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Show Fish and Game Hews Notes ... Yuba Reservoir, Utah Lake, and the Lower Sevier River Drainage in the Delta district received initial ini-tial plantings of Walleyed Pike fry during the past week. Each water is the new home of about; 300,000 of these small game fish. Supplemental plants of 250,000 Walleyed fry were also made during dur-ing this same period in each of the three reservoirs where this species was originally planted in Utah last, year; namely, Echo, Pine View, and Hyrum Reservoirs. ' These fish were processed at the State Hatchery in Kamas from the two million eggs recently received from New York. M. J. Madsen, Supervisor of Fisheries for the Utah Fish' and Game Department, said, "These new plantings of Walleyed Pike have been made in an attempt to introduce this fine game fish into some of our biologically intermediate intermed-iate waters that have not previously previous-ly been producers of any appreciable appreci-able numbers of game fish. The Walleyed Pike is one of the most sought after of all the North American Am-erican game fish. He is sporting to catch and of good flesh. We have high hopes that the recent plants of these fish will prove successful." Court docket and receipt books for the use of Justices of the Peace in Utah in handling Fish and Gams cases have been forwarded for-warded to the District Wardens for delivery. They were supplied by the Fish and Game Department following a recent commission action ac-tion taken in an effort to arrive at a uniform procedure by the Justices where Fish and Game violations are handled. Director J. Perry Egan said, "In the interest of uniformity of records rec-ords as well as a more efficient and easier means of handling their records of Fish and Game cases, our commissioners caused these court dockets and receipt books to be printed for the use of the Justices of the Peace. This action was also recommended by the State Auditors Office. We stro'ngly urge all Justices handling such cases to use them. With the early opening of some fishing waters, reporjts are once again coming to the Fish and Game Department regarding the waste of fish taken from some of these waters. Department spokesmen remind sportsmen that . it is against the law to waste game or game fish of any kind. It is also unsightly and unsanitary to leave fish, or the cleanings therefrom, on the banks of streams and lakes. These spokesmen also note that continuation con-tinuation of such practices may lead to the closing of the affected waters. Each of us likes a clean place in the outdoors to do our angling. It behooves us to see that such waste- |