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Show Drought affects fishery outlook The current drought and critical cri-tical water table is continuing to affect Utah's fishery outlook, out-look, according to the department depart-ment of fish and game. Spokesmen said planting schedules were being changed almost daily as normally "fish-able" "fish-able" streams and lakes reached reach-ed dangerously low water levels lev-els which will not sustain fish life. They noted that some fish losses have already occurred in waters throughout the State, with a complete loss of the fishery being noted in Holmes Creek Reservoir, Paragonah Reservoir and several other small impoundments. It is expected that the loss of fish and fishing waters will become more frequent as the summer progresses. Individuals o r companies controlling water drawdown through diversion structures were urged to comply with the State law and notify department depart-ment offices or local field men in ample time of such drawdown draw-down or diversion affecting fish life. Where such notification is given many fish can often be recovered and transplanted to other waters which are otherwise other-wise lost, especially during this rapidly detiorating water year. |