Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-20
Utah's Fish Interests
valuable Report Indus submledb by commss
Russor to the Legislative rs emily



g.h and gene laws Of Uah, l herewith
hand you ny biennial report
We are promised several hundred
ibousand impreguntei lake trout Eggs
I'm Michigan in the nonr iulufr.
Tbsse will be- afllnclally hnichet and
I'd Iu the aW lm iu | nn lake.
fn October Last No planted ~ said
lace 1000 cat Och OF tAo lullhond
y,frly, In few years iltsn, no
I.nti. will become verJ uumrt1us aud
I'm Greatly to tho fish supply OF Onh.
Ve are also promised hulrai cJb-
.trgmcpt of nngorllng lsh from & ll'
40. and cfappie anu Othet indigun-
'r. fish from he last next ~.
R.Iucinutiy anu beginning TO be-
frve that me Utah Lake ahai plant
wIIl pfoyo a irutticss experiment.. Ihis
r.-rct very greatly ~ nt one time We
were promised finu results rom lhls
yrfy large PLANT u eH q cut fish fryj
fut the white fish from the great lake.,
which Is not only u good tubliiluic "
moi a superior flsh 10 tbs shhdi am
well satisfied Will thrivuiu these lakes
am encouraged % believe ihhi We
viii get 70 consignment u white nsh
ify the coming season. .
n the Legislative Assembly VIII
msse a liberal appropriation g. the hsh
interests Of Uiau, u need not be many
ytafs before our public ANA private
waters eau DO inside 10 tutm with tho
Htst fofls Of ire,h water tishct, iu'
Guiding tho tctrnpin, anu even the
larsp cable ffogs, aud l lfmly believe
that the oyster Cin be suecttiihlly
.si.sd ia ponds constructed IN alrrsmi
lhavo examined, which arc fed wiIn
Last April was told that cells had
ltrp caught at the south cnd Of Utah
I.4kr. 4 Immediately took steps 10
v.fIly the report, but did not succcod.
n there nfe any cels the lake or
river they must be- from the plant made
no tho Jordan Ia 1857.
/ venture 10 slate that thofe u no
llato or territory In tue Union more
favored than Utah for the nucctasful
uiup5pati1n of fresh water ishrf. We
nave One lake,, rivers and small
streams uumburioss fptl1HB aud nfic-
sIHn wells, whose fresh, tllt aud bfnrf'
ish winters show the varied temporal
lures, expressed by tue terms cold,
ENID, warm nud hot.
1, is feared by come, who thiuk
ore unlu.y pgJudicrd ngainsi the
German carp, thAt they Will uec0mo 10
numerous us 10 seriously menace
ihe development anu even gx-
i.,uucc Of the letter fishes. 1t
isn iuct that already our nsh streams
fairly teen with carp, bat they are not
600 aggressive fsb. ihcy eat neither
sraWu nor ify, bat live mssily on vcge-
tnbrrfUwtn ana microscopic life found
on the bottom aui sides Of the water
they inhablt The Presence Of 10 mRuy
ui them Ia nearly all this streams
should be- an indictment Tor filhofmen
Go catch them IN large numbers for the
local markets, and they should now b.
selling Tor from ~ 8 cents per pound.
II pTophgntud In pure running water
they are a good edible fish, but n raised
Ia iilthy ponds, before cooking they
should 10 carefully cleaned, then
passed through several chRngcb d
tire, hhli water. have on filo hun
dr,ds Of Testimonials IN favor u tue
edible qualities Of the carp, and many
leading Dish journals pronounce II al
excellent zen.
Ia letter from Editor Logan oil
american Flsh Cultute,1 ana an.
other from Hon. J.. J. 5ltanahau, Put.
lu-Bay, Ohio, learn that the marble
catfish IL growing IN rapid favor IA
the Eastern and Middle ttatCs,aud that
the Ohio state flsh commission hat
planted nll over the state the fish from
Chnutauqua lake, caught as lry. This
ls rapid grower and larger In fixl
that the common bullhead, or tue
tpvCkltd catfish, the latter Of which
tufive beet in warm olimhtrs,
The law giving liberty 10 fishermen
90 take sucker, chuuB ana mullUts from
Lake Utah during eleven months OF
The year, has proved 10 DO "a wholesome
PROVISION, for these comparatively
worthless hsh are greedy spawn anu
iry eaters, anu understand that great
numbers have been caught anu dis.
pOsed " In this city anu elsewhere
during the past season.
From rViorlsOn iile from the county
l'b anu game commissioners | am led
10 believe that inlfuCiiOns Of the fish
und game laws are bong mluimizsd
compared with former years, anu II ID
gutiiying 10 know that Utah has sew.
rtAl county commissioners who, fby
their vigilance and push, have secured
the arrest anu conviction Ut a numbcI
Of offenders. The inea imposed upon
these have no doubt deferred others
from violating the Wholesome laws.
would be GLAD To make personal men.
ton oil The most yigilAnt OF these com.
mlsalOucrr, but for obvious reasons |
must RETAIN. | would suggest that
when arrests are made for vlllstiug the
ifh and game laws IL would Pre-.
uucc good results n such cases were
published Ia the newspapers ne a deter,
!unt or warning % others.
Our fish and game laws arc evident.
lJ very far from being perfect. one
county commissioner In his report says,
"Aluuy Of the officials here contend
that laKe h not natural stream anu
therefore u IL not unlawful 10 catch
trout In Panguitoh lake and export
thom out OF the Territory" Olhru
asatIt that our Irrigation canals and
uitcheu arc not natural s,reaint. and
10 consequences the public may do IA
they please, In season anu out OF season,
Win the countless fish, small aud
large, that enter those channels. The
llsl Assembly cXpunged the words
"lublia waters" anu substituted "nat-
ufll stTenms." Under the former
wording no such excuses ss the nb4ye
were urged by the lawlufs.
Another commissioner writes:
There are dams built auTois some
OF oar smaller streams during the irri.
gallon season that drain the oniiro
stream, ana when the hah como down
thcy are forced out on the land aud
u'e caught or left 10 rot. A great many
hsh are killed In going over tho waste