Iron County Record | 1950-06-22 | Page 3 | Fish and Game Men Plant over 20,000 Tagged Fish

Fish and Game Men Plant Over 20,000 Tagged Fish Over 20,000 tags have been placed in the fins of fish this season by the State Fish and game department as a means of studying such factors as survival of fish, seasonal carryover, migration mi-gration and high and low water planting. Return of these tags b ."."h-crmen ."."h-crmen is important in order that the experiment may produce alid results. Through this means, Information will also be compiled as to which time of the year is most profitable for planting of fish. The fish planting program In rta,h has been very successful, contrary to the belief of many. A report shows that 46.7 per cent of the fish tags were returned last year. According to the Fish and Game department, this would indicate that the fishermen fisher-men of Utah have actually been more successful than has usually usual-ly been believed. All fish left from last year, in addition to the 2.000 legal-sized legal-sized fish to be planted from the hatcheries this year, and the heavy carryover from other years plus the result of natural propagation propa-gation await the fishermen in 'Utah's lakes and streams this ear.