The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-03-28

Several important changes have
been made IN the states fish aud
game laws by the enactment of lcris.
lation by the assembly which ADJOURN
ed last week. The governor has sign
ed the new bill One Of the principal
new items or. rather. amendments ut
the old relates tu license fees The
new law provides that all men ur buys
of ~ wears or over shall pay tWn
dollars Tor % yearly license. The fee
for women and boys between ~ and
III years i- fixed Ut one dollar. License
agents are allowed ten cents commits
sion for each license sold. 4 notable
feature O.. that there h. no discrimina.
ton between residents and non resi-
dents m The matter oi licenses Tor
fishing ur hunting ordinary game. AZ
the request Of the federal government.
the license Tee was made H. applN tu
all citizens OF the United States alike,
and Utah has bgcomc the first state in
the union. probably, where no distinc-
ton il made. The government pro-
cccds on the theory that game. espcci-
ally migratory birds. are u resource
Of the t~uplc nj large and of no state
in particular II has long been init.
mated that. within q few years, the
government is likely 10 take over full
control of all fish and game. ut least
Of the migratory sort.
The elimination of the nonresident
clause will LIT burden from tourists
who pass through Utah IN automobiles
and otherwise. and who want to try
their luck. Formerly It cost ihcm six
dollars to do that The result was
that practically nobody bought
license, hut everybody lishcd lust the
same. SEEMING for carp and other
common fish j. permitted IN Utah
Lake and other waters designated hy
the state commissioner upon the pay
moEt of u specified fee. Common fish.
may be- caught with hook and line NJ
any time during the year. The game
fish season. however. has fixed limi.
tations. The open season for trout
and other game fish runs from June
10Th Ia November 30th IN streams
other than those which come under
special provision. The Strawberry
season is extended over IT, limits nf
former years. Fishing IN the Straw
berry reservoir and its tributaries IL
now permissible between July lsi and
October 3lst AZ Fish Lake one mny
fish frum June 10th a. October 3lst.
which IN also nn additional open per
Tod of half a month.
Smuggling of fish frum boats rs
prohibited IN The new bill. ~ u was
IN the old law, but the new act renders
the legislation more easy of enforce
mcnt Fishing from anchored boats
h prohibited, although bait may be-
thrown from shore, as also may be-
flies An important provision Is the
opening of the deer season for ten
days this Nenr-irum November LIT to
November lOth--during which period
one buck deer, with horns, may be
killed lay a resident of Utah. Nom
residents may not hunt deer The cx-
listing law extended the closed season
Ia next year, hut owing Ia the increase
~ the number Of deer. due Ia the pro-
lection Of the closed period, the com
missioner deemed IL not inrdyisable
10 permit little deer shooting a year
earlier than originally had been spcci-
/ fled.
During the stress of war times, the
commissioner permitted the taking al
common fish from certain waters ln
order 10 supply food 10 persons ut
|slruiicned circumstances There was
mo- specific law which permitted him
10 de- This, but this lack has been sup
|pIlcd iu the new law Guides on the
strawberry may collect charges from
their patrons not ~ exceed fifty cent n
/ per hour per person.
The commissioner is given authority
to permit shooting of game birds In
sections ut the state whore he may
deem conditions favorable. This uli-
tudc i- supplied because of the great
difference IN weather conditions br-
tween north and south and east and
west Important sections ot the new
law have Ia de- with the establishment
|ot game preserves,