INTRODUCTION 



This list is composed of titles of theses written between 

 193h and 19h9 on subjects related to the ecology and management 

 of fisheries. All theses are on file in the libraries of the 

 institutions where they were accepted. 



In 19U7, Laws on* began a compilation by asking for informa- 

 tion from each of the institutions listed in Gustav Swanson and 

 Lee E. Yeager's "Colleges and Universities Offering Courses in 

 Wildlife Management, 19U6-19H7" (Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Wildlife Leaflet 296, August 19U7). Several hundred titles of 

 doctors' and masters' theses were received and organized for 

 publication. In 19U9 Hotchkiss** added titles from "Doctoral 

 Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-193U" 

 to "...19U7-19U8" (The H. W. Wilson Co., New York, 193U to 

 19U8). These titles on wildlife have been published in Wildlife 

 Review, No. 59, February, 1950. Hotchkiss found many theses on 

 fisheries that had not been listed and brought them to the 

 attention of the Branch of Fishery Biology. 



The list is reasonably complete for doctors' theses through 

 19U8. It is incomplete for doctors' theses in 19U9 and contains 

 no masters' theses. Lack of published lists, our failure to 

 examine some published lists, and our failure to secure solicited 

 information account for this incompleteness. Information regard- 

 ing omissions and errors, and institutions, theses, and publica- 

 tions not included, is solicited. 



* William D. Laws on, Ohio Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit 

 ** Neil Hotchkiss, Editor, Wildlife Review, Fish and Wildlife 

 Service 



