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SALMON TAGGING IN ALASKA, 1924-1925 
CHUMS 
As was the case with the pink salmon, a migration of minor importance was 
indicated north in Chatham Strait as far as Icy Strait. A much more important 
route of migration was through Frederick Sound and north in Stephens Passage 
as far as Seymour Canal; but the main distribution of chums from the region of 
Kingsmill Point appeared to be to the south, especially along the western shore of 
Kuiu Island and in Keku Strait, nearly three-fourths of the returns having been 
from these districts. A few returns came from Sumner Strait, the west coast of 
Prince of Wales Island, and two fish were recaptured at Revillagigedo Island. These 
fish, therefore, appear to be mainly of local origin, spawning in the numerous small 
streams along the intricate coast line where they were taken. The results from this 
experiment are shown in Table 10. 
Table 10 . — Returns from chum salmon tagged at Kingsmill Point 
Locality of recapture 
Locality and date of tagging 
Total 
num- 
ber re- 
turned 
1924: Kings- 
mill Point, 
Aug. 7 
1925 
Hourigan 
Point, 
July 10 
Kingsmill Point 
July 11 
July 14 
July 15 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
North in Chatham Strait: 
1 
5 
1 
7 
2 
3 
3-15 
1 
8 
2 
7-11 
6 
1 
4 
Basket Bav_ 
1 
9 
1 
10 miles west of Point Augusta 
2 
19 
2 
Frederick Sound: 
Kingsmill Point _. 
2 
5-6 
2 
2 
5-8 
2 
4 
1 
8 
5 
23 
5-25 
6 
6-24 
3' 
2-25 
16 
1-24 
48 
Point Brightman 
1 
6 
1 
17 
1 
12 
3 
1 
19 
1 
37 
2 
15-27 
4 
Pybus Bay 
2 
18 
1 
8 
1 
14 
4 
2 
•5-14 
Frederick Sound.. 
1 
10 
i 
4 
1 
8 
3 
1 
16 
1 
18 
i 
tephens Passage: 
1 
16 
1 
14 
1 
10 
2 
11 
1 
11 
1 
9 
i 
4 
Seymour Canal 
3 
4-9 
Keku Strait: 
11-17 
1 
13 
6 
3-27 
Port Camden. 
1 
35 
10 
10-28 
9 
7-21 
5 
11-19 
ii 
6-28 
35 
South in Chatham Strait: 
16 
2-13 
10 
4-15 
7 
2-7 
21 
2-13 
Washington Bay 
6 
13-20 
28 
3-31 
59 
2-23 
38 
1-22 
114 
7 
18-29 
7 
i 11-28 
6 
8-25 
14 
fi 29 
1 
lfi 
Port Malmesbury.. 
i 
24 
1 
26 
Bear Harbor.. 
1 
27 
i 
23 
4 
92 
Sumner Strait: 
Reid Bav 
i 
15 
i 
13 
Point Colpoys 
1 
8 
El Capitan Passage... 
1 
18 
Shipley Bay 
1 
11 
Ruins Point 
1 
26 
1 
7 
Halibut Harbor 
2 
14 
i 
n 
1 
20 
Point Stanhope 
1 
29 
i 
18-27 
Point Alava - 
1 
30 
1 
1 
Total. 
3 
108 
108 
78 
205 
12 
40. 9 
55.3 
51 
53.4 
50.4 
■ One with no date given ; Three recorded as taken previous to tagging. 
