Van Oosten, John (continued) 



the several factors that may have contributed to the mortality. 

 Destruction of undersized fish in the sorting of the catch of 

 commercial gears and the dumping of legal-sized fish in poor 

 condition are suggested as the most important factors. 



1936. Lake fisheries facing extermination. The Fisherman, 

 Vol. 5, No. 11, pp. 1 and 3. 



Discussion of unique and valuable character of Great 

 Lakes fisheries and illustration from statistics for selected 

 species of downward trend in production. Decline was at- 

 tributed to overfishing made possible by the apathetic at- 

 titudes of State legislatures. (Article based on talk given 

 over NBC network,) 



1937« Doom of the Great Lakes fisheries. Am. Forests, Vol, li3.i 

 pp. 103-105 and lUU-lli5. 



A plea for central control of the Great Lakes fisheries, 

 held essential to bring about the restrictions on fishing in- 

 tensity necessary to put an end to the progressive depletion 

 of the stocks of fish. 



1937. First records of the smelt, Osmerus mordax, in Lake Erie, 

 Gopeia, 1937, No. 1, pp. 6[t-^F^i 



Record of first smelt identified from Lake Erie, captured 

 off Vermilion, Ohio, June 30, 1936, and review of several earlier 

 and later reports of smelt indicating firm establishment of the 

 species in the lake. 



1937o The Great Lakes fisheries; their proper management for 

 sustained yields. Trans, Am, Fish, Soc, Vol„ 66 (1936), 

 pp. 131-138. 



Recommendation of seven-point program of regulation and 

 research; centralized control and discretionary powerj complete 

 statistics properly analyzedj research on causes of fluctuations 

 in abundance and yield| identification of races and studies of 

 migrations; experimental investigations of gear; evaluation of 

 artificial and natural propagation! control over introductions 

 of exotic species. 



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