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Rasmuson Fisheries Research Center Research Goals

Research priorities are evaluated annually by the center's Advisory Board.

Research Subject Areas for Proposals

Proposals should address one of five target areas:

  1. Ecology, biology, distribution and systematics of species of fish and shellfish affected by fisheries, both target and non-target species;
  2. Responses of fish and shellfish and of stocks of fish and shellfish to variations of physical and biotic conditions;
  3. Genetic structure of Alaska fish and shellfish populations;
  4. Fluctuations of fish and shellfish stocks, interactions of forage species with consumers including mammals and birds, and the ecosystems in which they occur; or
  5. Development of the shellfish aquaculture industry in Alaska. Because other programs are providing significant resources for salmon studies, funding from the center will probably focus on other species.

While the board accepts proposals related to any of the research subject areas, it is especially interested in seeing proposals on applied topics like the research priorities and needs of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, see http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/misc_pub/ResearchPriorities0809.pdf

It is intended that research results will have the potential of adding to the economic and social value of fish and shellfish utilization, and will contribute to long-term benefits for Alaska.