SALMON TAGGING IN ALASKA, 1924-1925 141 
RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS NEAR CAPE FOX AND DUKE ISLAND 
RED SALMON 
Comparatively few red salmon were tagged in the experiments at these points, 
and the returns were too few to warrant tabulation. In 1924, 2 fish were tagged 
at Kanagunut Island on August 7 ; 36 at Tree Point and 5 at Duke Point on August 
8; and 3 at Point White on August 9. In 1925, 14 fish were tagged at Foggy Point 
on July 30, and 31 on July 31. 
Twenty recaptures were made, of which 10 were along the mainland shore 
between Kanagunut Island and the mouth of Boca de Quadra. Three fish were 
taken in the Skeena River, 2 at Smeaton Bay (Behm Canal), and 1 each from the 
following localities: Chatham Sound (British Columbia), Nass River, Portland 
Canal, Hassler Harbor, and Black Island. Practically all of the returns were secured 
between the 1st and the 15th of August. Although inconclusive, due to inadequate 
data, the indications are that the Nass and the Skeena Rivers are important sources 
of the red salmon found in the region about Cape Fox, at least during the latter part 
of July and the 1st of August. 
COHOES 
No cohoes were tagged in this region during 1924, but 53 were tagged at Foggy 
Point on July 30, 1925, and 26 at the same place on July 31 of that year. Six tags 
from the first lot and 8 from the second were returned. Ten of these were taken 
along the mainland shore between Sitklan Island and the southern entrance to 
Behm Canal, and 1 was recaptured at each of the following places: Nutkwa Inlet, 
Moira Sound, Dali Head, and Wrangell Narrows. These results indicate a some- 
what wider distribution of the cohoes than of the reds, but they are too meager to 
warrant even tentative conclusions. 
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PINK SALMON 
Out of a total of 1,987 salmon tagged in this region, 1,750 were pinks. Six 
experiments in all were carried out — four in 1924 between August 7 and 9, and two 
in 1925 on July 30 and 31. The results in the two } T ears were very similar, except 
that in 1924 no tags were reported from British Columbia, while in 1925 a little 
over 11 per cent of the total number of returns came from Canadian waters. The 
data are presented in Table 20. 
