6 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 
A common concern—Great Lakes fisheries for anglers and fishers. Michi- 
gan Game Trails, vol. 1, No. 5, 1989, p. 1. 
Battle rages over closing Potagannissing Bay to commercial fishermen. 
Michigan Game Trails, vol. 1, No. 3, 1939, pp. 19-20. 
Can the Great Lakes fisheries be saved? American Wildlife, vol. 28, No. 3, 
1939, pp. 129-135. 
Migratory fish, a problem of interstate cooperation? Transactions, Fourth 
North American Wildlife Conference, 1989, pp. 25-30. 
Save the Great Lakes fisheries! Outdoor America, January, 1939, 2 pp. 
[Also appears in: Congressional Record Appendix, March 24, 1939, pp. 
4588-4589. ] 
The age, growth, sexual maturity, and sex ratio of the common whitefish, 
Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill), of Lake Huron. Papers, Michigan 
Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, vol. XXIV, pt. II, 1988 (1939), 
pp. 195-221. 
VAN OostEN, JOHN, and Hinary J. DEASON. 
The age, growth, and feeding habits of the whitefish, Coregonus clupea- 
fornvis (Mitchill), of Lake Champlain. Transactions, American Fisheries 
Society, vol. 68, 1938 (1939), pp. 152-162. 
WESTERMAN, FRED A., and JOHN VAN OOSTEN. 
Report to the Michigan State Senate on the fisheries of Potagannissing Bay, 
Mich. Michigan Department of Conservation, Lansing. 82 pp. 
MULTILITHED PUBLICATIONS 
HERRINGTON, WILLIAM C., H. M. BEARSE, and FRANK EH. FIreru. 
Observations on the life history, occurrence, and distribution cf the red- 
fish parasite Sphyrion lumpi. Special Scientific Report No. 5, 12 pp., 6 
figs. 
U. S. Bureau or FISHERIES. 
The Progressive Fish-Culturist. Memorandum I-43]. 5 issues. 
Progress reports of the investigations conducted by the various 
sections, prepared in the main by the section heads, are presented in 
the following pages: 
NORTH ATLANTIC FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS 
WILLIAM C, HERRINGTON, in charge 
The situation of the offshore fisheries in the North Atlantic region 
was somewhat better in 1939, on the whole, than during 1938. The 
total catch, as shown by landings at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland, 
was nearly as great as 1n the previous year in spite of labor difficulties 
which caused temporary tie-ups. The catch reached 389,000,000 
pounds, about 3 percent less than in 1938, but, due to higher average 
prices, it brought the fisherman more than $9,300,000, an increase of 
nearly 7 percent over the 1938 value. This offshore catch landed at 
the three principal New England ports represents more than half of 
the total New England poundage of fish and shellfish. In 1937 it 
amounted to about 60 percent of the total weight and 50 percent of the 
total value of the New England catch. 
The shipbuilding boom of the past few years, which included the 
construction of a large number of new otter trawlers of the “super 
trawler” class, did not continue in 1939. In contrast, there was a 
shrinkage in the fleet of large otter trawlers, since many of the old 
steamers were disposed of. By the end of the year only 6 steamers 
remained in operation out of a one-time total of around 40 boats. 
The decommissioning of old boats balanced the new construction ap- 
proximately, so that total fishing intensity due to the large boats was 
about the same in 1939 as in the previous year. 
