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Show is easy to see thatUT men are harvesting , 1 !i' ger crop than ia . ' J . ; sumed. sererany . ; and in 1950, ten per cent of all the tags were returned the first ten days of the fishing season. However, there are hundreds of tagged fish still at large, many with substantial cash prizes. The fish tagging operations of the Utah game department are also revealing interesting facts. Seventy-eight per cent of all the tagged fish placed in the Logan Lo-gan river were returned the first j year. The tagging operations are ! conducted in the interest of getting get-ting more information to guide the fish and game department in its fish planting operations. This j i year some of the tagged fish 'were placed in the streams be-ifore be-ifore the heavy run-off occurred. Several thousand were placed in ! the upper Provo, and until three days ago, none had shown up as far down as Deer Creek reservoir. reser-voir. Since then, two have been I caught. I The fish tagging operations at Fish Lake indicated this year that fish can be successfully planted under the ice. Several tons of fish were planted under I the ice at this spot to relieve the over-crowded hatchery condition. These fish are now showing up in great numbers. Although they have not shown much growth, the ouality of the meat has great ly improved. Other fish tagging operations j will indicate whether spring orj fall plantings should be favored.. The game department is planting plant-ing at least two mHlion legal sized fish this season. Judging from the tug returns to date, it FISH AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS Fish Tagging Program Indicates That More Fish Are Actually Being Caught Than Sportsmen Formerly Admitted There are two types of fish tags being used on Utah's fish. Certain numbers of fish are being be-ing tagged with numbers furnished fur-nished by radio station KSL. Many of these tags bring cash awards on return. It is interesting to note that 42.9 per cent of all the tags plac-were plac-were returned that same season, ed on the fish for KSL in 1949 |