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Show I. -i ! UTAH LAGS WHILE OTHER STATES ; ,i ! OBTAIN MORE THAN THEIR SHARE V OF GOVERNMENT HATCHERY FISH I , ' 1 "Prospects for better fishing in Utah ' , ' streams during the coming' few years ' Will materialize, should plans of the ; !' Weber Rod and Gun club, and other ' I, associations, materialize. : Reports compiled by the forest serv- " '' ice Indicate that Montana and Colo- rado have been getting what seems I to bo more than ihcir share of eggs, J , : fry and fingcrlings of rainbow, black- I spotted, eastern brook, niacklnav and ' 1 steclhead trout and grayling in thc 1 distribution by the bureau of fisheries to Rocky Mountain states. ' i S. B. Locke, forest service game ex- , pert, reports that the- additional distri- I butlon of eggs, fry and fingerlings in ,( Montana and Colorado, was not a case I of partiality or of preference, but was j, ! , merely an example of the "erly bird i 1 , getting the worm," the worm in this . ' case representing millions of potential j j r trout and other fish. , Mr. Locke explained that Individuals ( , 'j or organizations of the state coudl (j j uiako requisitions for trout eggs, fry '! - and fingerlings through their congress- 1 , 1 I men. Lack of application of this na- I I tura has left Utah far bohim! other 1 hi western states in the matter of secur- I I ing federal assistance in the matter of ' re-stocking trout streams. I ! Last season, Mr. Lccke staled, Ihcre if I were S0.000 flngcrling trout turned j , ' ovor to the disposal of the stale fish ! (I and game commission at the federal ! , hatchery at Springville, a few miles ' south of Provo. i'' ij , Because of the apparent lack of de- I 1 raand for fish to re-stock streams, the j jj j' production at the hatchery will be cur-J tailed this season, Mr. Locke stated. Should the demand this season exceed the output ot the hatchery, steps will be taken to produce additional stock-next stock-next year. It is reported that the Weber Rod and Gun club has taken measures to secure additional stock for streams in this section of the slate, while other organizations, it is reported, are mak ing arrangements for rc-stocking streams whose supply of trout Is becoming be-coming depleted. A table showing distribution made by the bureau of fisheries for the year3 191G, 1017 and 1913 have been prepared. The ..distribution included Colorado, Montana,. Wyoming, New Mexico. Nevada, Utah and Idaho. The total of fry, fingerlings and eggs to be distributed to each state during the three-year period and -the percentage percent-age of distribution which each state received is as follows: Colorado 15.088.030; 42 per cent. Montana 13,235,000; 3G per cent. ( .Wyoming 5,737,250; 16 per cent. New Mexico 1,207.-140; 3 1-3 per cent.1 Nevada -1 03,750; 1 per cent. 1 Utc.b 302,800; 810 per cent. Idaho 23G.400; 3-4 per cenl. This summary does not include 500,000 whitefish eggs which were dis-' tributcd to Moni&na in 191S nor the 1.-975 1.-975 000 fry which were planted in Yellowstone Yel-lowstone park waters during the same year. It was estimated that Colorado, iMontana and Wyoming had 94 per cent of the distribution of fiy, eggs and fingcrlings during the three-year per lod. |