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Show FISH LITTER , CAUSES PROBLEM : With the arrival of warmer weather and opening of Utah's statewide fishing season, fish entrails and unwanted trash fish may soon litter shorelines, unless anglers take the respon-ibility respon-ibility ' of properly diposing of this litter. In addition to be- Ing unsightly, decaying fish ' and entrails attract flies and other insects that detract from an otherwise pleasant outing. The smell produced is another deterent to shore fishing. . The Utah Divison of Fish and game suggests the following follow-ing solutions to the problem: 1. Bury dead fish or entrail whenever possible. Your fishing fish-ing gear should include a shovel for this purpose, 2. Deposit dead trash fish or fish entrails in a garbage can, if available. Utah low prohibits littering. 3. Boat fishermen may clean fish in waters of the state that are not used for culinary purposes, pur-poses, provided they are 100 feet from the shore. 4. Throw trash fish back without killing them. Anglers who believe they can help control con-trol trash fish populations by killing those they catch are mistaken. The total catch of trashfish during the season may be many thousands, but rough fish species multiply too rapidly rapid-ly for this type of control to be effective. |