VAN OOSTEN, JOHN, 



1942c. The Great Lakes fisheries: a re- 

 view of the report of the International 

 Board of Inquiry for the Great Lakes 

 Fisheries. State Govt. 1 5( 1 1):21 1 -2 1 2, 

 219-220, 



History of events leading to the ap- 

 pointment of the International Board of 

 Inquiry for the Great Lakes fisheries, 

 a description of the Board's activities, 

 and a digest of the report of the full 

 board and of the supplemental report of 

 the U,S, members. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1942d. The Great Lakes whitefish. In^U.S. 

 Dep. Interior, Fading trails, p. 216- 

 222. The Macmillan Co., New York. 



Review of life history and habits of 

 whitefish, account of depletion of Lake 

 Huron whitefish by the deep trap net, 

 and general discussion of the problem 

 of depletion in the Great Lakes with 

 strong appeal for support of uniform 

 regulations and central control. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN, 



1943. U.S. -Canadian control urged to con- 

 serve Lake Erie fish supply. The 

 Clevelander 17(I0):9-10, 24. 



Account of depletion in Lake Erie as 

 illustrated by declining production of 

 various species, discussions ofneedfor 

 adequate uniform regulations and of 

 impossibility of attaining them under 

 State control of the fisheries, and con- 

 clusion that international control is the 

 only means of preventing collapse of 

 the fishing industry. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1944a. Factors affecting the growth of fish. 

 Trans. 9th N. Amer. Wildl. Conf.: 

 177-183. 



Review of literature and appraisal 

 of present status of knowledge of fac- 

 tors of growth (both fluctuations within 

 stocks and differences between stocks) 

 in natural waters. Includes considera- 

 tion of food (natural production and food 

 competition), space factor, tempera- 

 ture, and precipitation. Stresses need 

 for better understanding of factors of 

 growth as essential to sound manage- 

 ment. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1944b. Lake trout. Fish Wildl. Serv., Fish. 

 Leafl. 15, 8 p. 



Popular account includes a descrip- 

 tion of the fishery in the Great Lakes 



and information on such aspects of the 

 natural history as distribution, move- 

 ment, habitat, feeding, spawning, length- 

 weight relation, and age and growth. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1944c. The great smelt mystery. Mich. 

 Conserv. 13(6):8. 



Comparison of smelt production be- 

 fore and after the 1942-43 mortality, 

 record of certain small postmortality 

 spawning runs, and statement that 

 epidemic disease provided the only 

 acceptable explanation of the mortality. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1946. Maximum size and age of whitefish. 

 The Fisherman (Grand Haven, Mich.) 

 I4(8):17-18. 



Presentation of records of age and 

 size (length and/ or weight) for nine 

 whitefish (seven from the Great Lakes 

 and one each from Lake Nipigon and 

 Lake Champlain) from 15 to 22 or 23 

 years old. Old whitefish are smaller 

 in water not fished commercially than 

 in commercially exploited areas. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1947. Mortality of smelt, Osnnerus mordax 

 (Mitchill), in Lakes Huron and Michigan 

 during the fall and winter of 1942- 

 1943. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 74:310- 

 337. 



Description of the spread of the 

 mortality, evaluation of the many sug- 

 gested causes (bacterial or virus dis- 

 ease held to offer the only explanation 

 consistent with the facts), estimate of 

 loss of production to commercial and 

 sport fishermen, demonstration of im- 

 proved growth of smelt following the 

 mortality, and discussion of prospects 

 for the recovery of smelt stocks. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1948. Turbidity as a factor in the decline of 

 Great Lakes fishes with special refer- 

 ence to Lake Erie. Trans, Amer, Fish. 

 Soc. 75:281-322. 



Exhaustive treatment of the contro- 

 versial question as to whether increase 

 of turbidity due to improper land use 

 or improper fishing has caused the de- 

 cline of the Lake Eriefisheries. Review 

 of literature on effects of turbidity on 

 fish is followed by presentation of 

 argument in support of conclusions: 

 beach erosion and wind action rather 

 than cropland erosion are principal 



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