MIGRATIONS OF PINK SALMON 
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From an inspection of table 1 it will be seen that, regardless of the time in the sea- 
son in which the salmon were tagged, practically all those recovered were captured in 
area 1. A total of 3,931 pink salmon were tagged in all of the experiments, of which 
1,159, or 29.5 percent, were recovered. Of the total number recovered 1,101 were 
captured in area 1, 35 in area 2, 20 in area 3, and 3 in area 4. 
The tagging experiments conducted on the east, south, and west shores of Duke 
Island were included with those on and near the mainland shore in the vicinity of Cape 
Fox because the percentage of recoveries from these experiments shows a greater rela- 
tion to those carried on near Cape Fox than to those carried on elsewhere in this general 
region. It will be noted in table 1 that the total number of tagged individuals re- 
covered in areas 2 and 3 are composed largely of the recoveries reported from the Kelp 
Island experiment carried on in 1932. A further analysis of the recoveries reported 
from area 1 shows that of those captured east of Cape Fox 333 were taken in Alaskan 
waters and only 79 in Canadian waters. Of those captured north of Cape Fox 533 
were taken in the waters of Revillagigedo Channel and Tongass Narrows, 103 in the 
south arm of Behm Canal, 14 in the north arm of Behm Canal, and 39 off the west 
shores of Duke, Annette, and Gravina Islands. Although far greater numbers were 
captured in the south arm of Behm Canal than in the north arm, it cannot be definitely 
assumed that these results represent the exact ratio of distribution, for many of the 
salmon bound for the north arm of Behm Canal may have been picked up enroute 
in Revillagigedo Channel and Tongass Narrows. However, it may be definitely as- 
sumed that most of the pink salmon migrating through Dixon Entrance to the main- 
land and island shores in the vicinity of Cape Fox are bound for the localities in some 
part of area 1 ; i. e., those of Portland Canal and other waters east of Cape Fox, and 
those of Revillagigedo Channel and Behm Canal. 
TAGGING EXPERIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE CHACON 
The early tagging experiments carried on in the vicinity of Cape Chacon were not 
as numerous, nor as varied in the time of the season they were conducted, as those in 
the vicinity of Cape Fox. A total of six experiments, five in 1925 and 1 in 1926, were 
made during the second week of August of each year, which is beyond the middle of 
the migratory season for pink salmon in this region. However, the results are sufficient 
to show that there is a distinct difference between the final destinations of the pink 
salmon migrating northward from Dixon Entrance into Clarence Strait in the vicinity 
of Cape Chacon, and those migrating northward from Dixon Entrance along the main- 
land shores in the vicinity of Cape Fox. 
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