SALMON-TAGGING EXPERIMENTS 
7 
RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS IN CHATHAM STRAIT 
RED SALMON 
Sixty red salmon were tagged in Chatham Strait during 1927, 15 of which were 
recaptured (25 per cent). The data are presented in Table 5 and are very similar 
to those secured in 1926: Both series indicate migrations both north and south from 
the point of tagging. In the experiments of 1924 and 1925 red salmon were tagged 
in Chatham Strait south of Frederick Sound. None of these fish were taken in 
Chatham Strait north of Frederick Sound, and yet both the experiments of 1926 and 
1927 indicate a migration north from the region of Parker Point and Marble Bluffs. 
These facts may indicate that a considerable run of salmon enters southeastern Alaska 
through Peril Strait. 
Table 5. — Returns from red salmon tagged in Chatham Strait, 1927 
Locality and date of tagging 
Locality of recapture 
Parker Point 
Marble Bluffs, 
Total 
number 
July 1 
July 12 
July 12 
re- 
captured 
N umber 
Days 
Number 
Days 
Number 
Days 
Chatham Strait, north of Parker Point: 
South of Passage Point-.. 
1 
3 
1 
Fishery Point 
1 
3 
1 
Hawk Inlet. _ 
1 
2 
1 
North of Hawk Inlet 
2 
2-5 
1 
2 
3 
Icy Strait.. . . . . .. _. ... 
1 
5 
1 
Lynn Canal: Point Retreat . .. . . 
1 
12 
1 
Chatham Strait, south of Parker Point: 
Basket Bay 
1 
7 
1 
12 
2 
Village Point 
1 
10 
1 
Stephens passage: 
Snettisham Inlet _ 
i 
18 
1 
Taku Inlet ... 
1 
26 
1 
Taku River- 
1 
3 
1 
Stikine River: North Arm 1 _ 
1 
(?) 
i 
Total 
4 
4 
7 
15 
Percentage returned 
13.7 
30.7 
38.8 
25 
1 Reported captured before date of tagging. 
PINK SALMON 
Two hundred and eighteen pink salmon were tagged in Chatham Strait during 
1927, 70 of which were recaptured (32.1 per cent). The data are presented in 
Table 6. They corroborate the data secured in 1926 but add nothing new. 
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