REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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FISHERIES OF UTAH. 



The fisheries of Utah in 1900 employed 505 persons, most of whom 

 fished in Utah Lake. The capital invested was $52,985; 133,100 of 

 this amount is credited to Utah County. Seines and hand lines 

 constituted the principal forms of apparatus in use. The products 

 amounted to 1,081,863 pounds, valued at $17,158. By far the greater 

 part of the catch was derived from Utah Lake, in Utah County. 

 Weber, Rich, and Garfield counties are next in regard to the quantity 

 of fish taken. The principal species taken were, carp, 353,885 pounds, 

 valued at $1,191; trout, 115,798 pounds, $21,678; black bass, 104,800 

 pounds, $11,105; suckers and mullet, 152,780 pounds, $1,833. 



Mr. E. A. Tulian reports that black bass, carp, trout, and bullheads 

 have greatly increased in Utah County since 1895. The bass, carp, 

 and bullheads were nearly all taken in Utah Lake and its tributaries. 

 Bass weighing 7 to 8 pounds are sometimes taken, and are said to l)e 

 of excellent quality. The bullheads introduced into the lake four or 

 five years ago are increasing and find a ready sale at good prices. 

 The black bass and carp are also introduced species. 



It appears that an important quantity of fish is taken and sold con- 

 traiy to law, so that the yield of fish from the waters of Utah is larger 

 than the present figures show. 



Most persons engaged in fishing in these waters carry on the busi- 

 ness in a desultory manner. Considerable quantities of fish are taken 

 by farmers living in the vicinity of Utah Lake, many of them spearing 

 carp in the winter time for their own use. 



Table shovmuj, hy counties, the apparatus and capital employed in tJie fisheries of Utah 



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