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Show Fish Hatcheries Prepare Now For Coming Season Well over nine million fish eggs have been received by Department of Fish and Game hatcheries since last fall in preparation for 1967 distribution distribu-tion to Utah waters. An additional ad-ditional two million are yet on order for hatching by mid- summer. Of the more than 11 million fish to be raised by department depart-ment hatcheries this year, Ko-kanee Ko-kanee salmon, brook, brown, and lake trout together account ac-count for 2,130,000 e?gs. Rainbows Rain-bows total 8,935,000. Most of the eggs are already al-ready hatched and the young aro now under the card of fish cullurists to be primed , for distribution to wild waters when their time comes. I The task of providing Utah anglers with quality fishing is a year-round job for the men at department hatcheries. hatcher-ies. Since the bulk of fish distribution ended last fall, tinued a busy schedule of the fish culturists have con-caring con-caring for the many millions of eggs received at the hatch-e-ies over the state. It may be the slack season sea-son for the fishermen, but not for the men who provide for our top quality fishing. |