Table 9. Seasonal timing of chum salmon fry migration from freshwater streams to seawater in Asia and North America.
| Location | Beginning of run | End of run | Peak of run | References |
| Kamchatka | early April | June |
late April to early May |
Semko 1954 |
| Okhotsk area | May | July | late June | Volobuyev 1984 |
| Hokkaido area | March | June | April to late May | Kobayashi and Ishikawa 1964, Kobyashi et al. 1965, Sano 1966, Kobayashi and Kurohagi 1968 |
| Yukon River | late spring | autumn | June and July | Martin et al. 1986 |
| Noatak River | late spring | autumn | mid-summer | Merritt and Raymond 1983 |
| Olsen Creek, Prince William Sound, Alaska | May | June | mid-May | Kirkwood 1962 |
| Taku River, southeast Alaska | early May | Meehan and Siniff 1962 | ||
| Skeena River, BC | mid-March | mid-April | McDonald 1960 | |
| Hooknose Creek, BC | late April | early May | Hunter 1959 | |
| Fraser River, BC | February | June | mid-March and late April |
Todd 1966, Beacham and Starr 1982 |
| Nooksack, River, WA | April | June | Tyler and Bevan 1964 | |
| Skagit River, WA | early Feb. | late May | March/April | Stober et al. 1973 |
| Skagit River, WA | April | June | Davis 1981 | |
| Duwamish River, WA | Jan.-Feb. | Late May | April | Bostick 1955 |
| Minter Creek, southern Puget Sound, WA | late January to early Feb. | late April to late May | mid-March | Salo and Noble 1953, 1954 |
| Big Beef Creek, Hood Canal, WA | February | June | April and May | Koski 1975 |
| Satsop River, Grays Harbor, WA | late April | Brix 1981 | ||
| Humptulip River, Grays Harbor, WA | late April | Brix 1981 | ||