Juneau hatchery funds new endowment for student support
June 12, 2013
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Fisheries research has always been an integral part of the mission and operation of Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc. The company, which operates the Macaulay Hatchery, recently gave the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences $175,000 to support an endowment for graduate students at the SFOS Lena Point facility in Juneau.
The fellowship will honor and memorialize DIPAC founder Ladd Macaulay, who was passionate about using the resources of DIPAC to support research. Macaulay recognized the need for Alaska-centric focused research to improve salmon enhancement techniques, strategies and sustainable salmon management. He ensured the concept of research was explicit in the DIPAC mission statement and articles of incorporation. Macaulay fostered collaborative research relationships with the National Fisheries Service Auke Bay Laboratory, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and especially with the University of Alaska. He even included a research laboratory for the UAF fisheries division in Juneau in the design of the Macaulay Hatchery. Macaulay recognized the need to develop expertise in an academic context that recognizes the value of salmon enhancement and salmon fisheries to the local community, to the Southeast Alaska region, and to the State of Alaska.
The new endowment established in his name will support the research activities of Juneau-based SFOS graduate students.