Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-05-29 | Page 5 | Visit of Fish Expert

VISIT OF FISH EXPERT SUPERINTENDENT OF FISH COMMISSION I COM-MISSION HERE r Mr Tullan Proposes to Give More Attention t Utah in Future Benefits I Ben-efits of Fish Culture I Eugene A Tullan superintendent of the United States Fish commission Is I at the Knutsford from an ofllclal trip I to California and will confer with t State Commissioner Sharp relative to I the fish status In Utah before continuing continu-ing on to his headquarters at Lead vllle He saM yesterday The general gen-eral policy of the Government toward t the far West In fish matters is to encourage I en-courage the Increase of suitable fish In the local streams Brook rainbow j and grayling1 trout do best out here I and to a degree landlocked salmon S I and lake trout But lake trout require I cold and deep water They grow to great size and It Is possible might do t well III Bear lake but not In shallow or warm waters They do not do well even In Lake Erie but thrive In Lakes Huron Michigan nnd Superior Mr Tullan said that California has about the best fish laws In the Union and that violators of the fishing laws are closely watched and prosecuted He also stated that the State of Maine and Its railroads and summer resorts I Cleared lust summer season 7000000 from sportsmen The railroad com panics In Colorado are catching on to this so that they are running fishing I trains into the canyons and making I money Mr Tullan has not been in Salt Lake before for four years and thinks ho will return here from Colorado to I give the matter of fish culture In Utah more special attention i