Kodiak Laboratory
The Kodiak Laboratory in the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center (KFRC) is now the primary facility for the
Alaska Fisheries Science Center's (AFSC) RACE
Shellfish Assessment Program. The KFRC facility also provides offices and research support for other
NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) program activities including: RACE Groundfish Assessment Program, North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Regional Office, Sustainable Fisheries.
Visitors can appreciate the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center's 25,000 square-foot complex, which includes office space, conference rooms, an interpretive center, a running seawater laboratory, conventional laboratories, a freestanding aquarium, a touch tank, and a research library. The Kodiak Laboratory Picture Gallery highlights some of the species contained in the touch tank and freestanding aquarium. An extensive museum collection at the facility contains the regions most common species of crabs, shrimps, marine snails, bivalves, and a variety of fishes. More on facilities...
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about Kodiak Lab affiliations and community services/information.
Highlights:
- Kodiak Lab welcomes Brita Mjos, awarded an AFSC internship, and Ben Cournoyer, recipient of the 2009 Hollings Scholarship. More>>
- Final 2008 and 2007 EBS crab reports now available online.
- Kodiak Dive Program
- RACE Shellfish biologist, Katherine Swiney, and collaborators receive NPRB research grant to study aspects of Bering Sea crab species biology.
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The internship program at the Kodiak Lab provides opportunities for high school science students to learn about Alaska’s marine resources, their life histories and habitats. Learn more about the 2008 interns. More>>
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