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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Pink Salmon .— The returns from pink salmon tagged at Cape Starichkof are 
shown in Table 11, and indicate the principal migration to be southeast into Kache- 
mak Bay. Only 9 fish, or 11.3 per cent of the recaptures, were taken north of Anchor 
Point, while 73.8 per cent were made in Kachemak Bay. 
Coho Salmon . — Only 4 (15.4 per cent) of the 27 cohos tagged at Cape Starichkof 
were recaptured; 1 was taken at False Cape, 1 in Seldovia Bay, 1 at Cape Starichkof, 
and 1 at Salamato Beach. The scattering returns of this species do not indicate 
any extensive or definite migration. 
Table 10 . — Returns pom salmon tagged at Cape Starichkof, July 22 
RED SALMON 
Locality of recapture 
Number 
Time in 
days 
Locality of recapture 
Number 
Time in 
days 
Cook Inlet: 
No details _ 
6 
3- 8 
Cook Inlet— Continued. 
Kalifonski__ 
5 
4- 7 
False Cape _ ___ _ 
5 
3- 5 
The Sisters 
4 
2- 5 
Kachemak Bay — 
No details _ 
Waterfall _. __ _ _ ... 
1 
4 
3 
5-11 
Kenai.. 
5 
4- 9 
Seldovia Bay 
I 2 
Salamato Beach ___ 
6 
3- 8 
Nubble Point . 
2 
3- 9 
East Foreland _ 
1 
4 
Sadie Cove.. _ _ _ 
1 
4 
Nikishka Bay 
5 
4- 9 
1 
6 
Boulder Point. _ 
2 
8- 9 
Bluff Point 
11 
2-10 
Sunset Packing Co. trap No. 3 
2 
2 
Anchor Point 
3 
2 
North Foreland: Tyonek. 
2 
9 
Cape Starichkof. - 
2 
5 
Bristol Bay: Ugashik River.. 
i 
36 
2 
5-10 
7- 8 
Kalgin Island 
2 
Total 
75 
1 
3 
Per cent returned __ __ 
37. 1 
PINK SALMON 
Cook Inlet: 
Cook Inlet— Continued. 
4 
2-9 
Anchor Point ... 
6 
1-2 
False Cape 
1 
3 
Cape Starichkof . 
4 
2-5 
Kachemak Bay — 
Ninilchik 
i 
5 
! 17 
3-9 
Kalifonski. ... . _ _ . ... 
1 
5 
1 2 
Salamato Beach 
3 
3 
Nubble Point 
4 
1-8 
Kamishak Bay .. 
1 
6 
l 2 
5 
2-9 
Total 
80 
2 8 
1-4 
Per cent return __ 
66. 1 
Bluff Point 
21 
2 
1 Reported taken before date of tagging. * One reported taken before date of tagging. 
RETURNS FROM EXPERIMENT AT NIKISHKA BAY 
One experiment was conducted here on July 21, at the height of the red salmon 
run and during the weekly 48-hour closed season, so that the fish had an opportunity 
to escape recapture for considerable time. Of the 248 fish tagged, 245 were red 
salmon and 3 were cohos. For some time there has been a question among canners 
as well as Bureau of Fisheries officials, as to whether the red salmon caught on the 
east shore of Cook Inlet north of East Foreland are bound for spawning grounds in 
the Susitina River or other rivers in the upper inlet, or whether they first strike the 
east shore north of East Foreland and follow it south to the Kenai and Kasilof 
Rivers south of East Foreland. The data are presented in Table 11. From this 
table it is quite apparent that most of these fish were bound for the spawning grounds 
south of East Foreland, and 46.5 per cent of the recoveries were made in the immediate 
vicinity of the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers. Five tagged fish were recaptured on the 
west shore of Cook Inlet at Point Harriet, West Foreland, and North Foreland. 
The northerly and westerly migration appears to be of slight importance as com- 
