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of the fish tagged at Ruins Point went out of Sumner Strait again and were taken 

 in the lower part of Chatham Strait and along the western coast of Prince of Wales 

 Island; but the main route of migration was north and east through Sumner Strait 

 and then south through Clarence Strait to Ernest Sound, Behm Canal, and Revilla- 

 gigedo Channel, just as occurred in 1926 with the red salmon tagged at Point Colpoys. 

 In the previous years a few reds were taken in the Stikine district and a few in British 

 Columbia, just as in 1926. Of the returns taken in British Columbia, the greatest 

 number was the result of the 1924 tagging. In that year 9 out of a total of 56 re- 

 turns were taken in the Skeena River. It seems probable that this was due merely 

 to chance fluctuations in the percentages of Skeena River fish among those tagged 

 in the various experiments, inasmuch as no such results were obtained in either 1925 

 or 1926, when many more fish were tagged. It may be, however, that a greater num- 

 ber of Skeena River fish pass through Sumner Strait in some years than in others. 



PINK SALMON 



Sixty-eight pink salmon, tagged at Point Colpoys, were recovered, and the data 

 are given in Table 11 and Figure 9. 



Table 11. — Pink salmon tagged at Point Colpoys, July 10, 1926 — 259 tagged, 68 returned {26.2 per 



cent) 



Locality of recapture 



Frederick Sound: 



Herring Bay 



Deepwater Point 



Wrangell District: 



Stikine Eiver 



Chiehagof Pass -- 



Sumner Strait: Point Nesbitt. 

 Clarence Strait: 



Coffman Island 



Steamer Bay - 



Screen Islands 



Lincoln Rock 



Steamer Rock 



Eagle Creek 



Onslow Island - 



Kelp Point 



Meyers Island - 



Streets Island 



Northwest Cove — 



Grindall Island 



Num- 

 ber 



Time, in 

 days 



5 



12 

 4 

 9 



6-14 

 5 

 34 

 1 

 4 

 8 



6-10 

 10 



Locality of recapture 



Clarence Strait— Continued. 



Halibut Creek 



Bostwick Inlet i 



Driest Point 



Crab Bay 



Ernest Sound: 



Union Point 



Point Eaton 



Brownson Island 



Santa Anna 



Point Warde 



Point Watkins 



Anan 



Bradfield Canal 2 



Behm Canal: 



Betton Island 1 



Grant Island * .. 



Indian Point 



Revillagigedo Channel: Boat Rock. 



Doubtful.... 



Num- 

 ber 



Time, In 

 days 



14 

 7 

 8 



12 

 4-5 



4- 13 



5- 19 

 4-7 



0 



8-15 

 12 



4 

 14 



5 

 16 

 1-13 



i One recorded as taken before date of tagging. 



The distribution of pinks was much the same as that of the red salmon — that 

 is, to Clarence Strait, Ernest Sound, Behm Canal, and Revillagigedo Channel. 

 These results were the same as those secured in 1924 and 1925 from the tagging at 

 Ruins Point, except for the fact, which would naturally be expected, that in the 

 earlier experiments a considerable proportion of the returns came from the west 

 coast of Prince of Wales Island, in Chatham Strait, north of the entrance to Sumner 

 Strait, and in Sumner Strait west and south of Point Colpoys. 



