14. Distribution of tags recovered in catch (commercial fishery) and observed in the escape- 



ments from sockeye salmon released at 10 tagging sites in Nushagak and Naknek- 

 Kvichak districts (inshore area) in 1956 14 



15. Distribution of tags recovered in catch (commercial fishery) and observed in the escape- 



ments from sockeye salmon released at 10 tagging sites in Naknek-Kvichak, Egegik, 

 and Ugashik fishing districts (inshore area) in 1956 15 



16. Distribution of tags recovered in catch (commercial fishery) and observed in the escape- 



ments from sockeye salmon released at two tagging sites in Naknek-Kvichak fishing 

 district (inshore area) in 1957 16 



17. Distribution of tags recovered in catch (commercial fishery) and observed in the escape- 



ments from sockeye salmon released at four tagging sites in Nushagak fishing district 

 (inshore area) in 1959 17 



18. Distribution of tagged sockeye salmon in the Igushik, Wood, Kvichak, Naknek, and 



other Nushagak Bay river escapements, Bristol Bay, 1956 and 1959 19 



19. Distribution of tagged sockeye salmon in the Kvichak, Naknek, and Egegik River escape- 



ments, Bristol Bay, 1955 and 1956 20 



20. Distribution in the spawning escapement of 1.3 and 2.3 age groups of sockeye salmon 



tagged at seven sites in the Naknek-Kvichak and Egegik fishing districts in 1955 . 21 



21. Percentage distribution of recoveries within the Nushagak fishery of sockeye salmon tag- 



ged at four sites in the Nushagak district 23 



22. General distribution of Bristol Bay stocks of sockeye salmon, showing area of greatest 



stock abundance 24 



Tables 



1. Actual numbers and expected numbers of tags recovered in four Bristol Bay fishing dis- 



tricts from sockeye salmon released in the Bering Sea and Bristol Bay by the United 

 States and Japan in 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965 8 



2. Summary of chi-square analysis of recovery data for tags released in the eastern Bering 



Sea and outer Bristol Bay by the United States and Japan between 1957 and 1965 . 10 



3. Total run (commercial catch plus escapement) of sockeye salmon (thousands offish) to 



four inshore fishing districts of Bristol Bay, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959, and ratio of each 

 district's stocks to Naknek-Kvichak district stocks 18 



Appendix Tables 



1. Dates of exploratory fishing or tagging and source of data used to show the distribution 



and migration route of sockeye salmon in the offshore area of Bristol Bay 27 



2. Number and percent of tagged sockeye salmon recovered in catch (commercial fishery) or 



observed in escapement from fish released at nine sites in Naknek-Kvichak and Egegik 

 districts in 1955 28 



3. Number and percent of tagged sockeye salmon recovered in catch (commercial fishery) or 



observed in escapement from fish released at 20 sites in Nushagak, Naknek-Kvichak, 

 Egegik, and Ugashik districts in 1956 29 



4. Number of tagged sockeye salmon recovered in catch (commercial fishery) from fish re- 



leased at two sites in Naknek-Kvichak fishing district in 1957 30 



5. Number and percent of tagged sockeye salmon observed in escapement from fish released 



at two sites in Naknek-Kvichak fishing district in 1957 30 



6. Number of tagged sockeye salmon recovered in catch (commercial fishery) from fish re- 



leased at four sites in Nushagak fishing district in 1959 31 



7. Number and percent of tagged sockeye salmon observed in escapement from fish released 



at four sites in Nushagak fishing district in 1959 32 



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