GROWTH RATE IN PACIFIC SALMON 



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classes in each group are shown in the following table: All of them were of the sea 

 type. 



The males and females are nearly equal in number except in those from Quali- 

 cum where the males predominate in each year class. 



Se.x Distribution, 

 chemainus. • 



Five-year . . . 

 Four-year . 

 Three-year. 



Total. 



1 

 112 

 266 



379 



1 

 59 

 116 



1000 

 52-7 

 43-6 



53 

 150 



47-3 

 56-4 



Qualicum. 



Five-year . . 

 Four-year 

 Three-year. 

 Two-year . . . 



Total. 



3 

 315 

 187 



1 



3 



232 



94 



1 



330 



100 

 73-7 

 50-3 



100 



65-2 



26-3 

 49-7 



34-8 



Length 



Four-year — Male 



Female. 



Tables of Length Frequency. 

 Chemainus. 



Average length: male, 28-5; female, 27-9; total, 28-1. 



26 26-5 27 27-5 28 28-5 29 29-5 



1.... 2.... 1 



1 2 11 13 



Length 



Three-year — Male 



Female. 



21-5 22 22-5 23 23-5 24 24'5 25 25-5 26 26-5 27 28-5 



2 3 7 7 8 13 4 9 10 1 1 



11 48 6 12 84 86 21 



Average length: male, 26-0; female, 25-3; total, 25-6. 



Five-ye,ar — 1 male, 31 inches. 



Length 26 26-5 27 27-5 28 28-5 29 29-5 30 30-5 31 31-5 



Four-yeai— Male 1 12 12 11 6 11 3 2 1 



Female 2 5 14 17 9 4 2 



Average length: male, 29-1; female, 27-9; total, 28-5. 



Length 22 22-5 23 23-5 24 24-5 25 25-5 26 26-5 272 7-5 28 28-5 



Three-year— Male 2 2 4 6 11 12 22 22 21 11 3 



Female 1 1 2 5 12 16 25 29 30 17 10 2 



Average length: male, 26-6; female, 25-9; total, 26-2, 



