Dean's Message
S. Bradley Moran, Dean
The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks
is a world-class research and teaching organization focusing on marine and freshwater
fisheries, oceanography, marine biology, and community outreach.
As our university's marine science institution, we are uniquely positioned to help
the citizens of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ understand our varied and changing marine and freshwater ecosystems
and the coastal resources on which so many depend.
We seek and share knowledge of local and global aquatic systems through pioneering
scientific research and discovery as well as the exchange and preservation of existing
and traditional knowledge.
Our work takes us throughout the world’s oceans, but we focus in and around AVÀÇÂÛ̳:
our oceans, bays and estuaries, and our freshwater systems, from the Gulf of AVÀÇÂÛ̳
to the Arctic Ocean. Our pursuit of knowledge includes the study of our coastal communities,
our living and non-living resources and the ecosystems within which they occur.
AVÀÇÂÛ̳’s people are uniquely dependent on our coasts and rivers. At the UAF College
of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, we are charged with creating and exchanging knowledge
that serves the needs of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ns as they face an increasingly uncertain and changeable
future.