Show FISH PflOPECTIO Of course the selneis are in favor of seining They are not at a cents expense ex-pense and sell the products of their seines at 1 and 34 cents per pound Who would not stand up for such a margin as this Still the seine or the sport fish must gothc latter to the tables of the epicures in Denver Will not the lovers of legitimate port make other and more earnest efforts I to protect the game fish in our Utah waters That is from tho Provo Dispatch The fisnermen vho gain a living by supplying the market with fish are of course in favor of seining So are the people who buy the chub mullet and suckers sold at retail by the dealers deal-ers for five cents a pound sometimes for less So are other people who think it is better tcr reduce the numbers num-bers of tho common fish in Utah lake for the benefit of the game fish that the latter may have room to increase and multiply and replenish the waters after their kind The protection required to prevent the sport fish from going tp supply timetables time-tables of the epicures in Denver is afforded by the law of Utah which makes it unlawful for any person to export either dead jpr living trout or any imported fish except carp cabght in the natural wMers of this territory to any point outside ot the territory either for consumption or sale Those people who favor seining for common fish do not want to spoil sport for anglers But they think the great body of consumers are of more importance im-portance than the few sportsmen And they believe firmly that a continuation for soine time of the permission to sine for common fish will be for the benefit of the better kinds of fish which 11a va been imported And this js tile view of the fish commissioner f > who is as anxious as any sportsman can be to preserve the game fishes and improve the piscatorial Interests of the territory and who thoroughly understands the whole situation If anybody exports game fish punish 1 pun-ish him It is very easy to say that I such fish has been sent to Denver it I it is possible to prove it is it not possible pos-sible also to prove who exported It The offense is a misdemeanor and the penalty is imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or both such fine and imprisonment Trout may not be lawfully caught except by hook and line dnd that only between June I and the February following We do not believe that it is fol the I benefit of sportsmen 4o stop seining for common fish which is not allowed I now except In Green River and in i I Utah and Bear Lakes Nor do we I think that their angling1 is of paramount para-mount importance to the fish food of the public The law l should be amended amend-ed so as to make it unlawful to take and kill any imported fish by seine for I a period long enough to protect them i But between Septeniber and lie JuIy following seining for common i 8 n der the present restrictions of the law t will do little or no harm but will 64 J t productive of a great amount ofub lie good > > I oV |