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IN 1956 a salmon tagged in Scotland was recaptured in Eqaluq Fjord, south of Sukkertoppen, on the west coast of Greenland1. Information about the recapture of a second British salmon has recently been received from the Ministeriet for Grønland. The more recent recapture was made on October 19, 1961, near Kangamiut (65° 50′ N., 53° 21′ W.), a small settlement north of Sukkertoppen and just outside the Arctic Circle. The fish was a male, 73 cm. overall and weighed 2.4 kgm. when gutted. It was tagged as a smolt approximately 20 cm. in length in the estuary of the River Usk, Monmouthshire, on April 27, 1960. The distance between tagging and recapture positions is about 2,000 miles.
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SWAIN, A., HARTLEY, W. & DAVIES, R. Long-Distance Migration of Salmon. Nature 195, 1122 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951122a0
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