20 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
the spring of 1928 and migrated westward again that fall. If this be so it shows that 
New England cod may make more than one winter migration to the New York-North 
Carolina region. 
Figxjbe 5.— Recaptures made during the winters of 1927-28 and 1928-29 from 300 cod tagged on the Cholera Bank during Novem- 
ber 1927 and 1928. Each symbol represents one recapture 
That southern New England cod continue their migration along the coast of 
New Jersey and southward is shown by the many recaptures of marked fish listed in 
Table 12. 
Table 12. — Recaptures of tagged Nantucket Shoals cod made within the region south of Barnegat 
Inlet, N. J. 
(A) TEMPORAL SUMMARY 
Year tagged 
Number 
tagged 
Recaptured during the first fall to spring 
after tagging 
Recaptured during the second 
fall to spring after tagging 
Third 
season 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Mar. 
1Q23 _ --- - 
7,514 
3, 105 
3 
10 
5 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
4 
4, 010 
1,606 
5, 020 
973 
1 
3 
2 
3 
3 
1 
1 
1997 
4 
1 
2 
3 
7 
3 
4 
3 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
