About the Fisheries Division
To take full advantage of Alaska's wide-ranging natural laboratories, the Fisheries Division has locations in both Interior and Southeast Alaska. Students in Fairbanks and Juneau have an opportunity for association with personnel of federal and state conservation agencies. These agencies not only hire students for summer field work but often offer internship funding opportunities.
Juneau Center
The new Lena Point Fisheries Facility. Photo by Gary Newman.
Located in the Tongass National Rainforest overlooking Lena Cove, Juneau Center is nestled at the foot of the glacier-rich coastal mountains.
The Juneau Center of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is now located at the new Lena Point Fisheries Facility, about five miles north of the previous facility (the Anderson Building) at Auke Bay. The 30,000 square foot, three-story facility houses nine laboratories, three classrooms, a teaching lab and large saltwater tanks for studying live sea creatures.
The Lena Point Fisheries Facility is co-located with the NOAA Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, continuing a long tradition of collaboration between NOAA Fisheries and the Juneau Center.
Fairbanks main campus
Located in the expansive Tanana River valley at the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers, the main campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has panoramic views of the Alaska Mountain Range, with Mt. McKinley on the southern horizon.
The O'Neill Resources Building is named for William O'Neill (1907-1974), an alumni of the University of Alaska and former member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents. The Dean & Associate Dean's offices, fiscal office, undergraduate program and student application processing are located here.
The Fairbanks location is advantageous for the study of interior Alaska aquatic habitats. A number of subarctic streams and lakes are within easy reach. Main access to the marine environment from the Fairbanks campus is in Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet.
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