Show I i tate state Plans Drive On ln Trash Tr sh Fish FishY i s Y v With the purchase of ot some rounds oT ol Derris root the state Ish and game department Is now eady cady to launch a wholesale le drive driven m n trash fish Iah fish chubs hubs chubs carp and suckers this suckers this year Marlon Marion Madsen chief of ot state fisheries revealed this week Derris is a South American plant which has been heen getting scarcer and scarcer In in this country since the outbreak of ot the war However the state fish rIsh and game game department was fortunate In securing securIng se securing se- se curing some pounds of ot this I powder over the winter and is rend ready to launch a blitz on the pestiferous trash fish According to Madsen the active ingredient in Derris is Rotenone which is a agent workIng working work work- ing on the nerve center in the gills Thus Titus It Il Is sure death to all I gill breathing fish The Derris root powder does not poison polson the fish rIsh it t simply forces suffocation by shutting off ott their ability to breath In the hands of any but skilled workmen It Is most dangerous for it retains retsina its killing kUling powers for as long as five days clays and is fatal when mixed one part Derris root to 2 million parts of water It Is planned this year to use Derris root to kill all fish life in some of the smaller out of ot the the way lakes and then start over i with nothing but game fish Ish in the lake In Strawberry Fish Lake Panguitch lake and other larger bodies of water infested with the trash fish it is planned to use uso Derris to eliminate t the e undesirables undesirables undesirables ables in inn spawning water where a barrier of Derri Derris Derrit may be spread across the tho mouth of ot the Inlet and the the fish killed as they come in contact with the screen |