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In this first issue of FISH AND GAME a magazine
ts born. Like all good things it is starting tn a small
way but we feel sure that our readers will see it pro-
gress to take its place as one of the leading outdoor
magazines in the West. For the first few issues FISH
AND GAME will be incorporated as a section of THE
SHOULDER STRAP but it ts planned that FISH
AND GAME will break off on its own as a quarterly
magazine with complete fishing and hunting informa-
tvon for western sportsmen.

Until that time readers and advertisers will get
two magazines for the price of one. Many outstand-

ing articles by leading hunting and fishing authorities
have been arranged for subsequent issues some of which
are: — Ugly Lures That Get the Bass by Robert
Savery; West Coast Tuna Fishing by Allbeck Wil-
son; Hunting tn the Princeton District Dil Gr
Temple; Retriever Dog Training by Oliver Krog, pres-
ident of the B.C. Gun Club; Tyee Fishing; I'll Take
Vancouver Island by Pintail; Flying Sportsmen;
Ring Necked Racers; and Flies That Get ’Em.

FISH AND GAME extends a cordial invitation to
all outdoor writers to submit articles and illustrations
and will be pleased to receive news from any western
Fish and Game Association or sportsmen’s club.

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CIENTISTS are playing a major
role in British Columbia to solve
the big problem of fish and game

conservation.

The scientific management program
has progressed under the able guid-
ance of Drs. W. A. Clements and Jan
McTaggart Cowan, of the Department
of Zoology at U.B.C.

The Provincial Game Commission
in its 1949 report (latest full yearly
report) says that increased demands
upon the wild-life resources of the
province has brought about the neces-
sity of increased scientific investiga-
tions to cope with the problem.

Owing to increased appropriations
to the department the investigations
are now proceeding according to
schedule and the results thus far are
satisfactory and encouraging, the com-
missioners, Frank Butler and James
Cunningham, report.

Moose and wild fowl surveys are
still under way, the latter including
some important bird-banding work.
Also continuing are studies on the
Coast or Columbian deer on Van-
couver Island and surveys in regard
to pheasants on the lower mainland

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and Okanagan regions; mountain
sheep in the Ashnola, Okanagan and
Lillooet districts; surveys on lakes
throughout the interior; surveys in
respect to steelhead trout on the lower
mainland; investigations on the need,
if any, of fertilizing lakes; and a
further survey on the coarse-fish prob-
lem and other game-fish surveys on
the island.

Investigations are being greatly
assisted through additional appoint-
ments of permanent biologists to
assist Dr. P. A. Larkin, and Game
Biologist Fames Hatter.

“We have been acquiring scientists
of outstanding ability during the last
few years,” the commissioner reported,
pointing out that complete reports
of all surveys can not yet be given as
investigations are still in progress in
many cases.

Revenue to the province through
licenses, trophy fees and includin
$18,148 in fines—ageregated $736,689,
an increase of $35,366 over the previ-
ous year, and a record. A total of
138,193 resident firearms and anglers’
licenses were issued. Non-resident

licenses taken out brought the total

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to 162,183 or 26,581 more than in
1948. There was a healthy increase in
Anglers’ licenses to non-residents, a
drop in non-resident hunting licenses.

During the year 6,847 coyotes,
1,080 wolves and 520 cougar were pre-
sented for bounties, indicating an in-
crease of 2,936 coyotes and a decrease
of 87 wolves and 201 cougars killed
over the previous year.

Will the kill of predators be greater
if bounties are increased or is the
predatory-animal expert paid by the
department the best answer?

That is a question in the minds of
the B.C. hunting fraternity.

The commissioners have this to say
on the subject of predators:

“Needless to say, the control of pre-
dators is not only a perplexing prob-
lem but a contentious one as well, and
we are satisfied from investigations
that we have made that the problem
of predators will not be settled
through payment of bounties alone.

“The employment of scientific per-
sonnel and trained predatory-animal
hunters is a must if the demands of
the public in general are to be coped

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