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. Lake states change fishery regula- 

 tions. The Fisherman, Vol. 4, 

 No. 10, pp. 1-2. 

 Review of changes of commercial 

 fishery regulations enacted by States 

 of Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. 



1935. First record of the alewife, 

 Pomolobus pseudoharengus , for the 

 State of Michigan . Copeia, 1935, 

 No. 4, pp. 194-195. 



Report of capture of alewife in north- 

 ern Lake Huron off Rogers City, 

 Michigan --first record for the State 

 and second for the lake. Belief is 

 expressed that the alewife reached 

 Lake Huron from Lake Ontario by way 

 of the Trent waterway and Georgian 

 Bay. 



1936. A new immigrant comes to Michigan. 

 The Fisherman, Vol. 5, No. 6, 



pp . 1 and 3 . 

 Statement of first Michigan record of 

 alewife, reported in 1935 article in 

 Copeia . 



whitefish from deep trap nets in Lakes 

 Huron and Michigan. 



1936. The mortality of fish in Lake Erie. 

 Great Lakes Fisherman, Vol. 1, 

 No. 3, pp. 2 and 10; Vol. 1, No. 4, 

 pp. 2-3. ( Also in: Combined 

 Biennial Rep., 1938, Pa. Bd. Fish. 

 Comm .) 

 Analysis of the species composition of 

 fish found dead on beaches of the south 

 shore of Lake Erie and a consideration 

 of the several factors that may have 

 contributed to the mortality. Destruc- 

 tion 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 . 

 EJiscussion of unique and valuable 

 character of Great Lakes fisheries 

 and illustration from statistics for 

 selected species of downward trend 

 in production. Decline was attributed 

 to overfishing made possible by the 

 apathetic attitudes of State legislatures. 

 (Article based on talk given over NBC 

 network .) 



1936. Dr. Van Oosten reveals startling 

 data. Gold Medal Netting News, 

 Vol. 9, May 1936, pp. 1-2. 

 A discussion of mesh selectivity 

 stressing that the numbers and sizes 

 of fish taken in nets of a particular 

 mesh size are not to be deduced on 

 mechanical grounds but must be de- 

 termined from experimentation. 



1936. Net selectivity on the Great Lakes. 



Gold Medal Netting News, Vol. 10, 



July 1936, pp. 2-3. 

 Continuation of article in May 1936 

 issue of same journal, introducing 

 data on relation of mesh size to: 

 catches of small trout and chubs in 

 gill nets in Lake Michigan; release of 

 under-sized fish from shallow trap 

 nets in Lake Erie; release of small 



1937. Doom of the Great Lakes fisheries. 



Am. Forests, Vol. 43, pp. 103-105 



and 144-145. 

 A plea for central control of the Great 

 Lakes fisheries, held essential to 

 bring about the restrictions on fishing 

 intensity 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. Copeia, 

 1937, No. 1, pp. 64-65. 

 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 . 



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