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BULLETIN OP THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



of red salmon tagged near Cape Fox, the early fish appear to be going primarily to 

 Boca de Quadra and to the Nass River. Later in the season it appears likely that 

 a larger percentage of the fish found in the region of Cape Fox have originated in the 

 streams of British Columbia. In the region of Icy Strait the experiments have shown 

 conclusively that the early run of reds contains an important element derived from 

 the large rivers at the head of Lynn Canal. The later runs contain few if any Lynn 

 Canal fish but do contain a large number of fish bound for Taku Inlet, which Were not 

 represented at all during the earlier part of the season. 



As in the previous experiments, the distribution of the pink salmon and chums 

 is shown to be predominantly to places located within a comparatively short distance 

 from the point of tagging. This is probably due to the habit of these two species of 

 spawning in all of the numerous small creeks of this region. The red salmon range 

 more widely, but the cohos appear to be the most widely ranging of any of the 

 species tagged. 



