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Table 7. — Returns from chum salmon tagged in Chatham Strait, 1927 — Continued 
Locality and date of tagging 
Locality of recapture 
Parker Point 
Marble Bluffs, 
Total 
number 
July 1 
July 12 
July 12 
re- 
captured 
Number 
Days 
Number 
Days 
Number 
Days 
Lynn Canal: 
1 
3 
1 
4 
2 
3 
7-12 
3 
Chatham Strait, south of Parker Point: 
1 
14 
1 
3 
2 
Hood Bay 
3 
6-9 
2 
6 
1 
9 
1 
2 
15-22 
2 
1 
2 
1 
Point Caution __ 
2 
1 
8-20 
5 
1 
2 
1 
1 
4 
7 
4 
2 
Peril Strait - 
1 
17 
1 
Salisbury Sound 
1 
4 
1 
Frederick Sound: 
1 
24 
1 
Point Briehtman _ _ _ __ 
2 
8-13 
Hourigan Point. _ ... _ 
1 
9 
1 
Cane Fanshaw. 
1 
10 
1 
Stephens Passage: 
6 
1 
2 
19-34 
2 
Mole Harbor _ _ _ ... _ _ __ 
1 
12 
1 
Windfall Harbor _ _ . 
1 
1 
1 
Dry Bav . 
1 
20 
1 
1 
Total... 
17 
18 
29 
64 
Percentage returned... 
32. 1 
27.6 
39.7 
33.5 
Very few chums were tagged in previous experiments at this point, so that the 
information contained in the table is virtually all new. The distribution of this 
species is, however, very similar to that of the pinks. Two important routes of 
migration are shown. The main migration followed a northerly route through Chat- 
ham Strait to its junction with Icy Strait, from whence four returns were reported. 
The southerly migration showed a tendency to follow the Admiralty Island shore of 
Chatham Strait to Frederick Sound, where five tagged fish were recaptured. One 
individual crossed Frederick Sound and was recaptured at Hourigan Point on the 
Kuiu Island shore. Seven returns were reported from Stephens Passage, of which 
four were recaptured in Seymour Canal. One individual was reported from Peril 
Strait and another from Salisbury Sound. 
COHO SALMON 
Seventeen coho salmon were tagged in Chatham Strait at Marble Bluffs and 
Parker Point during 1927, of which three were recaptured (17.6 per cent). One each 
was reported from the following localities: North of Hawk Inlet, Chatham Strait, 
2 days; Marble Bluffs, Chatham Strait, 3 days; Point Gardner, Chatham Strait, 56 
days. 
KING SALMON 
Thirteen king salmon were tagged in Chatham Strait at Marble Bluffs and 
Parker Point during 1927, two of which were recaptured (15.3) per cent, one each 
from the following localities: Wilson Cove, Chatham Strait, 29 days; Point Adolphus, 
Icy Strait, 10 days. 
