SALMON-TAGGING EXPERIMENTS 
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RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS AT POINT HOBART, STEPHENS PASSAGE 
Two hundred salmon were tagged at Point Hobart, Stephens Passage, on July 21. 
Of this number 28 were reds, 115 pinks, 40 chums, and 17 cohos. None of the cohos 
were returned. Five red salmon were recaptured (17.8 per cent). Two of these 
were taken at Snettisham, Stephens Passage, one in 2 and the other in 9 days ; two 
others were taken in Herring Bay, Frederick Sound; one in 2 and the other in 8 
days; and one was reported taken in Icy Strait after an interval of 7 days. Seven 
chums were recaptured (17.5 per cent). Three were taken in Stephens Passage, three 
in Frederick Sound, and one at Point Ellis, Chatham Strait. 
PINK SALMON 
The returns from pinks tagged at Point Hobart, Stephens Passage, are shown in 
Table 10 and indicate two distinct migrations. The heaviest of these was in a north- 
erly direction into the waters of Stephens Passage. More than half of the returns 
from this migration were from Seymour Canal. The second and lighter migration 
was through Frederick Sound, both south and west from Point Hobart. One indi- 
vidual was recaptured in Basket Bay, Chatham Strait. This is an interesting 
addition to our knowledge of the salmon migrations in southeastern Alaska, as no 
experiments had been conducted previously in the southern part of Stephens Pas- 
sage. It is evident that most of the fish taken in this region belong in Stephens 
Passage and doubtless have entered through Frederick Sound. The fish that went 
westward from Point Hobart may possibly have come down Stephens Passage from 
the north, but it seems much more probable that this movement represents more or 
less chance wandering of fish that are still feeding. 
Table 10 .- — Returns from finks tagged at Point Hobart, July 21 — 115 tagged, 1^2 returns ( 86.5 per cent) 
Locality of recapture 
Number 
Days 
Locality of recapture 
Number 
Days 
Stephens Passage: 
Frederick Sound: 
Point Hobart 
2 
1-3 
Fanshaw Bay 
1 
2 
Port Houghton 
2 
3-14 
Cape Fanshaw 
4 
3-8 
Hobart Bay 
1 
3 
Point Pybus 
1 
5 
Windham Bay 
10 
3-7 
Pybus Bay. - 
4 
4 
Mole Harbor 
1 
5 
Deepwater Point 
2 
3 
1 
2 
1 
8 
Seymour Canal 
6 
1-20 
Saginaw Bay. _ 
1 
7 
Twin Point 
1 
3 
Chatham Strait: Basket Bay 
1 
7 
Snettisham 
i 
5 
Shoal Point 
1 
11 
Limestone Inlet . . . . . . ... . 
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RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS AT POINT COLPOYS, SUMNER STRAIT 
RED SALMON 
Three hundred and eighty-three salmon were tagged at Point Colpoys, Sumner 
Strait, on July 26 and 30, 118 of which were recaptured (30.8 per cent). The data 
are presented in Table 11. They support in detail the conclusions reached through 
the previous experiments but add nothing new to our knowledge of the migrations in 
this region. 
