The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-14
SEEMING FOR FISH.

The petition to the legislature in the
interest of sportsmen and appearing
to be for the protection of fish, ought
to be regarded as but one side of a
very important question What they
say appears very plausible At first
sight it looks as though SEEMING ought
to be stopped But Utah lake contains
great shoals of common fish which, if
caught by seining at proper seasons,
can be utilized by common people, be-
ing sod at low price and proving a
very desirable article OF food.
The fishermen who catch them say
they throw back any game fish caught
with them against the law How that
may be we cannot say. But it seems
an injustice to deprive poor people of
the opportunity to get cheap fish when
there are so many suckers, club, null
let and similar kinds in the lake, and
there would be an advantage in reduc-
ing their number for the increased
propagation of better qualities which
now cost high price in the market.
We understand that Mr.. Musser.
acting Fish Commissioner, is in favor
Iof SEEMING under the conditions herein
described, and the following letter
from Utah county fisherman will put
this side Of the subject pretty clearly
before the public It shoald be well
considered by the legislature:
Lake Shore, Utah County. Feb. 70.
Dear Sir-I see by yesterdays Her
aid there has been a petition gotten UP
by the sporting men of Utah county,
or | may say by Provo and Spring
vile, to have the seining stopped in
Utah lake.
l was at two meetings at Provo, and
we had petition drawn up which we
thought would be fair to 10th sports
men and fishermen. and we all agreed
to live up to the petition: but while
we were at the meeting, which was
open to everybody, some of the sports
men were out cirC ulating a petition 10
have seining stopped for two years.
Our petition was for using the same
kind of a net that we are using at the
present time, and fishing from the
first of September till the first of May,
and not to fish within one-half mile
from either the channel or any run
ming stream, and to protect all game
fish and leave them for the sportsmen.
There are a. great many of the poorer
class of people about here and the
counties south who can't afford to
even go and catch these game fish nor
buy them after they are caught. They
are very glad to get common fish, es-
pecially at this present time, and l
think it would be very unjust to de-
priVe this class Of people from getting
a few fish to eat There are plenty of
common fish in the lake, also carp
and if we can't catch the common fish
l would say, stop the fishing entirely
with hook and line as we'll rs seine.
and give all parties the same equal
show
The sportsmen of Provo seem to
think the lake belongs to them and the
rest of the territory have no voice in
it whatever.
Should it be necessary, l can get a
petition signed by nearly all the people
here and south of here, to have the
common fish caught out of the lake
and give the game fish better show to
live. It is not the seine that destroys
the trout; they go UP the rivers to
spawn and never return; they are
either caught or get out in the canals
and die.
/ think it would be wise to appoint
q. commissioner outside of Provo. as
that are unlawful, and they are used
er, and if it is fair to the people of
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