In Fish vs. Farmer Cases, The Fish Loses Its Edge.

Focuses on the legal battle on water property rights and agricultural interests in the protection for endangered fish and other wildlife in California. Agreement of the federal government to pay farmers in Tulare and Kern Counties over reduced water supplies; Opposition of State chief deputy Attorney General Richard M. Frank to the payment of farmers for water diverted to endangered fish; Contention of the federal and state governments that water is public and not to the farmers and can be used as public dictates; Details of other water litigations.