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June 28th, 2004 meeting of the Temagami Stewardship Council

Temagami Stewardship Council

A report on progress of the Spawning Area Project plus a preliminary report on the findings from the 2003 Creel highlighted the Temagami Stewardship meeting on Monday, June 28th.

Action items from the last meeting included a report that hats and nylon windbreakers bearing the Stewardship logo have been ordered for the project crew to wear so their identification is easily visible. A letter was also provided identifying them as Stewardship employees as well as explaining the purpose of the project . The Directors are providing names and phone numbers to the crew of persons with potential information on fish spawning areas. We also encourage anyone with additional information on spawning areas in Lake Temagami to call 705-237-8709.

The Bear Island recreation center has been booked for the Annual General Meeting of the Stewardship Council on Monday, July 26th. Melanie from Mel’s Market will cater the lunch to follow that meeting.

Correspondence items included a report that John Gunn from Laurentian University and one of the foremost experts on lake trout in North America has agreed to give his presentation, “Lake Trout - An Icon of Sustainability” at the Stewardship AGM on July 26th. Also, Steve Wilkins, the Provincial Coordinator of the Ontario Stewardship Program, will speak on the involvement of the Temagami Stewardship Council in the Ontario Stewardship Program.

The Ontario Trillium Foundation has provided a resource manual on Media Relations as well as a plaque to commemorate the $30,000.00 Trillium Foundation Grant provided to the Stewardship to facilitate the Spawning Area Project during the summer of 2004.

John Moskwa presented a summary of concerns from the Chamber of Commerce which stated that the pickerel slot size regulation was hurting business. John introduced a survey from the Northeastern Ontario Anglers and stated that the Chamber would prefer a reduced limit to the slot size regulation. Chuck McCrudden responded by explaining that the slot size regulation was a result of modelling and that based on the fishing pressure in Northeastern Ontario the 3 under 1 over limit from Northwestern Ontario would not accomplish sustainability in the pickerel fishery. Modelling would suggest that the limit would have to be reduced to 2 with a reduction in the season to accomplish the same desired result as the slot size regulation.

The Spawning Area Project crew, Steve Read and Alex Robertson, gave a powerpoint presentation on some of the results of the project to this point. The presentation included slides and video of bass spawning. The mapping program being used to record and display the spawning areas was also demonstrated. The guys also showed the directors the Stewardship’s new digital camera with underwater capability, the new VHF radio and the Trimble GPS on loan from the MNR. The expensive GPS system is needed so that recorded data is compatible with the Ontario MNR data banks.

Plans are well underway for the Annual General Meeting of the Temagami Stewardship Council to be held at the Rec. Center on Bear Island. Presentations by John Gunn of Laurentian University, Steve Wilkins of the Ontario Stewardship Program, and Chuck McCrudden, Area Biologist for the Ministry of Natural Resources on the findings of the summer and winter creels of 2003 will be the highlights.

Chuck McCrudden presented the directors a draft document of some of the preliminary findings from the 2003 summer creel. The draft is currently undergoing a peer review and the final document will be presented at the AGM. Findings such as the estimated fishing effort (summer and winter combined) exceeds the effort that would be exerted at the maximum sustainable yield and that the estimated annual yield is far below the theoretical maximum sustainable yield may be cause for concern. It was also interesting to find out that fishing pressure for pickerel has actually increased since the 1999 creel despite the slot size regulation. The presentation at the AGM should be informative, to say the least.

The lake trout head collection on Lake Temagami is continuing. There have been some 50 heads sent for analysis to this point. Volunteers can submit lake trout heads for testing by recording the area in which it was caught, fork length, total length, plus date caught and freezing the head in a zip lock bag. Heads can be taken to Loon Lodge or the Spawning Area Project crew at the TLA building.

The next meeting of the Temagami Stewardship Council is the Annual General Meeting to be held at the Bear Island Recreation Center on Monday, July 26, at 1:00 p.m. Plan to attend and become more informed about the fishery of Lake Temagami.

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Gaye Smith Chairman Temagami Stewardship council

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