SALMON TAGGING IN ALASKA, 1924-1925 123 
RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS IN FREDERICK SOUND 
One red salmon, 3 cohoes, 20 chums, and 573 pink salmon were tagged at Cape 
Bendel, Frederick Sound, on August 4, 1924. None of the reds or cohoes were 
returned. Seven of the chums were recovered, five near the point of tagging. Two 
were taken in Hamilton Bay, Keku Strait, on August 7 and 11, and one each from near 
Woewoodski Harbor on August 16, the southern end of Admiralty Island on August 
10, and at Kingsmill Point (date uncertain, recorded as taken July 29). One was 
taken on August 13 at Nakat Bay, east of Cape Fox, and one was recorded from 
“ Kadakes” Bay, an unidentified locality, possibly Kah Shakes Cove on the mainland 
north of Cape Fox. 
PINK SALMON 
The returns of tagged pink salmon are given in Table 6. The distribution of 
these fish was mainly through Frederick Sound and north along Stephens Passage as 
far as Douglas Island. A sufficient number was taken to the westward of Cape 
Bendel (especially along the western shore of Kuiu Island) to indicate a definite 
movement in this direction. A few passed northward in Chatham Strait and were 
taken in Icy Strait near Point Augusta, but so few did this that it seems possible that 
the records are in error, especially as none were taken in Chatham Strait between 
Frederick Sound and Icy Strait. Others went south, either in Chatham Strait or 
through Kuiu Strait, and were taken in the region of Sumner Strait, along the east 
coast of Kuiu Island and the northern part of Prince of Wales Island. 
Table 6. — Returns from pink salmon tagged near Cape Bendel, August 4, 1924 
Locality of recapture 
Number 
Time 
Locality of recapture 
Number 
Time 
Frederick Sound: 
Stephens Passage — Continued. 
r . 
7-9 
6 
2 2-7 
2 miles northeast of Woewoodski Harbor. 
7 
2-8 
Douglas Island 
5 
4-27 
Pybus Bay 
7 
M)-7 
Icy Strait: 4 miles west of Point Augusta 
4 
5 
3 
1 
2 
2-8 
Cape Fanshaw 
2 
5 
Chatham Strait: West shore of Kuiu Island. 
15 
3 6-14 
Bay Point.. 
2 
5 
Sumner Strait: 
4 
6-7 
5 
9-13 
Between Cape Bendel and Portage Bay. . 
1 
3 
Eagle Creek, northwest shore, Prince of 
8 
7-8 
Wales Island 
1 
8 
4 miles north of Prole wy Point 
3 
5 
Kell Bay, Affleck Canal 
2 
22 
12 miles north of Petersburg 
3 
3-11 
Bear Harbor, Affleck Canal 
2 
10 
1 
4 
3 
2-5 
NortlTend of Wrangell Narrows 
1 
12 
Shelter Cove 4 - 
5 
3 2-7 
Stephens Passage: 
Scow Bay 1 
1 
7 
Port Houghton 
16 
2-7 
Sukoi Island 4 
1 
8 
g 
2 12 
Gambier Bay 
2 
1 4 
Total 
139 
Windham Bay 
10 
7-9 
24.2 
Seymour Canal, south end 
2 
7 
1 One recorded as taken before tagged. 3 Two recorded as taken before tagged. 
2 Three recorded as taken before tagged. < Unidentified localities. 
RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS IN CHATHAM STRAIT 
Five tagging experiments were conducted in Chatham Strait at or near Kings- 
mill Point, on the northwestern shore of Kuiu Island, one on August 7, 1924, and four 
between July 10 and 15, 1925. Most of the first lot of fish tagged were pinks (353 
out of a total of 400). In 1925, however, more chums than pinks were tagged, and 
fairly good samples of both reds and cohoes were also included. As the experiments 
of 1925 were undertaken about three weeks earlier in the season than in 1924, it is of 
