[fraser] 



PACIFIC SALMON 



217 



A table of comparative growth will show the similarities and 

 differences more clearly: 



Table of Comparative Growth By Years 



Sockeye (Fraser River).. . 



Spring 



Dog 



Humpback (Rivers Inlet) 

 (Off Comox) 



1st 



6-4 

 10-5 

 10-8 

 12-1 

 110 



2nd 



8-3 

 9-1 

 7-8 

 9-6 



8-7 



Sea Type 



3rd 



6-5 

 6-8 

 5-8 



4th 



4-0 



5-5 

 4-3 



5th 



1-3 

 2-5 

 3-4 



6th 



Stream Type, 1 Year 



Sockeye (Rivers Inlet) . 

 (Fraser River). 



Spring 



Coho 



Stream Type, 2 Year 



Sockeye (Fraser River) . 



2-6 



3-2 



8-2 



61 



3-3 



1-1 



In considering the year classes in each type of fish nothing definite 

 can be stated concerning the spring salmon as a large percentage of 

 those examined were immature. The sexes were nearly even, with the 

 males slightly predominating. The excess is more noticeable in the 

 younger fish, and thus the excess of the females in the 4-year and 5- 

 year fish is more than balanced. 



Of the sockeye, those from Rivers inlet were 4 and 5-year fish, 

 the latter being over two-thirds of the whole number. Nearly two- 

 thirds of the 4-year fish were males and nearly as large a percentage 

 of the 5-year fish were females. Since the 5-year fish were more 

 numerous than the 4-year fish, the females predominated in the whole 

 number. From the Fraser river, in the 2-year stream type, nearly all 

 were 5-year fish. There were no 4-year and very few 6-year. The 1- 

 year stream type were all 4-year or 5-year fish, the 4-year fish making 

 up about five-sixths of the whole number. The sea type were largely 

 4-year, although the 3-year and the 5-year were represented. The 



