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Show which for the first time in 20 years, has risen above the Swan creek traps. This abnormal level lev-el allows the spawners to escape over the top of the traps and on up the creek. way pond arrangement where eggs are taken only after proper natural development. The only dark spot on the state's spawn-taking picture, Madsen reported, is at Bear Lake I A eic Traps Help Spa ivu Gathering Spawn - taking operations throughout Utah are proceeding proceed-ing at a better than average pace, M. J. Madsen, superintendent superinten-dent of fisheries management for the Utah fish and game department, de-partment, announced today. Two new traps are in operation opera-tion this year, at Strawberry and Fish Lake, with runs at both places "looking better than average," aver-age," Madsen asserted. He explained that the new traps at Fish Lake were installed in-stalled to reduce handling of fish which decreases the fertility fertil-ity ratio. "So far, results of the new setup set-up have been very encouraging." he said. The new arrangement at Strawberry was designed for a similar purpose, only here fertility fer-tility was decreased by female fish- running into fast, rough water coming down the spill-I spill-I way. The new set-up allows the I fish to run through compara-; compara-; tively smooth Jvvater into a three- |