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sk33se- svzr ii r22 c suntriburiej sports thursday oct 52000 c a- yy- egf vfrrt vr r housing help centre tls message brought to you as a communty service of the economea survtnbune c txi z you will get few arguments from anglers who would object with the ministry of natural- resources inten- tioris oh enhancing this provinces sport 1 1 l- v it would save even more lives if it responded to s e e o n d- h m d s m o ke secondhand tobacco smoke causes heart disease and lung cancer secondhand smoke is the third leading preventable cause of death ask a smoker to take ft outside breathing l space for more information please contact your public health department funding for this program has been provided in part by the ontario tobacco strotegy ministry of health end longterm care no endorsement by the ministry is inlenderjor should be inferred fishery through the numerous fish stocking programs but when the ministry hastried to v attain that same goal in jtecent years through the implementation of a slot sizelirnitvr a reduction in possession limits particularly on soughtafter tdelictable species like walleyes and lake trout anglers give it a rather lukewarm response after all who wants to keep fish that they might normally retuntto the lake because they are too small or are too big and are not known for their edibility quality and who wants to be denied of an opportunity to keep fewer fish after hav ing spent their hardearned greenbacks oh purchasing an angling licence that seems to be the school of thought at the outset the ministry though insists these two measures are introduced to create a viable longterm sport fishery slot sizes were introduced to specific bodies of water to protect the popula- tion offish that have the ability to repro- duce but were denied of ah opportunity to at least spawn a couple of times in their life cycle on lake nipissing slot sizes are implemented on walleyes between 15 inches in length and 23 inches thus i any walleye measuring within that spec ified length must be released and only those smaller than 15 inches or bigger than 23 inches can be kept in some instances an angler becomes frustrated because the desig- nated size offish that fall in the slot limit might be the only ones they catch all day while frustrating a regulation this might be the ministry are quick to point out it may not be a permanent fixture to a specific body of water slotsizes can- be a tough sell acknowledged wil wegfnan a spokesman atthe ministry district office in aurora but they dont necessary have to be a full solution it could be in place for four or five years its there to increase the population of the endan gered species mike hayakawa a reduction in possession limits has the appearance of being the lesser of the two evils and is imposed on some bod ies of water to protect potential breed ers the bay of quinte and lake erie for example impose apossession limit of four walleyes instead of the traditional six that can be found in other areas of the province while slot sizes and possession limit reductions have for the most part been employed in other parts of the province they could hit close to horned v a study by thekawartha fisheries association and ministry revealed the walleye populations on nearby balsam lake and adjacent mitchell lake over the last few years are in jeopardy because thesefish generally spawn later than in other lakes in the kawarthas the association recommended the introduction of a slot size to protect walleyes between 14 inches and 22 inch es in length as well a possession limit reduction was suggested v given the choice of these two mea sures anglers could live with a reduction in possession limits it seems a growing segment of the angling public are buy ing the idea of selective harvesting this can be attributed to the increasing num ber of liverelease tournaments com bined with the message that outdoor television shows and magazines attempt to deliver while slot sizes give an ominous con notation thai fish of a specific size can be retained and a reduction in numbers kept deprives anglers of a few fish the current regulations allowingfor some fishto be kept is far better than none at all wwwgnnettestcobn yr j nettest total care for networks gmio reopewiiiic of network operator bivision iiy narkham we are proud to invite you to our grand reopening of the expanded network operator division headquarters here in markham recently completed renovations include a new researchand development laboratory this markham location has been selected as the sales and marketing support centre for the launch of gn nettests telephone monitoring system this system enables carriers to detect fraud improve their customer service and troubleshoot their networks the grand reopening will feature a demonstration of this system october 5th 200 pm 55 renfrew drive iviarkham xsvm vcv sys s w 22e2ee2