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McGavock, Alfred M., aiul H. S. Davis 



A stream survey of the waters of the Monongahela National Forest. 

 A survey of the streams of the George Washington National Forest. 



RODEHEFl-ER. I. A. 



A survey of the waters of the Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho. 



A survey of the waters of the Challis National Forest, Idaho. 

 RouNSETBi.L, George A., and George B. Kelez 



Abundance and seasonal occurrence of the salmon in Puget Sound region 

 and the development of the fishery. Special report. 

 Simon, James R. 



A survey of the waters of the Wyoming National Forest. 

 Smith, Osgood R., and P. R. Needham 



A stream survey in the ISIono and Inyo National Forests, California, 1934. 

 Smyth, J. Adger, and H. S. Davis 



A stream survey of the waters of the White Mountain National Forest. 

 Tatt, a. C, and Leo Shapovalov 



A biological survey of streams and lakes in the Klamath and Shasta 

 National Forests of California. 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries (Division op Scientific Inquiry) 



The Progressive Fish Culturist. Memorandum 1-131, issued montlily. 

 Fish and Shellfish of New England. Memorandum l-131a. 



NORTH AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS 



O. E. Sette, /;) charge 



With an upturn of fish prices accompanying the retnrn of meat 

 prices to nearly normal in 1935, activity in the fishing business has 

 reawakened. Trawlers that had been tied up in previous years saw 

 increasing activity, and new ones are being built. The mackerel 

 fleet, which had been experimenting with curtailment of production, 

 resumed unrestricted fishing and landed the largest catch of the 

 present century. The fleet of smaller boats has seen additions to 

 its numbers, and increases in efficiency through new and larger motor 

 instalhitions. A further evidence of increased activity was the de- 

 velopment during 1935 of large-scale couimercial use of the rosefi&h. 

 This species hitherto was practically unused but now is being mar- 

 keted on a large scale, landings totaling 17.000,000 pounds in 1935 

 as compared with 2,000,000 pounds during the previous year. Sim- 

 ilar development is taking place with respect to sea robins caught 

 in the winter trawl fisher}^ oif the Virginia Capes. 



As to the condition of the resources, the haddock fishery continues 

 to be most productive on the grounds lying off Nova Scotia where 

 the fishery has been concentrated during recent years. On the 

 nearer grounds such as Georges Bank and South Channel, the yield 

 continues low, and, though somewhat improved over the previous 

 year, the level of abundance is still far below that of 1920. Indica- 

 tions are strong that general adoption of the "savings gear" ^ de- 

 velo])ed by the haddock investigators would bring about a more 

 decided improvement in future yield. Mackerel is at a high level of 

 abundance mainly as a result of the unusually productive s]5awning 

 seasons of 1930, 1931, and 1933. Among the shore fishes of the Mid- 

 dle Atlantic coast scup and butterfish are maintaining their produc- 

 tivity under the present amount of fishing but squeteague, especially 

 the younger and smaller sizes, undoubtedly are being subjected to 

 more intense fishing than is consistent with obtaining the maximum 

 yield. 



2 Modifleations in gear to curtail the destruction of undersized fish in otter trawling, l)y 

 William C. Herrington. Investigational Report No. 24, U. S. Bur. of Fish. 



