TAGGING SALMON IN ALASKA, 1823 
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usually just below the adipose fin, and were placed in the books opposite the serial 
number corresponding to the tag. 
The procedure in tagging was as follows: An assistant, provided with a long- 
handled dip net, was stationed in the stern of the skiff and dipped up several fish, 
usually from two to five, and deposited them in the stern section mentioned above. 
This same assistant then placed the fish as rapidly as possible in the holding boxes, 
which were next taken by another assistant, who passed them forward to one of the 
operators seated on the outer side of the skiff, who held the fish while the second 
operator attached the tag and took the sample of scales. Then the first operator 
released the fish and returned the box to where it could be conveniently reached by 
the assistant who placed the fish in the boxes. By the time this was done another 
fish was usually ready for tagging. Figures 4 to 9 illustrate the process. 
Only a few seconds were required for tagging each fish. Even when several 
fish were dipped up at once it was seldom that any one of them was out of water 
for more than a minute. With good weather and smooth water from 250 to 300 
fish were tagged in an hour. When released, the fish seldom showed any distress 
and usually disappeared within a very short time, apparently uninjured. There 
may have been some slight mortality due to the handling they received, but we 
have no evidence that such was the case. 
RETURNS 
The following list gives the numbers of the tags attached at various times and 
places during 1923 and also indicates the species of salmon used. Out of the 10,000 
fish tagged only about 800 were other species than red salmon. 
Table 1 . — List of tags attached, 1923 
Lot number 
1_. 
2.. 
3.. 
4.. 
5.. 
6 - 
7.. 
8 .. 
9- 
10 . 
11 . 
12 . 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 
20 . 
21 . 
22 - 
Serial Number 
number of fish 
4001-4122 
1 120 
4123-4700 
575 
4701-5500 
799 
5501-6300 
800 
6301-6800 
499 
6801-7300 
499 
7301-7438 
137 
7439-8300 
2 859 
8301-8896 
592 
8897-9300 
403 
9301-10000 
2 699 
10001-10300 
300 
10301-10466 
110 
55 
10467-11500 
633 
190 
199 
10 
11501-11936 
436 
11937-12046 
110 
12047-12178 
131 
1 
12179-12510 
326 
1 
12511-13000 
447 
36 
6 
13001-13453 
279 
171 
3 
13454-13800 
2 170 
2 172 
3 
13801-14000 
198 
2 
Species 
Locality 
Date 
Red 
Unga Island, Kelly Rock trap - 
June 2, 3, and 6. 
do 
June 7. 
.do 
Ikatan Bay, P. A. F. No. 7 
June 18. 
do 
Morzhovoi Bay, P. A. F. No. 8 
June 20. 
do 
Unga Island, Kelly Rock trap - 
J une 23 
do 
June 26. 
do 
June 27. 
do 
Unga Island, Big Valley trap 
Do. 
do 
Morzhovoi Bay, P. A. F. No. 8 - - 
June 30. 
_do 
Do. 
do 
July 1. 
do 
Ikatan Bay, P. A. F. No. 11 
July 2. 
do 
July 4. 
Dog 
Red.. 
July 6. 
Dog 
Humpback . 
Silver 
Red 
Morzhovoi Bay, P. A. F. No. 3__ 
July 8. 
do 
Do. 
do 
Ikatan Bay, P. A. F. No. 13 
July 10. 
King 
Red 
Do. 
King 
Red 
Ikatan Bay, P. A. F. No. 2 - 
July 11. 
Dog 
Silver 
Red 
July 13. 
Dog 
Silver 
Red 
July 18. 
Dog 
Silver 
Red 
July 20. 
Dog 
This and other similar discrepancies are due to the loss or breaking of some of the tags. 
Piously tagged was taken and released and is included here, 
l hree previously tagged were taken and released and are included here. 
