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Show iSpringville Hatchery Sets Record . . .1 - 7 - - - 'J. -; 1 - ; t. Springville Fish Hatchery Sets New Eerly Spawning Record Springville's fish hatchery has set a new record for the entire state in the taking of rainbow spawn. Never before has a hatchery taken rainbow spawn at the early date of October 4, officials of-ficials of the hatchery point out. Domestic rainbow trout eggs numbering 70,000 were taken at the Utah State hatchery in Springville Spring-ville on October 4. The take is the the earliest date on record in Utah. Normally, rainbow spawn in the wild during early spring months. Through careful selective breeding over more than a quarter of a century the 18,000 rainbow spawn-ers spawn-ers kept at the hatchery have been moved ahead a full half year in their spawning habits. Distribution of eggs from this early spawning stock to others of the state's twelve hatcheries means a full utilization of the fisheries facilities fa-cilities during at least ten months of each year. Without there early eggs the hatcheries would operate at full scale during a much shorter period. It also means the planting of larger fish over a longer period of time each year. The three to six year old spawn-ers spawn-ers at the Springville hatchery produce pro-duce upwards of five million eggs each fall. Another two million rainbow eggs are taken each year from domestic stocks held at the Kamas and Whiterocks hatcheries. Purchase of another nine million eggs from private hatchery sources both within and outside the state brings the total average of such eggs processed for planting into Utah waters from the state's twelve hatcheries to an average of sixteen million eggs during the past several years. |
