TABLE 16. --Release and recovery ... Michigan --Continued 



'With drags, 32; without drags, 17; no data, 2. 

 'Based on recoveries in year of release. 



west of Harbor Springs, Michigan, to the west 

 side of Epoufette Point. Three bottles were 

 recovered at 256 and 313 days at 1933 and 3.2 

 years in 1935; the other four were found at 

 15-44 days, averaging 26.2. The seven bottles 

 had floated from 7-64 miles, an average of 

 41.4. Only two bottles held their drags. 



Charlevoix to Dahlia Shoal and 

 Northwest of Charlevoix 



All recovered bottles (table 24 and fig. 21) 

 from releases of August 23, 1932, floated 

 northeast and all but one of those reported 

 from the August 25, 1932, releases moved 

 southeast. The former extended from about 

 3 miles south of Good Hart, Micigan, to 

 Waugoshance Island and the latter from 2 miles 

 north of Charlevoix to halfway between Good 

 Hart and Cross Village, Michigan. Six (46 

 percent) of the first 13 (table 24) and 5 (71 

 percent) of the other 7 bottles were recovered, 

 but 4 were found from April 16 to May 4, 

 1933-236-252 days. The rest of them were 

 located in 5-16 days, averaging 9.0, and 24-73 

 days, averaging 42.0. Their minimum miles 

 varied from 4-24, averaging 14.8 and from 



12-22, averaging 16.0. Three (50 and 60 

 percent) of bottles recovered from each re- 

 lease held drags. 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Most of the bottles released in 1931 along 

 transects were recovered along the eastern 

 shore. On only two dates were the small 

 majorities found on the western coast. Eighty- 

 three transect bottles or 65.9 percent were 

 found in the State of Michigan, 31 bottles or 

 24.6 percent in Wisconsin and Illinois, and 12 

 bottles or 9.5 percent in Indiana. Other bottles 

 were deposited along both shores. Sixteen of 

 the 1 7 bottles recovered from releases between 

 St. Joseph and Grand Haven and 21 of the 29 

 bottles returned from releases between She- 

 boygan and Racine were found on the eastern 

 coast; the remaining 9 were found along the 

 western shore. All 14 recovered bottles from 

 the Kewaunee- Port Washington releases were 

 discovered in Wisconsin. Of the entire total 

 of recovered bottles, 120 (64.5 percent) were 

 located in the State of Michigan, 54 (29.0 

 percent) in Wisconsin and Illinois, and 12 

 (6.5 percent) in Indiana. 



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