Figure 6.- -Generalized distribution pattern of tag returns from chum salmon tagged at 



sea from 1956 to 1959. 



Figure 7.--Generalized distribution pattern of tag returns from pink salmon tagged at 



sea from 1956 to 1959, 



indicate that some of this species cross the Gulf from 

 southeastern Alaska. 



Results of tagging king and silver salmon and steelhead 

 trout, as mentioned previously, have demonstrated that these 

 species travel spectacxilar distances at sea, but numbers 

 tagged and recovered have been too small for conclusions 

 as to relative importance of Asian and American stocks 

 in the areas of intermingling. In figure 8 each arrow indi- 

 cates only one tag return. To date, returns of kings and 

 steelhead have come only from America, but silvers have 

 come from both continents. American production of kings 

 and steelhead is far greater than Asian. 



Thus, tagging to date has shown a mixture of American 

 and Asian salmon in ocean areas fished by the Japanese 



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