INTRODUCTION 



This index describes the publications of the United States Bureau 

 of Fisheries from 1920 to 1940 and fishery publications of the Fish and 

 Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1954. 



The Fish and Wildlife Service was established June 30, 1940, by 

 consolidation of the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey. Both predecessor agencies were organized originally for 

 research; in the course of years they were given added responsibil- 

 ities for conservation- law enforcement and resource management. A 

 basic function of each was to "gather and disseminate information, " 

 and this has continued as a basic responsibility of the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. Both predecessors issued reports and informational material 

 in several publication series. Some of these series were continued by 

 the Fish and Wildlife Service; others were succeeded by new series. 



Some of the Service's publication series include both fishery and 

 wildlife publications; only the fishery subjects in each series are listed 

 in this index. 



The index is in three parts; (1) A serial list of the numbers 

 issued in each publication series, omitting numbers that did not pertain 

 to fisheries; (2) an alphabetical index of authors; and (3) sin alphabetical 

 index of subjects. In the author index sind in the subject index, the 

 references are to numbers in the series lists. 



The publications issued by the Bureau of Fisheries before 1920 

 were indexed in "An Analytical Subject Bibliography of the Publications 

 of the Bureau of Fisheries. 1871-1920." by Rose M. E. MacDonald, 

 Bureau of Fisheries Doctiment 899. That document, though out of print, 

 may be consulted in many libraries. 



PUBLICATION SERIES LISTED 



The following publication series are included in this index. The 

 period covered by each series is shown; absence of a second year denotes 

 that the series is still active. 



