Graduate Program in Fisheries
Graduate Fisheries Course of Study
With research locations throughout the state, students spend most of their time on the same campus as their research advisor in Fairbanks or at the Juneau Center on the University of Alaska Southeast campus. Interior Alaska aquatic habitats are easily accessible for study from Fairbanks. Marine and freshwater studies in fisheries and fish biology can be pursued at the Juneau Center, near the Auke Bay National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Laboratory with its large staff of research scientists. Faculty and students often work with NMFS and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Facilities include computer labs and freshwater and seawater wet labs.
Faculty and graduate student research topics
- Variation in mitochondrial DNA in relation to population identification of Alaska salmon
- Feeding habits of larval walleye pollock in the Bering Sea
- Effect of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on subtidal and intertidal algal, invertebrate, and fish communities
- Mariculture of the red alga Porphyra
- King crab behavior relative to the pot fishery in southeast Alaska
- Effects of jet boat turbulence on salmonid reproduction
- Assessment of the risk of regulatory decisions to manage Alaska freshwater sport fisheries
- Approaches to exploitation control and population-size thresholds for fisheries resource management
- Fisheries oceanography and species diversity of fishes of the northeastern Chukchi Sea
- Quantitative genetic analysis of salmon growth and development
- Ecology of flatfish and characteristics of flatfish nursery grounds
Graduate fisheries courses
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISH 601 | Quantitative Fishery Science | 3 | Margraf |
| FISH 602 | Advanced Fisheries Management | 3 | Staff |
| FISH 612 | Fish Conservation Biology | 4 | Atkison |
| FISH 621 | Adv. Fish Population Dynamics I | 4 | Quinn |
| FISH 622 | Adv. Fish Population Dynamics II | 4 | Quinn |
| FISH 633 | Pacific Salmon Life Histories | 3 | Smoker |
| FISH 650 | Fish Ecology | 3 | Hughes |
| FISH 651 | Fishery Genetics | 3 | Gharrett |
| FISH 652 | Use of Electrophoresis in Fisheries | 3 | Gharrett |
| FISH 654 | Benthic Ecology | 3 | Shirley |
| FISH 692 | Fisheries Seminar | 1 | Staff |
| MSL 640* | Fisheries Oceanography | 3 | Norcross, Staff |
*Marine Sciences and Limnology
Other recommended courses for graduates
Undergraduate courses included
| Course # | Title | Credits | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISH 388 | Marine & Freshwater of Alaska | 3 | Haas |
| FISH 400 | Fisheries Science | 3 | Hughes |
| FISH 401 | Fisheries Management | 3 | Hughes |
| FISH 421 | Fish Population Dynamics | 3 | Hughes |
| FISH 427 | Ichthyology | 3 | Haas, Hillgruber |
| FISH 436 | Salmon Culture | 3 | Smoker |
| STAT 401 | Regression & Analysis of Variance | 4 | Fagan |
| STAT 602 | Experimental Design | 3 | Staff |
| STAT 611 | Time Series | 3 | Staff |