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Dean's Message

S. Bradley Moran, Dean

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø: our oceans, bays and estuaries, and our freshwater systems, from the Gulf of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s people are uniquely dependent on our coasts and rivers. At the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, we are charged with creating and exchanging knowledge that serves the needs of ²ÝÁñÉçÇøns as they face an increasingly uncertain and changeable future.