53 
TAGGING SALMON IN ALASKA, 1923 
and in Red Cove. Evidently the fish in Unga Strait traversed Popof Strait to the 
southward in considerable numbers. No evidence was obtained to show that the 
reverse was true and that the fish found in the region of Kelly Rock and Big Valley 
passed northward through Popof Strait. It seems probable, therefore, that the 
majority of the salmon that escape the traps in the region of Kelly Rock skirt the 
south shore of Unga Island on their way to Morzhovoi and Ikatan Bays and False 
Pass. 
IKATAN BAY 
The data obtained from the various experiments in Ikatan Bay are given in 
Table 32. 
Table 32. — Returns of red salmon from each tagging in Ikatan Bay. Percentage taken in each 
locality and median time en route, in days 
[Number of fish tagged, 2,702] 
Locality of recapture 
Approxi- 
mate 
distance 
(standard 
miles) 
June 18—799 tag- 
ged, 217 returned 
July 1—699 tag- 
ged, 308 returned 
July 2—300 tag- 
ged, 220 returned 
July 10— P. A. E. 
No.13,131 tagged, 
51 returned 
Per cent 
Time in 
days 
Per cent 
Time in 
days 
Per cent 
Time in 
days 
Per cent 
Time in 
days 
Ikatan Bay 
17.3 
4.4 
2 
3 
33.4 
3.3 
2 
6 
69.6 
1.3 
1 
5 
26.7 
2.3 
3.0 
3 
6 
50+ 
Morzhovoi Bay 
20 
30 
25 
130 
170 
300 
330 
400 
350 
350 
340 
430 
30 
50 
50 
Morzhovoi Lake 
Swanson’s Lagoon 
.1 
14 
Nelson’s Lagoon 
.4 
.4 
12 
12 
1.1 
.1 
.2 
. 1 
1.5 
1.6 
.5 
. 1 
16 
14 
20 
54 
25 
24 
21 
7 
.3 
9 
Ugashik 
Egegik. 
.3 
16 
.3 
16 
Little Becharoff Lake 
Naknek 
2.4 
1.7 
1.7 
18 
17 
17 
1.0 
.7 
14 
15 
2.3 
2.3 
.8 
13 
12 
11 
Kvichak 
Nushagak 
Kuskokwim (Bethel) 
Thin Point 
.3 
7 
1.5 
8 
Cold Bay 
Belkofski Village 
. 1 
23 
Total 
27.0 
44.0 
73.5 
38.9 
Locality of recapture 
July 10— P. E. H. 
No. 5, 326 tagged, 
110 returned 
July 11— P. A. F. 
No. 2, 447 tagged, 
299 returned 
Total 
number 
returned 
Percent- 
age re- 
turned 
Average 
time, in 
days i 
Per cent 
Time in 
days 
Per cent 
Time in 
days 
3 
6 
50+ 
59.3 
1.8 
.4 
2 
5 
50+ 
920 
77 
7 
1 
3 
20 
2 
11 
1 
76 
58 
21 
1 
4 
1 
2 
34.05 
2.85 
.26 
.04 
.11 
.74 
.07 
.41 
.04 
2.81 
2. 14 
.78 
.04 
.15 
.04 
.07 
1.9 
4.4 
50.0 
14.0 
12.0 
12.6 
Morzhovoi Bay 
1. 2 
.3 
Morzhovoi Lake 
Swanson’s Lagoon 
Nelson’s Lagoon 
Bear River 
1.8 
9 
.2 
.2 
.2 
9 
11 
? 
Ugashik 
Egegik. 
1.5 
11 
Little Becharoff Lake 
Naknek 
8.6 
7.1 
.6 
13 
12 
12 
2.9 
1. 1 
.4 
11 
11 
12 
Kvichak 
Nushagak 
Kuskokwim (Bethel) 
Thin Point 
7.7 
10.0 
24.0 
Cold Bay 
.2 
1C 
Belkofski Village 
.3 
25 
Total 
33.7 
66.7 
1,205 
44.60 
See footnote 3 to Table 30. 
