Show I State Department Increases Fish is Production Plants The most comprehensive e fish hatchery improvement program yc yet t to be attempted in one year yearb yearby yearby b by the Utah Fish and Game commission has boosted production production production tion during durinS' 1945 at 11 of the states state's 12 plants according to I Director Ross Leonard o i 1 The new features will direct directly benefit fishermen in all parts of the state as early as next season the game chief predicted Among the more spectacular innovations are doubling the pond capacity at Midway and andau an au unique time and labor saving sayIng Spring ville system stem perfected at the Spring Spring- ille plant to take advantage of or orthe the natural Instinct of fish to torun torun torun run d during daring ring spawning season The states state's main hatchery hatcher also has a new drainage system which I 1 permits separate cleaning of l each pond materially r reducing I losses Refrigeration for preserving fish feed Is now standard standard equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment at Whiterocks and Morgan I Greatly enlarged refrigeration facilities now serve sene Midway 15 ton and Glenwood 10 ton Draglines and carry alls ha have haver ye r dug out double and in some instances in instances instances in- in stances triple system of ponds on the old Club waterways waterways waterways wat wat- now the Midway hatchery hatchery hatchery hatch hatch- ery accounting for the per percent percent percent cent increase in carrying cap cap- Five new ponds haVe been added added added ad ad- ded to the Morgan hatchery and at Logan a drainage system rearrangement rearrangement rearrangement re re- arrangement now permits the important all-important separate cleaning of each pond Installation of water wat wat- er circulating walls in hi the Logan plants plant's two largo large rectangular ponds has sharply sharply increased increased out out- put The Salt Lake hatchery on Scott avenue has lineal Uneal feet of f new fry ponds New circulating circulating circulating ing walls and a pass by-pass for flood floodwaters floodwaters floodwaters waters have greatly improved the Beaver plant Panguitch has lineal feet of new r rearing ponds and Glenwood has been expanded With lineal feet o of con concrete rete Continued on last page State Department Increases Fish Continued from page one fr fry ponds lineal feet o of ot f deep rearing ponds Whiterocks Whiterock g also boasts new pond facilities 1200 feet of of the earthen variety varlet y and feet of concrete fry fr p ponds The homes have either been bee n nd repaired or completely renovate renovated d at most all aU of tho the hatcheries Aside from the tho hatchery work new traps have been Installed a at t Fish FishI Lake Bear Dear Lake Strawberry ry reservoir a a. revolving re fis fish h screen Installed to prevent fis fish h hf from leaving the north end o of or ofFish f Fish Lake and a s screen screen reen placed place d in do the Ogden river ri to end loss S of oC trout to irrigation canals The years year's program was planned planned planned plan plan- ned and directed by M. M J. J Madsen Ma Madsen Mad Mad- sen superintendent of fisheries |