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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
of which only 1 was taken in British Columbia. In 1926, 3 out of 82 recaptured 
were taken in British Columbia. 
In connection with these experiments at Cape Fox it is interesting to note that 
the experiments conducted at approximately the same time near Kasaan Bay on the 
western side of Clarence Strait about 60 miles northwest of Cape Fox yielded only 
2 returns from British Columbia — 1 coho and 1 red salmon. 
In general, the percentage of returns from these experiments was approximately 
the same as was secured in the experiments of previous years. The percentage of 
pinks recovered was 33.7 in 1930 and 36.6 in 1924 and 1925. Only a few pinks were 
tagged in this region in 1926, and the returns were relatively fewer — 19 per cent. 
These last experiments have brought out no important new facts regarding the dis- 
tribution of fish taken in the traps in the region of Cape Fox but corroborate the con- 
clusion reached in earlier years that by far the larger proportion of the fish taken in 
Alaskan traps, even those closest to the international boundary, had their origin in 
Alaskan streams. 
EXPERIMENTS NEAR KASAAN BAY 
These experiments show quite clearly that the spawning streams of Kasaan Bay 
contribute an important element to the catches of traps located immediately above 
and below the entrance to the bay. The evidence on this point seems conclusive in 
the case of both pinks and chums. In the case of red salmon and cohos the number 
of returns was too few to warrant definite conclusions, but the indications are that, 
during the time covered by the experiments, the traps in question did not catch in 
appreciable quantities fish of these species that were bound for Kasaan Bay. 
The returns for pink salmon are given in Table 3. 
i Reported as taken in the latter part of July. 
