Juneau Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

The Juneau Center is home to nine UAF fisheries faculty members and about 60 graduate students enrolled in the M.S. and Ph.D. fisheries and marine biology programs. Four UAS biology and marine biology faculty hold joint appointments in the SFOS fisheries division and supervise UAF graduate students based at the Juneau Center.

Faculty supervise students’ research on a broad array of biological problems in laboratories that specialize in quantitative stock assessment, biology and ecology of marine and freshwater species, molecular genetics, behavioral ecology, marine policy, and other fields of study. Laboratories at the Juneau Center include specialized facilities for seawater culture of marine animals and plants, quantitative (computer) analysis and fisheries stock assessment, geographic information systems, molecular genetics, salmon culture, and marine ecology. Juneau Center students also work in laboratories and facilities of other agencies in Juneau such as NOAA Fisheries’ Auke Bay Laboratory and Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Glacier Bay Field Station, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Mark, Tag and Age Lab.

The center is adjacent to the National Marine Fisheries Service Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute in Auke Bay. For more information, visit www.sfos.uaf.edu/fishdiv/ or call 907-796-6441.