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the returns from Bristol Bay are only about one-fourth as great. The evidence 
clearly indicates that this trap (P. E. Harris No. 5) catches a large percentage of 
fish that have successfully evaded the fishing gear located in Ikatan and Morzhovoi 
Bays and which are just ready to enter False Pass on their way to Bristol Bay. 
It is interesting to note that all of the fish reported from the local spawning 
grounds in Morzhovoi Lake and which were tagged in Ikatan Bay were tagged on 
July 10 and 11. 
One of the fish tagged in Ikatan Bay was taken in Swanson’s Lagoon on the 
north shore of Unimak Island, a short distance west of the northern entrance to 
False Pass. There was no established fishery in Swanson’s Lagoon, so that no 
real opportunity was offered for collecting tags at this point. The one returned 
was secured by Mr. Wingard, of the Bureau of Fisheries, at the time of a brief 
inspection of the spawning grounds in this locality. It may be that a considerable 
percentage of the fish that enter Swanson’s Lagoon for spawning feed in the north 
Pacific Ocean and pass through Isanotski Strait just as do the fish bound for Bristol 
Bay. 
Three tags were reported from Nelson’s Lagoon on the northern shore of the 
Alaska Peninsula and approximately 100 miles eastward from False Pass. Twenty 
were taken in the region of Bear and Sandy Rivers, about 20 miles east of Port 
Moller. Only a very few fish were taken at points to the eastward of Ikatan and 
Morzhovoi Bays along the southern shore of the peninsula. Of these, four were 
taken at Thin Point, one in Cold Bay, 3 and two were reported from Belkofski 
village and were probably taken in nets near that point. This again fully agrees 
with the results obtained in 1922. 
MORZHOVOI BAY, PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES TRAPS NOS. 8, 3, AND 2 
During 1923 four traps were operated in Morzhovoi Bay, all under the control 
of the Pacific American Fisheries. Three of these — Nos. 8, 3, and 2 — were located 
along the western and northern shores of the bay and one — No. 5 — on the eastern 
shore. The results obtained from the various experiments in No. 5 were so different 
from the results obtained from the experiments conducted at the other traps that 
they have been tabulated separately. The results from the experiments in traps 
Nos. 8, 3, and 2 are given in Table 34. 
3 The following data were received as the paper was in press, too late to insert in the tables and text: Seven tags taken at 
Cold Bay, recorded under date of Aug. 1, 1923. Two were attached in Ikatan Bay, July 10; one in Morzhovoi Bay, trap 
No. 5, July 13; two at the same place, July 18; and two at the traps on the western shore of Morzhovoi Bay, July 20. Since 
these data would not materially change the conclusions reached, no attempt has been made to accomplish the revisions 
necessary to include them. (W. H. R.) 
