Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-20 | Page 2 | U. S. Tags Fish and Frees Them to Obtain Data

ii U u. So Tags m Fish 71 n I And Frees Them To Obtain Data I li Hy Service OcL Oct 19 13 Just 13 Just Just as ns W WASHINGTON I the tho various bird societies marlC mark manic birds to Atud study their migra mIgra- mIgration migration I tion tion habits and oth other 9 r aspects of or bird life the government Is tagging tagging tag- tag ging gins food fish and them then for tor the Information that ma may bo be gained In their chance hanco r later The Tho tagging of oC sockeye e salmon on Puget sound was carried out this year according to the to-the tho department depart depart- ment of commerce to tho the ex extent enl of 01 marking about aboul BOO fish Ush at five different stations station tho the fish being caught in traps tagged and liber So far mor more than of or them have havo been reported recap recap- Tho fish were veto caught and tagged along tho the route of or their migration the Uail most western point heln boing Sooke on Vancouver island B. B C C. This Tills now new work of t the fisheries bureau liar han roused unusual Interest t locally locally locally local local- ly and Is expected to a attract great interest generally when records of oC the the result of Df the s system tem become available In 11 such suds volume and di diversity diversity di- di as to furnish valuable definite definite el- el nite Information of or a character never before obtained The rue data afforded by the tags return tags with their their- reports already E arc arc being compiled This experiment has been made possible sa says tho the department of or commerce through the tho operation co of ut the tho flailing fishing interests and the lo local local local lo- lo cal fishery authorities