648 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
TAGGING EXPERIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE FOX 
The tagging experiments carried on in the vicinity of Cape Fox in 1924 were 
continued intermittently through 1932, and a total of 17 experiments were made 
during this period. Since it was not possible to tag frequently throughout the season 
at any one location, an effort was made to change the seasonal time of tagging each 
year. In this way the results from these experiments, as a whole, approximately 
indicate the final destinations of the salmon migrating into this region at different 
times during the season. A summary of the results from these experiments is given 
in table 1. 
Table 1 . — Pink salmon tagged in the vicinity of Cape Fox, 1924.-32, and number recovered 1 
[Column headings indicate locality and date of tagging] 
Foggy 
Point, 
Kanag- 
unut 
Island, 
June 
24- July 
1, 1926 
Sitklan 
and 
Kanag- 
unut 
Islands, 
July 
13, 1930 
Cape 
Fox, 
Sitklan, 
and 
Kanag- 
unut 
Islands, 
July 
25-26, 
1930 
Foggy 
Point, 
July 
30-31, 
1925 
Kanag- 
unut 
Island, 
Aug. 7, 
1924 
Cape 
Fox, 
Sitklan, 
and 
Kanag- 
unut 
Islands, 
Aug. 
7-8, 
1930 
Tree 
Point, 
Aug. 8, 
1924 
Duke 
Point, 
Kelp 
Island, 
Aug. 6, 
1932 1 2 
Duke 
Point, 
Aug. 8, 
1924 
Point 
White, 
Aug. 8, 
1924 
Total 
137 
312 
685 
1,000 
21 
667 
203 
467 
245 
194 
3,931 
LOCALITY OF RECOVERY 
Lower Clarence Strait. — 
Area 1 
East of Cape Fox-_ . 
13 
87 
39 
3 
130 
18 
10 
18 
15 
333 
British Columbia 
3 
4 
10 
44 
6 
13 
79 
Revillagigedo Channel and Ton- 
gass Narrows 
17 
46 
46 
241 
2 
66 
35 
32 
27 
21 
533 
Behm Canal, south arm 
2 
12 
33 
33 
4 
5 
4 
7 
3 
103 
1 
3 
1 
8 
1 
14 
West shores of Gravina, Annette, 
and Duke Islands 
3 
2 
10 
5 
8 
4 
3 
4 
39 
26 
80 
187 
362 
5 
221 
62 
59 
56 
43 
1,101 
28.0 
19.0 
25.6 
27.3 
36.2 
23.8 
33.1 
30.5 
12.6 
22.9 
22.2 
Lower Clarence Strait.— 
Area 2 
East shore Prince of Wales Island 
from Cape Chacon to Approach 
Point: 
Total recovered _ _ _ 
2 
2 
1 
4 
1 
22 
3 
35 
Percent recovered 
0.0 
0.0 
0.3 
0.2 
4.8 
0.6 
0.5 
4.7 
0.0 
1.5 
0.9 
Middle Clarence Strait- 
Area 3 
Approach Point, Caamano Point 
to Narrow Point, and Ernest 
Point . 
1 
2 
4 
6 
1 
14 
Ernest Sound 
5 
1 
6 
1 
7 
4 
7 
1 
20 
Percent recovered. 
0.0 
0.0 
0.2 
0.7 
0.0 
0.6 
0.0 
1.5 
0.4 
0.0 
0.5 
Upper Clarence Strait- 
Area 4 
Total recovered ___ 
3 
3 
Percent recovered- _ 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.3 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.1 
SUMMARY: 
Total recovered _ 
26 
80 
190 
374 
6 
229 
63 
88 
57 
46 
1,159 
Percent recovered- 
19.0 
25.6 
27.7 
37.4 
28.6 
34.3 
31.0 
18.8 
23.3 
23.7 
29.5 
1 These data do not include recoveries reported from the point of tagging nor those doubtful as to location of capture. See text, 
p. 647. The original records of the tagging experiments from 1924 to 1930 are given in the reports of Rich (1926), Rich and Suomela 
(1927), Rich and Morton (1929), and Rich (1932). 
2 From unpublished data, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
