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Table 30. — Returns of red salmon from each tagging at Kelly Rock and Big Valley trap, Ungo Island. 
Percentage taken in each locality and median time en route in days — Continued 
Locality of recapture 
J une 27 — 859 tagged, 
277 returned 
July 6—633 tagged, 
172 returned 
Total 
number 
returned 
Percent- 
Average 
time in 
days 3 
Per cent 
returned 
Time in 
days 
Per cent 
returned 
Time in 
days 
turned 
0. 9 
6 
5. 7 
4 
69 
2. 17 
5. 1 
Pavlof Bay 4 
.2 
14 
.5 
9 
7 
.22 
12.4 
Cold Bay 
.3 
6 
2 
.06 
6. 5 
Thin Point 
. 5 
7 
1. 1 
7 
13 
. 41 
7 
Morzhovoi Bay___ 
1.4 
10 
1.6 
10 
117 
3. 68 
6.9 
59 
1 
.03 
16. 8 
7 
6.2 
7 
351 
11.03 
6. 6 
. 2 
16 
7 
.22 
19. 4 
Bear River 
1 
15 
. 5 
14 
18 
. 56 
15.6 
Ugashik 
.8 
16 
7 
.22 
Egegik. 
.9 
20 
. 6 
14 
21 
. 66 
Naknek 
5.4 
19 
3.8 
16 
110 
3. 45 
Kvichak.. 
3.4 
19 
4 
15 
101 
3. 17 
Uiamna Lake 
2 
. 06 
Nushagak 
.9 
21 
.6 
16 
42 
1 
1.32 
Good News Bay 
.03 
Togiak 
.2 
45 
2 
.06 
29. 5 
Kuskokwim 
1 
.03 
15 
Orzinski Bay 
.2 
16 
1 
.03 
.34 
16 
Chignik . _____ _ 
.3 
23 
.8 
n 
11 
19. 1 
Karluk __ _ . _ _ . 
. 1 
18 
1 
.03 
18 
Alitak 
.3 
17 
2 
.06 
17. 5 
Afognak 
1 
.03 
24 
Cook Inlet 
. 1 
17 
.2 
28 
2 
.06 
22.5 
Total 
32.2 
27.2 
890 
27.93 
8 For reasons given in the text the average time is not given for Bristol Bay points. 
4 Including also Volcano Bay. 
The general movement of the body of fish found in the region of the Shumagin 
Islands is westward to Ikatan and Morzhovoi Bays, thence into Bering Sea — 
undoubtedly through False Pass (Isanotski Strait) — northeasterly along the shores 
of the Alaska Peninsula and to Bristol Bay. A little over 2 per cent of the fish 
were taken again in the same traps from which they were liberated, but these, of 
course, throw no light on the migrations. It should be noted, however, that the 
percentage of fish recaptured in the immediate vicinity of the place of liberation 
was considerably higher in these experiments than in those of 1922. In 1922 only 
1 fish out of 861 tagged in these same two traps was retaken in these traps, while 
in 1923, 69 were taken out of a total of a little over 3,000 tagged. The difference is 
considerable, but no explanation of it can be offered. In 1922 no fish were taken 
on local fishing grounds around the Shumagin Islands, but in 1923 a number were 
taken in Red Cove, a small bay on the south shore of Popof Island, where some 
beach seining is conducted. Evidently the fish are inclined to linger somewhat 
among the channels of the Shumagin group, but not to the extent that they remain 
in the region of Ikatan and Morzhovoi Bays. 
The fish taken along the main route of migration (Morzhovoi Bay, Ikatan Bay, 
and Bear River) and in the Bristol Bay region from Ugashik to Nushagak form 
over 24 per cent of those tagged. Only 18 fish (less than six-tenths of 1 per cent) 
went to the eastward, and most of these — that is, 11 fish — were taken at Chignik. 
A few were taken in local spawning streams between the Shumagin Islands and 
Bristol Bay. These included Pavlof Bay, Cold Bay, Thin Point, Morzhovoi Lake, 
and Nelson’s Lagoon. A total of less than 1 per cent was returned from these 
