SALMON TAGGING IN ALASKA, 1924-1925 
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PINK SALMON 
As in the case of the reds and cohoes, the pink salmon tagged in Icy Strait 
showed a distinct migration southward in Chatham Strait and into the region of 
Frederick Sound. There can be little doubt that many of the fish were bound for 
local spawning grounds close to the place where they were recaptured. On the other 
hand, it is altogether probable that some were taken while en route to other spawning 
regions. It is quite impossible to determine what percentage was bound for strictly 
local spawning grounds and what for more distant streams. The only thing positively 
shown by these data is that the main migration route of the pinks found in Icy 
Strait during June was soutlrward in Chatham Strait to Frederick Sound. A few 
individuals were taken north of the eastern entrance to Icy Strait in Chatham Strait 
and Lynn Canal, but it is apparent that the extent of this northerly migration was 
by no means as great in the case of the pinks as it was in the case of the red salmon. 
Two individuals passed out again into the open ocean and were taken along the 
western shores of Chichagof and Yakobi Islands. The data are presented in Table 4 . 
Table 4. — Returns from -pink salmon tagged in Icy Strait 
Locality of recapture 
Locality and date of tagging 
Total 
num- 
ber re- 
turned 
1924: Inian Island 
1925 
Inian Island 
Point 
Adolphus, 
July 1 
July 7 
July 14 
June 25 
June 27 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Surge Bay 
1 
9 
1 
Icy Strait: 
1 
20 
1 
Near Inian Island 
1 
5 
2 
11-lfi 
1 
3 
4 
Pleasant Island 
4 
1-2 
1 
5 
5 
4 
8 
0-3 
2 
(?) 
14 
Eagle Point or Gull Cove 
23 
3 
2 
6-8 
5 
Point Gustavus. 
1 
6 
1 
Near Porpoise Island 
i 
12 
1 
Point Augusta 
3 
7-9 
1 
41 
l 
40 
1 
9 
6 
Rocky Island.. 
5 
5-6 
5 
Chatham Strait: 
(No details) 
1 
25 
1 
Near Hawk Inlet 
2 
8-9 
3 
6-10 
5 
North of Passage Point 
1 
19 
1 
South of Passage Point 
1 
14 
1 
Marble Bluffs 
1 
39 
1 
Point Hayes 
1 
35 
1 
Distant Point _ 
* 
1 
11 
1 
7 
2 
Frederick Sound: 
Near Point Brightman... _ .. 
2 
22 
2 
Pybus Bay 
1 
23 
1 
Stephens Passage: Windham Bay 
i 
28 
1 
Lynn Canal: 
Near Funter Bay - 
2 
5-8 
2 
Funter Bav 
1 
19 
1 
False Point Retreat 
1 
(?) 
x 
(No details) 
1 
37 
1 
Slocum Arm 
1 
11 
1 
Doubtful locality 
1 
15 
4 
2-10 
1 
9 
6 
Total 
1 
11 
17 
34 
8 
71 
Percentage 
25 
7.9 
11.2 
22.2 
22.8 
14.5 
1 See footnote 1 to Table 2 (p. 119). 
1 Date lacking in the case of 1 fish. 
