The Fishes of Manitoba

Province of Manitoba: Dept. of Mines and Natural Resources, 1943. Hard bound in blue cloth, 1st edition, illustrated throughout, Pp102. Includes index, glossary and bibliography. Ex-library copy. Light wear to extremities else very good. 270 grams. From the Foreword: ""When it was decided in 1939 that a report on ""The Fishes of Manitoba"" should be published by the Fisheries Department of the Province of Manitoba, it was only natural that David Hinks, B.Sc., should be asked to undertake the work. While an undergraduate at the University of Manitoba, he had specialized in hydrobiology. Following graduation he joined the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Mines and Natural Resources and had charge of biological surveys covering a large number of Manitoba lakes. In this work he gained a wide reputation in scientific circles for his thorough and painstaking investigation. By early 1940 the manuscript of ""The Fishes of Manitoba"" had been almost completed. Like thousands of his fellow countrymen, however, David Hinks decided that he could not pursue his peace-time work further while the world was ablaze and while freedom was so sorely threatened. In July, 1940, Mr. Hinks enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, where he trained as a navigator and observer. On July 28th, 1942, Flight Sergeant David Hinks was amongst those who failed to return from a night bombing raid over Hamburg. The official record states that he was buried in Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, Germany. In the preparation of the manuscript of ""The Fishes of Manitoba"" several authorities on various aspects of the subject collaborated closely with Mr. Hinks. Their warm personal friendship for the author made them particularly anxious to assist in rounding out the work which he had all but completed. While those who rendered assistance in the preparation of this work were too numerous to mention, Mr. Hinks would undoubtedly have wished to acknowledge particularly the assistance given by: Professor J.R. Dymond, Director, Royal Onatrio Museum of Zoology, Toronto, Mr. Ferris Neave, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Professor R.A. Wardle, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Dr. James A. McLeod, Lecturer in Zoology, University of Manitoba, George E. Butles, Supervisor of fisheries, Province of Manitoba. In ""the Fishes of Manitoba,"" the fisherman, naturalist, teacher and student will find a fund of information gained from many sources and embracing the latest findings of our fishery research workers. It is now made available by the Department as a contribution to the better understanding and appreciation of one of our greatest natural resources. ~J.S. McDiarmid, Minister of Mines and Natural Resources, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March, 1943. From the Preface by the author: ""With the exception of certain pamphlets of a more or less technical nature, very little has been publlished concerning the fishes of Manitoba. Although much information is contained in the publications of American fishery investigators, the majority of this is too technical to be understood by, or too widely scattered to be readily accessible to, the average fisherman. The present work, therefore, is an attempt to gather together the pertinent information, acquired through many years of field work and an exhaustive review of the existing literature relating to fishes, in a form which may be of interest and value to fisherman and student alike. To fishermen in general and anglers in particular the questions which first come to mind when an unfamiliar sort of fish is encountered are: ""What is it?"" ""What does it eat?"" ""What good is it?"" and so on. To provide the answers to such questions, to the full extent of our knowledge, is a primary object of this book.""