PACIFIC SALMON 



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TABLE I 



Gross Summary of all the Tagging Programs Conducted on Spring Salmon Along the 



British Columbia Coast 



TABLE II 



Returns of Spring Salmon with Special Reference to the Time of Recapture 

 AS Compared with the Time of Tagging 



in which they were hatched, a more or less 

 cohesive picture of spring salmon migration 

 has been set up. 



The young from the southern coastal 

 rivers disperse northward along the coast of 

 British Columbia at a slow rate, growing in 

 size and increasing in age. At some time in 

 their life history, these salmon, influenced 



by an undetermined factor, strike in from 

 the northwest and return southward. From 

 this migration the runs to the many spawn- 

 ing areas break away through the various 

 channels which lead to the different rivers. 

 The fact that this species chooses mainly 

 the larger rivers in which to spawn must be 

 recognized. The runs from these large 



