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were so limited that the actual dissemination of printed information 
was extremely meagre. There are on file a large number of manu- 
scripts which represent an investment in time and materials many 
times as great as the cost of publication. The reports of the inves- 
tigations “that have been completed are sorely needed as scientific 
references and_as sources of information for management and legis- 
lation. The practical value of many of these unpublished reports 
will diminish gradually through the protracted delay in publication, 
but, fortunately, their scientific worth will suffer little. The very 
scanty number of scientific publications by the Bureau during recent 
years does not reflect the constantly expanding responsibilities and 
the continuous improvement in the calibre of the investigative per- 
sonnel. 
The following publications appeared in the Bureaw’s series during 
1939: 
BELL, FRANK T., and HLMER HIGGINS. 
A plan for the development of the Hawaiian fisheries. Investigational 
Report No. 42, 25 pp., 3 figs. 
GALTSOFF, PAUL S., and Victor L. LooSANOFF. 
Natural history and method of controlling the starfish (Asterias forbesi, 
Desor). Bulletin, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, vol. XLIX, No. 31, pp. 75— 
132, 32 figs. 
Hiecins, ELMER. 
Progress in biological inquiries, 1938. Administrative Report No. 35, 81 pp. 
PEARSON, JOHN C. 
The early life histories of some American Penaeidae, chiefly the commercial 
shrimp, Penaeus setiferus (Linn.). Bulletin, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 
vol. XLIX, No. 30, pp. 1-73, 67 figs. 
The following papers were published by members of the staff of 
the Division of Scientific Inquiry, during the year 1939, in journals 
of other organizations: 
Craie, J. A. 
Critique on Fisheries. The Pacific Northwest: A selected bibliography. 
The Northwest Regional Planning Council. 1989. Portland, Oreg. 
DAVIDSON, FREDERICK A. 
The conservation of the Alaska salmon fisheries. The Military Engineer, 
vol. 31, No. 176, 1939, pp. 109-111, 3 figs. 
Why it’s important to protect our salmon. Alaska Life, vol. 2, No. 1, 
February 1939, pp. 8-9, 18; 1 fig., map. 
DAVIDSON, FREDERICK A., and A. E. VAUGHAN. 
Cyclic changes in the time of the southeast Alaska pink salmon runs. 
Pacific Fisherman, Feb. 1939, pp. 22-24 (pt. 1); Mar. 1939, pp. 40-42 
(pt. 2); Aprs 1939; p:39' (pt. 3)e 
DEASON, HinAry J. 
Report of the Division of Commercial Fishing. Transactions, American 
Fisheries Society, vol. 68, 1988 (1939), pp. 27-80. 
The distribution of cottid fishes in Lake Michigan. Papers, Michigan 
Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, vol. XXIV, pt. II, 1938 (19389), 
pp. 105-115. 
FirtH, FRANK EH. 
A record size (480 mm.) John dory (Zenopsis ocellatus) with notes on its 
distribution in our North and Middle Atlantic waters. Zoologica, vol. 
XXIV (pt. II), Oct. 1939, pp. 383-384, 1 fig. 
FisH, FREDERIC F. 
Notes on Myxobolus inornatus n. sp., a myxosporidian, parasitic in the black 
bass (Huro floidana Le Sueur). aeons American Fisheries 
Society, vol. 68, 1938 (1989), pp. 173-177. 
Simplified methods for the prolonged treatment of fish diseases. Transac- 
tions, American Fisheries Sociey, vol. 68, 1988 (1939), pp. 178-187. 
