Van Oosten^ John (continued) 



1933. Preliminary report on investigation of chubnet meshes in 

 Lake Michigan, The Fisherman i, Vol. 2, No. h, pp. 3-U and 

 8. 



Condensed siiminary of numbers and pounds of lake trout and 

 chubs oer lift '^f chub gill nets of different mesh size in dif- 

 ferent regions of lake. Abundance of chubs and small trout on 

 Michigan side of lake^, 2.7 times that in Wisconsin, was at- 

 tributed to use of larger meshes in Michigan nets. Uniform 

 adoption of 2 3/U-inch mesh was recommended. 



193U. On the deep trap net in the State of Michigan, Mich. 

 Tradesman, Vol, $2, No, 267iis p. 25. [A letter] 



Review of the development of the deep-trap-net fishery 

 showing from statistical records the dangerous increase of 

 production of whitefish resulting from the use of the gear 

 and the disastrous depletion of grounds fished intensively 

 by deep trap nets. Advocates specific restrictive regulations. 



I93I4,. The value of questionnaires in commercial fisheries 



regulations and surveys. Trans. Am, Fish, Soc, Vol. 

 6Ii, pp. 107-117. 



Recommendation of the questionnaire as a cheap and 

 efficient means of obtaining biological and statistical data 

 on fish and fisheries and of learning the views of the indus- 

 try on questions of management and regulation. Includes ex- 

 amples to demonstrate the reliability and usefulness of data 

 from questionnaires. 



1935. Logically justified deductions concerning the Great 

 Lakes fisheries exploded by scientific research. 

 Trans, Am.. Fish, Soc„, Vol, 6.5, • pp. 71-7^. 



Presentation of data to prove that logically based 

 assumptions and popularly held beliefs are incorrect with 

 respect to the relationship between mesh size and the size 

 and number of fish taken, the relationship between fishing 

 time and the catch of stationary gear, and the role of 

 pollution in the decline of fish stocks in the Great Lakes. 



1935. Questionnaires prove valuable to fisheries. The Fisher- 

 man, Vol, U, No, 6, ppo 1-2; Vol. li. No, 7, pp. 1-2. 



Summary of article with similar title published in 193U 

 in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 



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