Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-19 | Page 10 | Give More Fish than Are Taken

I I GIVE MORE FISH THAN ARE TAKEN Plans of State Commissioner Explained in Answer to Se Sevier Sevier Sevier vier County Protests Fears expressed by some residents of Richfield and other parts of Sevier Seler county count that Fish lake might be depleted by the taking of spawn by the state have elic elicited elicited elicited a statement by Fred Frfd W Chambers state fish and game commissioner who says there is no danger dangel and that the state is planting fry in the lake in such numbers that the fish will ill Increase rap idly The state took out about two and one half hal million fish eggs at the lake in June last which if left to be hatched out in inthe Inthe Inthe the waters of the lake would have yielded about two per cent or fry Loss from various causes being about 30 per pel cent this would leave about fish The state has planted in the lake during the last summer native trout fry and the commissioner says sas that or of these at least will ill live The state also has planted OOOO catfish in the Sevier valley and is planning to tomake tomake tomake make other provisions for that district Commissioner Chambers says sas it is the intention to establish a field station at Fish lake and in another year it will be possible to make a hatch of about fry The establishment of a branch hatchery at Richfield which is one of the steps proposed will do much for the dis district district district The commissioner has arranged for the shipment today of about fry to Morgan county About will be planted in the East canyon and the rest In other Morgan county streams Many Salt Lakers go to East Bast canyon to fish and the planting of these fish will mean much to them About native trout fry have been planted this year In East canyon Another shipment will be made next week to Wasatch county and a shipment to Washington county The state hatch hatchery hatcher hatchery ery er will then be cleaned painted and put in shape for the beginning of the regular hatch next month