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MEDFORD MAIL TRltflJNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
Regulations Formulated
Harvest Control
Of Resource Is
Sought in Laws
(Editor's note: This is the
:. 11th in a series of articles
on the Rogue river fishery
and its management. To
day's article discusses regu
lations which are establish
ed by the game commission
for the Rogue system with
emphasis placed on their
needs and what they are de
signed to accomplish.)
By COLE M. RIVERS
Fisheries Agent
Game Commission
' Angling regulations are for
mulated each January by the
game commission to manage
the sports fishing through the
year. The purpose o regula
tions is to con
trol the har
vest of one of
the s t a t e's
most valuable
r e ne w a b 1 e
resources. An
other purpose
is to distrib
ute a safe
harvest among
cole nivars as many ang
lers as is possible,
i Because of the many runs
and kinds of fish, both resi
dent and migratory, that are
found in the same water, an
gling rules established for the
Rogue river are varied and
complex. Each group of fish
is managed on an individual
basis or as nearly so as pos
sible. All are harvested at a
maximum rate without en
dangering their numbers for
future expansion and use.
A few people have difficul
ty understanding the angling
charts for the Rogue river.
Fortunately, most of the an
gling public take the time to
read and study the material.
With the aid of the maps to
show where the deadlines are
located in case the reader is
' not familiar with them, the
answers to where and when
they can go fishing are ob
vious. Largest Population
The largest population of
"trout" in the middle and
lower sections of the basin in
the spring consists of down
stream migrant steelhead. The
late opening of the trout sea
son protects this concentra
tion of steelhead until it is
well down the river toward
the sea. In the lower canyon
and below, these same fish
are protected with an 8-inch
minimum size limit.
Many of the Rogue's adult
steelhead are under 20 inches
in length. In parts of the basin
they are found in the same
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STEALS RIDE Stealing march ri the
field, student Herbert Schlobohm. IS, rides
his bicvele across the about-to-be-opened
ThroRf'Neck bridge in The Bronx. N Y..
Wrdncsdny ai construction workers cheer
"him on. Herbert rode his bike across the
new $!)2 million bridge ahead of any of the
waters occupied by resident
trout. The general state regu
lations do not recognize fish
under 20 inches in length as
steelhead so all Rogue steel
head are regulated as trout.
The manipulation of sea
sons and i areas for "trout"
controls the catch of steel
head but still allows the pur
suit of resident trout in much
of the same water.
The trout bag limit (10 fish
but not more than 5 of which
may be over 12 inches in
length and not more than 2
over 20 inches) serves many
purposes for various waters
over the state. In the Rogue
system, it is designed to (1)
limit the catch of steelhead
migrants in summer months,
(2) allow full pursuit of resi
dent and planted trout in
streams, and (3) distribute
trout taken from lakes among
a greater number of anglers.
Early Switch
The early switch in the fall
to a bag limit of two fish
over 12 inches in length with
appropriate deadline changes
takes fishing pressure off the
spring-run steelhead, controls
excessive catch of the fall-run
steelhead, and protects the
juvenile steelhead in areas
where they are in rearing con
centrations. Each of the changes in
deadlines at various dates
throughout the fall and wint
er seasons has a purpose. The
fall run of steelhead receives
extremely heavy fishing pres
sure, and it becomes necessary
to remove that pressure to
prevent an overcatch.
Following behind the fall
run is the large run of winter
steelhead that generally needs
no protection from anglers'
catch because adverse water
and weather conditions usual
ly permit an adequate num
ber to escape for spawning.
The date and deadline
changes allow as many of the
winter run to be caught in the
limited time that water and
weather are right and at the
same time relieves the fall
run from additional catch.
Closed To Protect Fish
In February , when many
bright, winter fish are still
coming up the Rogue, the
spent fish of the earlier spring
and fall steelhead runs are
backing down into the same
waters. Actually, fishermen
could continue their harvest
of this winter run, but the
season is closed to protect the
spent fish of these valuable
early runs.
Spawnouts from the spring
and fall runs are given pro
tection to allow their return
as larger fish on their second
or third spawning run. Every
effort is made to increase the
numbers of larger steelhead
in spring and fall run.
The steelhead season on the
Applegate is allowed to offer
people from the heavily popu
lated sections of the basin
some place to go for their
winter sleelheading without
having to drive long dis
tances. Only the first fish in
the Applegate run are taken
since most of the run does not
arrive in the river until
March, after the season is
closed.
Annual Take
According to the data from
salmon and steelhead punch
cards, the annual take of Ap
plegate steelhead is less than
500 fish. Counts of redds
THREE DIE Three persons burned to death
early Wednesday when a truck loaded with
turKcys crashed into the rear of another
truck on the Kings River bridge on High
Business of Keeping Americans
Alive Is Big, Bechtold Notes
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
New York OJPD - Keeping
Americans alive and well ii
a $25 billion business.
That is the
amount spent
a n n u ally by
the public in
the form of
fees or
charges,
health insur
ance premi
ums, volun
tary contribu
ting Bechtold lions and tax
money for health projects.
It breaks' down to $137 a
year for every man, woman
official automobiles that began the trip after
Ifdlcation ceremonies. Spanning the East
river to connect the Bronx and the Queens,
the new slrucwre link Long Island with the
Bronx and other parts nf New York State.
- (UPI Telcphoto)
(spawning beds) indicate that
sufficient numbers of fish
running in March and April
escape to the spawning
grounds.
The Illinois steelhead is a
true winter-run fish similar
to those present in the coastal
streams. A full season is al
lowed from the time the first
fish appears until the occur
rence of the first spent fish.
The same regulation princi
ples that apply to steelhead
are applied to salmon. An ex
cessive catch is prevented on
and child in the United
States, according to the first
issue of Medicine At Work as
a separate publication from
the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
From 1956 through 1959 it
was published in the journal
as a change of pace from clin
ical reading-an informal ap
proach to describe how indi
viduals, professions and organ
izations join to tackle impor
tant health matters.
Last year the Pharmaceu
tical Manufacturers Associa
tion recognized the need to re
vive this feature in the form
of a district publication which
would continue to interpret
the partners in progress
theme.
Keeping America Healthy
Unemployment is not a
problem in the health field,
according to statistics in the
booklet. Four million people
devote either all or part of
their earning hours to the
health of individuals in this
country. That is one out of
every 16 persons who work
and docs not include volun
teers. The key individual in the
multi-billion operation is the
physician who is needed with
such other weighty pressures
as his own continuing post
graduate education during a
period of rapid medical pro
gress, his patient's varying re
sponses to treatment, and his
antagonists' persistent efforts
to demolish the art of medical
practice in order to transform
it into a trade, the publica
tion stated.
, It added that as the level of
wellness rises, demands upon
the physician as leader of the
health forces grow and be
come increasingly complex.
The physician, of course, is
not alone in this field of
health. There are fewer than
250,000 physicians in the
United States, and little more
than half of them are in full
time private practice.
There are also nurses and
writers, pharmacists and re
search workers, dentists and
suppliers, sanitation engineers
and social workers, therapists
and medicine makers.
And their numbers arc
growing by leaps and bounds.
Since the turn of the century,
the publication noted, the
number of those employed in
some phase of health has in
creased at a rate five times
faster than the population
growth as a whole.
Key Man Is Doctor
As in years past, however,
the doctor of medicine, al
though far outnumbered by
others in the health field, still
plays the dominant role. It
is he who:
-Provides medical services
for which Americans !'
some $5 billion annually. Phy
sicians also give away another
SI billion each year In the
value of uncollected accounts
and ire for the Indigent.
-Prescribes medicines and
influences the purchase of ad-
some of the runs while oth
ers are protected in their sum
mer resting areas. All are
protected through their re
spective spawning seasons.
Create Aggravations
Dates and deadlines which
are changed from year to
year create aggravations and
misunderstandings. Regula
tions would not be considered
as complex if a firm set of
seasons and deadlines could
be maintained. However, the
resource is changing from
cycle to cycle; anglers change
way 99 at Kingsbury, Calif. A third truck,
a pickup and five cars piled up m a chain
reaction on the fog shrouded bridge.
(UPI Telcphoto)
ditional drug and related
products for which people'
now spend $4 billion annually
for wellness, comfort, sustain
ed productivity and, some
times, life itself.
-Supervises the institution
al care of patients who obtain
services valued at about $5
billion a year.
-Plays an essential part In
the purchase of health insur
ance, grown into a $1.5 bil
lion service.
-Orders products and appli
ances to aid sight, hearing,
speech and movement, for
which consumers spend $1 bil
lion annually.
-Takes part in government
health programs and projects
at local, state and federal lev
els, costing the public $6.5
billion yearly.
-Is called upon lo serve or
counsel voluntary health agen
cies whose annual contribu
tions from Americans come lo
$1 billion.
And, the publication said,
this total of $24 billion does
not include the public's pay
ing of an additional $1 in the
social welfare, job vocational,
missionary and related areas
which have a direct bearing
on human health and well
being. Parking Meters Are
Doing Big Business
Chicago - IUPII - Parking
meters are doing a thriving
business, the American Mu
nicipal association reported.
A survey by the association
showed that about two million
meters collect $125 million a
year at curbs and in parking
lots of 3,850 cities and towns
in the nation.
The survey, reported In
Traffic Quarterly, showed that
nearly two-thirds of the me
ters arc set at 5 cents an hour
and most of these sell 12 min
utes' parking for a penny.
However, a 10-cenl-an-hour
rate is becoming more com
mon, the association found,
with about 14 per cent of all
meters collecting at that pace
in 19(10.
About half of the cities re
porting their plans said they
were considering parking me
ter rate increases.
2 Milion Bearings
Won't Fill Bofte
Rolla, N.D. - TO - Lack of
warehouse space for inven
tory is no problem for an in
strument jewel bearing plant
tiere.
A year's production of some
two million bearings, destined
for precision defense items
and the government's strategic
stockpile, would not fill a
milk bottle. The plant is np-
eratcd for the government by
Bulova Watch Co. on a $1 per
year eon Ira ft
to
their methods and shift their
pressure to various sections
of the watershed; and devel
opment causes changes in
fishery habitat. Because of
these changes, many fish, or
runs, are put in vulnerable '
positions. Each change is rec- j
ognized and called to the at
tention of the commission. ;
Regulations are altered to
modify the effects of the vary
ing patterns of pressure and
catch.
We are approaching an era
of management that may re
quire the regulation of resi
dent and migratory fisheries
separately. To realize this ob
jective, the basin would have
to be divided into three sec
tions, upper, middle and
lower. Each area would be
regulated with a simple set
of seasons and bag limits.
In principle, the upper sec
lion would allow full pursuit
of resident trout, but no sal
mon and steelhead could be
taken. The middle section
would have limited pursuit of
salmon and steelhead but no
trout fishery. The lower sec
tion would be used for liberal
pursuit of salmon and steel
head only.
Either the fishery resource
or the pursuit of the sports
fishery would have to be sac
rificed to realize a simple set
of regulations. Scientific man
agement is not possible with a
general arrangement of sea
sons, bag limits, and open
areas. In an attempt to find
a happy medium, Oregon's an
gling synopsis outlines a fair
program of good, light man
agement. Governor Finds
Silk Top Hats
Salem - (UPI) - There are
more silk top hats around
than you think.
Gov. Mark Hatfield has an
nounced that he will attend
the inauguration of Prcsidcnt
Elect John F. Kennedy next
week but needed a top hat.
He doesn't own one and they
are a must for the affair.
A Hatfield aide said Wed
nesday afternoon that so far
the governor has had 17 of
I fers from people to loan him
one. The offers came mostly
from the Salem area, and
few from Portland. His office
put out a plea late Wedncs
day for no more offers.
Several offers came from
unnamed but high ranking
Oregon Democrats. They said
they couldn't go themselves
but wanted their hats to bo
there, the aide said.
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