Iron County Record | 1955-04-21 | Page 12 | New Ruling Explains Limits for Resident Youth

( New Ruling Explains Limits For Resident Youth . Resident children under 12 years of age may possess only four fish or three pounds of game fish. This regulation is new for the 1955 angling season in Utah. This law is effective April 16. Commission action In setting this( ruling was taken to give a more' equitable distribution of game I fish to all anglers, according to Department of Fish and Game spokesmen. Resident children must be 12 years of age before being eligible eligi-ble to purchase and use an angling ang-ling license. Through age 11 they may angle without a license but may possess only the above reduced re-duced limit as set for the 1955 season. Non-resident children at any age must display either ' a $4 five day angling permit or a $10 license for the full season. They are. thus entitled to a full limit of fish. All . license fees are set by legislative act and cannot be changed by commission action. At ages 12 through 15 a resident may purchase the $10 angling license and possess the adult limit li-mit of 10 fish or seven pounds and one fish, whichever is caught first. At ages 14 and 15 years a resident resi-dent may purchase a $2 game bird license and hunt for such birds in season when accompanied accom-panied by someone 21 years old or older. This law was scheduled to provide a training period in gun handling under adult supervision. super-vision. At age 16 a juvenile is legally mature under the fish and game code laws. He may then purchase pur-chase a combination hunting and fishing license. No Juvenile may legally purchase any type of adult license until following his or her 16th birthday.