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gation of the ocea'nographic and biological conditions atl'ecting the 

 fishery, to be conducted jointly by the two (iovernnients. 



During the year 1929, 17 scientific or administrative reports were 

 published under the suijervision of the division and as a result of 

 investigations of its staff. The list of papers follows : 



Scallop industry of North Carolina. By James S. Outsell. Appendix V, 

 Ropoi't of Commissioner for 1928. 8°, 27 pp.. 11 illus. Document No. 104o. 



Progress in Biological Inquiries, 1927. By Elmer Higgiiis. Appendix Vi; 

 Repnrt of Commissioner for 1928. 8°, 51 pp. Document N<». 1044. 



Natural history and conservation of redfish and other commercial Sciaenids 

 on Texas coast. By John C. Pearson. Bulletin, Vol. XI.IV, 1928. Royal 8°, 

 88 pp., 44 illus. Document No. 1046. 



Experiments in marking young chinook salmon on Columhia River, 1916- 

 1927. By Willis H. Ricli and Harlan B. Holmes. J'.iilletin, Vol. XLIV, 1928, 

 Royal 8°, 52 pp.. 24 illus. Document No. 1047. 



Coregonid fishes of Great Lakes. By Walter Koelz. Bulletin, Vol. XLIII, 

 Pt. II, 1927. Royal 8°, 349 pp., 26 illus. Document No. 1048. 



Shrimp fishery of southeast Alaska. By Frank W. Hynes. Appendix I, Re- 

 port of Commissioner for 1929. 8", 20 pp., 8 illus. Document No. 1052. 



Life history of the lake herring (Lcucicltthys arlodi le Sueur) of Lake Huron, 

 as revealed hy its scales, with critique of scale method. By John Van Oosten. 

 Bulletin, Vol. XLIV, 1928. Royal 8", 166 pp., 28 illus. Document No. 1053. 



Investigation of physical conditions controlling spawning of oysters and oc- 

 currence, distribution, and setting of oyster larvje in Milford Harbor, Conn. 

 By Herbert F. I'rytherch. Bulletin, Vol. XLIV, 1928. Royal 8", 77 pp., 32 

 illus. Document No. 1054. 



Check list of the fishes and fishlike vertebrates of North and Middle America 

 north of northern boundary of Venezuela and Columbia. By Diivid Starr 

 Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann, and Howard Walton Clark. Report of 

 Commissioner for 1928. Part II, 674 pp., 8". Document No. 1055. 



Salmon tagging experiments in Alaska 1927 and 1928. By Willis H. Rich and 

 Frederick G. Morton. Bulletin, Vol. XLV, 1929. Royal 8", 25 pp., 2 illus. 

 Document No. 1057. 



Review of weakfishes (Ci/noscion) of Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United 

 States, with description of a new species. By Isaac (iinsburg. Bulletin, Vol. 

 XLV, 1929. Royal 8", 17 pp., 7 illus. Document No. 1058. 



Review of experiments on artificial culture of diamond-back terrapin. By 

 Samuel F. Ilddebrand. Bulletin, Vol. XLV, 1929. Royal 8", 48 pp., 14 illus. 

 Document No. 1060. 



Care and diseases of trout. By H. S. Davis. Appendix 4, Report of Com. 

 missioner for 1929. 8°, 55 pp., 6 illus. Document No. 1061. 



Keokuk Dam and fisheries of upper Mississippi River. By Robert E. Coker. 

 Bulletin, Vol. XLV, 1929. Royal 8", 55 pp., 10 illus. Document No. 1063. 



Oyster industry of Pacific coast of United States. By Paul S. Galtsoff. Ap- 

 pendix 8, Report of Commissioner for 1929. 8", 36 pp., 13 illus. Document 

 No. 10()6. 



Condition of razor-clam fishc ry of Washington. By II. C. McMillin. 8", 7 pp., 

 2 illus. Econojnic Circular No. 64. 



Oyster bottoms of North Carolina (with bibliography). By Paul S. Galtsoff 

 and H. R. Seiwell. 8", 11 pp. Economic Circular No. 66. 



In addition to these, the following papers were published in other 

 tlian the bureau's series: 



Influence of certain water conditions, especially dissolved gases, on trout. 

 By J. S. Outsell. Ecology. Vol. X, No. 1, January, 1929, pii. 77-96. 



Notes on northwest Atlantic .sharks and skat<'s, by Henry B. Bigelow and 

 William C. Schroeder. Bulletin, Mu.seum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. LXVIII, 

 No. 5, September, 1928, i)p. 239-251, Cambridge. 



A rare l)ramid fish {TdntctCH prbucps Johnson) in tlu> northwestern Atlan- 

 tic. By Henry B. Bigelow and AVilliam C. Schroeder. Bulletin, Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Vol. LXIX, No. 2, February 1929, pp. 41-50, Cambridge. 



A preliminary report on the growth of the rock bass, Amhloplitcs rupestris 

 (Rafinesque), in two lakes of northern Wisconsin. By Stillmau Wright. 

 Transactions, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Vol. XXIV, 

 Nov<'mber, 1929, pp. .581-595. 



