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Show Fish and Game Hews Notes ... Two million walleyed pike eggs, are now being processed at the Kamas Hatchery. They came from New York as a gift to the Utah Fish and Game Department. Last yesr the first plantings of walleyed pike were made in Utah waters in an attempt to introduce this fine game fish in biologically intermediate waters that have not previously been producers of any appreciable numbers of game fish. At that time the fry from one million pike eggs hatched at the Kamas plant were placed in equal to carry thru the season. This is especially true in the southern I Through the cooperation of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we are attempting to establish this and other upland birds by trapping them in their native habitat and then releasing them in the wild stage into similar habitat in Utah. The chukars just released were trapped in Turkey by Dr. Gardner Bump. They were shipped to us by air. We are watching this experi- more. The majority of them will go into waters readily accessable to fishermen. These waters are the hardest fished and are primarily on -a 'put and take' basis. It is expected that 2 million or more of the keeper size trout will be planted plant-ed from the hatcheries this year for a new high in production. Addi tional hatchery facilities, plus improved im-proved feed and feding methods are important factors in this expected ex-pected increase. It is also expected that 6 million fry and 2 1-2 milion fingcrlings will be planted this year. Most of these will be distributed later in i the season into the high lakes and streams over the state. ; The annual stocking prore now underway and will cor: thru the fall months. The prc.- has been retarded this year fc '. the heavy late snows, inatw ity of many areas, and ti:h: run-off. third of the state where a drouth of serious proportions has been detrimental to fishing during the past two years. The twelve state hatcheries have capacity stocks of trout ready to plant thruout the season. First to go are the keepers, fish seven inches in-ches long and larger. Many of these will weigh up to a pound or numbers in three such waters. These were Echo, Pine View, and Hyrum reservoirs. It is planned to supplement these original plantings from the eggs now being hatched at Kamas. About half of the pke fry will go into the above three reservoirs. The balance of these fish will be planted in other such waters over the state. These will include the Sevier River drainage and other areas. Aliens in Utah may purchase a license to angle for $12, provided they have been domiciled in the state for at least three months prior to such purchase. Thei law prohibits an alien from hunting any kind of birds or animals and from possessing or carrying a firearm fire-arm of any kind, except where such persons may- be employed or engaged in the destruction of predatory pre-datory animals, or in caring for stock on the range. Chief Warden Golden Peav had this to say about the above, "Each year as the new licenses go on sale questions regarding the right of an alien to fish or hunt in Utah come to the Department offices. As shown above, the law is specific in both instances. It is the obligation obliga-tion of an alien in Utah to know and observe these laws." He also noted that, "License vendors would do a service to these people and the department as well,, to so inform in-form an applicant for a license, where any question of citizenship arises." One hundred and forty chukar partridge were released in the Clear Creek Canyon area of southern south-ern Utah last week. Director J. Perry Eagan had this to say in announcing this release, "The planting of these fine upland game birds marks anothear milestone in our efforts to introduce into Utah other exotic species that will contribute con-tribute to the success of our greatest participating sports. ment closely and feel that it has every chance of success. The planting of these wild chukars chuk-ars is in addition to previous stocking stock-ing of two areas with hatchery-raised hatchery-raised birds. Two hundred such birds were planted last fall in the Nine Mile country near Price and about 200 more in west Box Elder about 200 birds were released in these two sections during the past two weeks from hatchery stocks. About 1700 chukars at the game farm near Price and another 300 at the Springville farm form a brood stock from which it is xe-pected xe-pected that several thousand birds will be raised for making quantity plants in other chosen areas later this year, The chukar carries the nickname of the 'starvation' bird because of his liking for rough, semi-arrid terrain. ter-rain. Much such land is to be found in Utah. No competition is expected expec-ted from the chukar where cultivated cultiva-ted lands are concerned, since he is not known to frequent such lands. His average weight is near a pound. These and other reasons highlight high-light the department's hope that there may one day be shootable populations of chukars in many sections of Utah. Every effort is being made to make this hope a reality. "Fishing and Hunting Licenses for the 1952 season are now being mailed to tho various License Agents over the State," according to Armond Carr, Chief Clerk for the Fish and Game Department. Licenses will be in the hands of all dealers in the following counties coun-ties before April 18; Salt Lake, Utah, Weber, Grand, Millard, Tooele, Beaver, Box Elder, Cache and Carbon. All other dealers will have their stocks of licenses by April 25. Sportsmen are reminded that the new license . year starts April 16, 1952. Early season fishermen must obtain a license before going afield after this date. Changes noted in the licenses this year are: Colors of each type license stamp have been changed. All stamps bear a serial number which identifies that license and its purchaser. pur-chaser. Stamps with deer tags attached at-tached have been changed to a new fibre wet strength paper, which is believed to be much more durable dur-able than last j'ear's tag. The deer tag this year has a snap type lock for attaching to the game; a new type glue used on the stamps should reduce the chances of them coming free from the permenent visible license. All sporstmen applying for any type license must first fill out an application blank before they can purchase a license. These applications, applica-tions, showing the serial numher for the license purchased, must be returned by the agent to the Fish and Game Department Offices. They then become a permanent and necessary part of each license buyer's record, kept on file in the Department offices. All signs point to another banner ban-ner fishing season in Utah this year. A normal or higher water table in all sections of the state gives promise of an ample supply |