Van Oosten, John (continued) 



19^2 o The Great Lakes fisheries: a review of the report of 

 the International Board of Inquiry for the Great Lakes 

 Fisheries. State Government, Vol. 1$, pp. 211-212 and 

 219-220. 



History of events leading to the appointment 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 Ue S. members. 



19ii3o U. S. -Canadian control urged to conserve Lake Erie 

 fish supply. The Glevelander, Vol. 17, No. 10, 

 pp. 9-10 and 2)4. 



Account of depletion in Lake Erie as illustrated by 

 declining production of various species, discussion of need 

 of adequate uniform regulations and of impossibility of 

 attaining them under state control of the fisheries, and con- 

 clusion that international control is only means of prevent- 

 ing collapse of the fishing industry. 



19hh» The great smelt mystery. Mich. Cons., Vol. 13, No. 6, 

 p. 8. 



Comparison of smelt production before and after the 

 19i|.2-19li3 mortality, record of certain small post-mortality 

 spawning runs, and statement that epidemic disease provided 

 the only acceptable explanation of the mortality. 



19UU<. Factors affecting the growth of fish. Trans, 9th N, 

 Am. Wildlife Conf., pp. 177-183. 



Review of literature and appraisal of present status 

 of knowledge of factors of growth (both fluctuations within 

 stocks and differences between stocks) in natural waters. 

 Includes consideration of food (natural production and food 

 competition), space factor, temperature, and precipitation. 

 Stresses need for better understanding of factors of growth 

 as essential to sound management. 



19^6. Maximum size and age of whitefish. The Fisherman, 

 Vol. lli. No. 8, pp. 17-18, 



Presentation of records of age and size (lengt.h and/or 

 weight) for nine whitefish (seven from the Great Lakes and 



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