennial Celebrations, has had its effect in increasing demands for\nphotographs and films. No work or assignment was refused or postponed unless immediate and unalterable commitments made an alternative impossible, despite the additional\nall-round pressure placed on the Branch as a whole. Photographic party in Tweedsmuir Park.\nSquare dancing, Penticton Peach Festival. Blossom time in the Okanagan.\nOld \" Birdcage \" fire. HISTORY\nIt was soon after British Columbia joined Canada that the exploitation of the salmon-\nfishery commenced on the Fraser River. Canned salmon reached the export market in 1870,\nand has since become one of British Columbia's most valuable commodities of foreign trade.\nThe halibut-fishery began in 1880, and for some time this fish was sold only on the local market.\nBy 1890 the export of halibut to the United States was established.\nIn British Columbia the Federal Government is responsible for the conservation and protection of the fisheries in the same manner as in other Provinces. The regulations which govern\ncommercial fishing in British Columbia are administered under the authority of the Federal\nDepartment of Fisheries and also include all commercial fishing licences.\nThe British Columbia Legislature, realizing the importance of the fisheries resource,\nprovided the necessary authority, and a Fisheries Office was established in 1900 under the\nadministration of a Commissioner of Fisheries for its control.\nIn 1947, in order to give recognition to the growing importance of British Columbia's\nfisheries, the British Columbia Government, by Act of Legislature, raised the Fisheries Office\nto the status of a department, with a Minister of Fisheries at the head and a Deputy Minister\nas administrator.\nWhen the new Department of Recreation and Conservation was established in 1957, the\nProvincial Department of Fisheries was abolished, and it became the Fisheries Branch of the\nnew Department.\nJurisdiction over commercial fisheries in British Columbia is divided between the Federal\nand Provincial Governments. The Fisheries Branch of the Department of Recreation and\nConservation, under the terms of the \" British North America Act,\" has the right to regulate the\ntraffic and processing of fish within the Province. These operations are controlled by licences,\nwhich are an annual requirement, and all applications are directed to the Fisheries Branch.\nThe Fisheries Branch co-operates closely with the Federal Department of Fisheries and\nwith the fishing industry. It interprets Government policy to the industry.\nThe Fisheries Branch co-operates closely with other British Columbia Government organizations, such as the Water Rights Branch, the Game Branch, the Department of Lands and\nForests, the Department of Mines, and the Department of Health and Welfare.\nApplications for water licences received by the Comptroller of Water Rights are channelled\nthrough the Fisheries Branch for recommendation. It is the responsibility of the Fisheries\nBranch to work with the Federal Department of Fisheries to see that the diversion of water\nfrom various rivers and streams in the Province will not be detrimental to fish-life.\nPublic relations consist of distributing fisheries booklets and publications, also answering\nmany inquiries regarding the fisheries of the Province.\nThere are approximately twenty-eight different species of fish caught commercially in\nBritish Columbia. The principal species are salmon, herring, and halibut. Other important\ncommercial species are cod and sole. The major species of shell-fish are oysters, clams, and\nshrimps. Fish-cannery, Prince Rupert.\nMending dogfish-nets, Queen Charlotte City, Q.C.I. II 50 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nCOMMERCIAL FISHERIES BRANCH, 1957\nA. A. Bagattin, Supervisor\nThe Fisheries Branch, under authority of the \"Fisheries Act,\" has direct control\nover all fish-processing plants in British Columbia. These operations are controlled by\nannual licences issued by the Fisheries Branch.\nDuring the 1957 season, twenty salmon-canneries were licensed to operate in the\nProvince. This was two more than in 1956. The active canneries in 1957 were located\nas follows: Skeena River, 6; Central Area, 2; Rivers Inlet, 1; Queen Charlotte Islands,\n1; Fraser River and Lower Mainland, 10. No salmon-canneries have been operated on\nthe Nass River or on Vancouver Island for several years.\nThe total canned-salmon pack for British Columbia in 1957, according to preliminary figures as of December 4th, 1957, amounted to 1,443,267 cases. This is\ncompared with the total pack of 1,112,844 cases in 1956. Although the 1957 pack\nincreased 330,423 cases over the previous year, the market value decreased. This is\nexplained by the large pack of pink salmon which is a lower-priced fish, and a smaller\npack of sockeye salmon which is the most highly priced of the salmon.\nTwo interruptions caused delays in the salmon-fishery during the 1957 season.\nThese periods of inactivity resulted from price disputes between the fishermen and the\noperators. Conservation measures put into effect by the Federal Department of Fisheries\non several occasions curtailed salmon-fishing in most of the major fishing areas.\nPreliminary figures compiled by the Federal Department of Fisheries in Vancouver,\nB.C., as of December 4th, 1957, showed that the canned-salmon pack for British\nColumbia was composed of 227,436 cases of sockeyes, 12,571 cases of springs, 1,315\ncases of steelheads, 12,147 cases of bluebacks, 193,762 cases of cohoes, 751,048 cases\nof pinks, and 245,024 cases of chums.\nBritish Columbia leads all the Provinces in Canada in point of fisheries wealth.\nThe average annual marketed value for the previous five-year period amounted to\n$68,000,000.\nThe halibut strike was settled on May 3rd, 1957, but it was several days before the\nmain fleet reached the fishing-grounds, and landings did not reach the larger ports until\nthe middle of May. The summer halibut season started in July and closed in August.\nThe halibut-fishery is a \" long line \" fishery on the Pacific Coast and is shared by\nnationals of Canada and the United States. The International Pacific Halibut Commission regulates this fishery on a quota basis. For the purpose of regulation, the coast\nis divided into a number of fishing areas, the principal ones, from the standpoint of\nproduction, being Areas 2 and 3.\nThe average price of halibut was less than last year's record price level. Indications\nare that the total landings by Canadian boats in Canadian ports during the 1957 season\nwill be lower than in the previous year.\nStatistical information for the 1957 season is not available at this time.\nThe herring strike was still in effect, and no agreement had been established up to\nJanuary 15th, 1958.\nThere has been very little activity in the herring-fishery this season in comparison\nwith recent past years. Only part of the herring fleet operated during the fall season,\npending price negotiations between the fishermen and processors. Usually the herring-\nfishing season extends from November to March, and, at the present time, indications\nare that the herring production will be the lowest in years.\nOn October 29th, 1957, the Provincial Deputy Minister of Health temporarily closed\nall operations of the shell-fish industry in British Columbia. This action was taken as\na precautionary measure in the interest of the public due to the \" red tide \" toxicity, which\nhad caused illness in a number of people who had eaten oysters and clams produced in\nBritish Columbia. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nII 51\nUnder the authority of the \" Fisheries Act,\" the Chief Supervisor of Fisheries also\nissued a closure notice prohibiting the digging or taking of clams in Fisheries Districts\nNos. 1 and 3, which were the areas involved.\nUpon closure a series of laboratory tests was made and the progress of the toxicity\ncharted. The tests revealed that, in most fishing areas, danger to health waned as swiftly\nas it had risen. There were portions of fishing areas, however, in which toxicity persisted.\nUpon the recommendations of the Pacific Coast Shell-fish Committee, which includes\nrepresentatives of the Provincial and Federal Departments of Health, the Federal Department of Fisheries, the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, and the Fisheries Branch of\nthe Department of Recreation and Conservation, the harvesting of shell-fish in Fisheries\nDistricts 1 and 3 was reopened on November 8th, 1957. Still under closure were Fishing\nAreas 13, 14, 15, and the northerly portion of 16 and 17.\nOn December 31st, 1957, as a result of further tests, those areas still under quarantine were reopened for the harvesting of oysters only. A varying degree of toxicity still\nexisted among clams in specific portions of Fishing Areas 13, 14, 15, and the northerly\nportions of 16 and 17; consequently, the digging or taking of clams in these fishing areas\nremains closed until the toxicity in shell-fish in this area no longer exists.\nThe public was assured that crabs, shrimps, fresh fish, and canned fish were not\naffected by the \" red tide \" toxicity in Fisheries Districts 1 and 3.\nThe following table shows the number of licences issued and revenue collected\nduring the 1957 season:\u2014\nKind of Licence\nSalmon-cannery 20\nHerring-cannery 1\nPilchard-cannery \t\nHerring reduction 9\nPilchard reduction \t\nTierced salmon 6\nFish cold storage 16\nFish-processing . 14\nShell-fish cannery 6\nTuna-fish cannery 1\nFish-offal reduction 6\nFish-liver reduction 3\nWhale reduction 1\nHerring dry-saltery 2\nPickled herring \t\nProcessing aquatic plants\t\nHarvesting aquatic plants \t\nDog-fish reduction \t\nFish-buyers 421\nNon-tidal fishing licences 187\nGeneral receipts 2\nNumber of\nLicences\nRevenue\n$4,000.00\n100.00\n900.00\n600.00\n1,600.00\n14.00\n6.00\n1.00\n6.00\n3.00\n100.00\n200.00\n10,525.00\n188.50\n25.00\nTotal $18,268.50\nSince 1949 there have been no pilchards caught in British Columbia waters.\nIn 1957 one whale-reduction plant operated at Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island.\nIndications are that the value of fisheries production for the 1957 season will show\na decrease.\nNote.\u2014This brief report has been compiled for inclusion in the first report of the new Department\nof Recreation and Conservation. As the fisheries fiscal year does not end until March 31st in each\nyear, production figures for the 1957 season are not available at this time. Fisheries statistics for\nBritish Columbia for the 1957 season will be published at a later date and will be mailed upon request. 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