4 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The following table gives the data for the tags attached in southeastern Alaska 
during 1927 : 
Table 1. — Tags attached in southeastern Alaska, 1927 
Experiment 
No. 
Date 
Serial 
Nos. 
Species of fish tagged 
Locality 
Red 
Pink 
Chum 
Coho 
King 
]_ . 
July 1 
1-100 
29 
16 
53 
1 
Parker Point, Chatham Strait. 
2 
July 9 
101-400 
32 
107 
158 
2 
Hourigan Point, Frederick Sound. 
3 
401-475 
3 
17 
55 
Carroll Island, Frederick Sound. 
4 
July 12 
501-700 
18 
90 
73 
10 
9 
Marble Bluffs, Chatham Strait. 
5 
..do 
701-900 
13 
112 
65 
7 
3 
Parker Point, Chatham Strait. 
6 
July 14 
901-1200 
40 
212 
15 
33 
Inian Islands, Icy Strait. 
7 
July 16 
1201-1700 
101 
362 
8 
27 
Pleasant Island, Icy Strait. 
8 
_ .do 
1701-1900 
30 
186 
3 
1 
Inian Islands, Icy Strait. 
9 
1901-2300 
20 
164 
189 
27 
Hourigan Point, Frederick Sound. 
10.... 
July 20 
2301-2800 
30 
347 
98 
21 
3 
Cape Bendel, Frederick Sound. 
11 
July 21 
2801-3000 
28 
115 
40 
17 
Point Hobart, Stephens Passage. 
12 
July 26 
3001-3500 
198 
271 
4 
26 
1 
Point Colpoys, Sumner Strait. 
13. 
3501-4000 
185 
306 
6 
2 
Do. 
14_ 
4001-4300 
29 
164 
82 
24 
Cape Decision, Sumner Strait. 
15 
Aug. 5 
4301-4450 
7 
86 
51 
6 
Dali Head, Gravina Island. 
16 
Aug. 6 
4451-4700 
4 
240 
i 
5 
Nelson Cove, Gravina Island. 
RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENTS IN ICY STRAIT 
RED SALMON 
One hundred and fifty-one red salmon were tagged in Icy Strait during 1927, 
41 of which were recaptured (27.1 per cent). The data are presented in Table 2. 
Table 2.- — Returns from red salmon tagged in Icy Strait, 1927 
[In this and subsequent tables the figures in the columns headed “ Days” represent the least and the greatest time that elapsed 
between tagging and reported recapture. The figures in the columns headed “Number” represent the number offish recaptured 
in the given locality] 
Locality and date of tagging 
Locality of recapture 
Inian Islands 
Pleasant Island 
Total 
number 
recap- 
tured 
July 14 
July 16 
July 16 
Number 
Days 
Number 
Days 
Number 
Days 
Icy Strait: 
1 
6 
1 
1 
9 
1 
1 
5 
1 
Pleasant Island 
1 
6 
1 
Point Adolphus - .. 
1 
7 
1 
1 
4 
1 
2 
2 
1 
4 
1 
West of Rocky Island 
1 
4 
1 
North end of Chicago! Island. _ 
1 
9 
1 
Lynn Canal: 
1 
4 
1 
1 
9 
1 
Tee Harbor.. ... . . 
1 
10 
1 
Chatham Strait: 
Mansfield Point .. . 
1 
7 
1 
South of Clear Point . ._ 
1 
6 
1 
N orth of Hawk Inlet 
4 
1-5 
4 
2 
5-6 
1 
1 
3 
Square Cove 
2 
2 
South of Passage Point 
2 
4-5 
2 
Marble Bluffs .. 
2 
7-9 
2 
1 
7 
1 
4 
2 
Distant Point 
1 
15 
1 
Village Point ... 
1 
6 
1 
Near Kingsmill Point. . .. 
1 
23 
1 
Peril Strait: llooniah Sound . 
1 
19 
1 
Frederick Sound: Deepwater Point 
1 
8 
1 
Stephens Passage: Snettisham Inlet 
1 
10 
3 
4 
4 
1 
42 
1 
West Coast Prince of Wales Island: Nichols Bay 
1 
37 
i 
10 
2 
29 
41 
Percentage returned 
40 
20 
18.1 
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