For tlie past two seasons, an experimental rough fish seining pro- 

 gram has been carried on at Fort Peck. Catches were made of carp, 

 buffalo and catfish and taken to markets on the West Coast, Missouri 

 and Chicago. The prices paid for these fish varied greatly and it was 

 established that carp seined in Montana with the cost of transportation 

 added was not a paying proposition as a business enterprise. The 

 seining of fish in an impoundment that fluctuates such as Fort Peck 

 is not necessarily static or constant but is governed by the drawdown 

 of the reservoir for power and flood control purposes. This program 

 will be continued throughout the summer of 1956 and an attempt will 

 be made to draft legislation which will allow effectual commercial 

 fishing with adequate controls. 



In projecting the fisheries of tomorrow in Montana there are 

 several points that must be made and considered seriously if we are 

 to maintain a trout fishery such as we know today and wish to have 

 in the future: 



(1) The control and curtailment of pollution; 



(2) Adequate minimum flows of water in all streams to retain 

 fish life during critical periods of the year; 



(3) Public access to fishing waters; 



(4) Proper planning and forethought in road building and channel 

 changes for road building, agriculture and flood control; 



(5) Establish as a beneficial use Montana's waters for recreational 

 purposes; 



(6) Adequate planning and long-range plannnig for watershed 

 protection and management. 



If the above six points are stressed and considered by all people, 

 our water supplies and fish habitat will continue to exist for the bene- 

 ficial use by people for fishing and recreation. 



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