Usujiri Fisheries Station (ca. 0.4 ha) was established in 1970 at the mouth of Funka Bay in the southern part of Hokkaido as a marine biological research station for the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University and reorganized as a branch of Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere. The station is 40 km (about an hour drive) from the central area of Hakodate City, and has laboratory and dormitory. Research Building was newly built in 2019. The waters in front of the station are strongly influenced by the Chishima Cold Current as well as Tsugaru Warm Current. The station is authorized as a joint usage center of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) and utilized by researchers and students studying marine biology, ecology and various sciences.
Usujiri Fisheries Station Aquatic Research Station
- ADDRESS
- Usujiri152, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-1613, JAPAN
- TEL
- +81-138-25-3237
- FAX
- +81-138-25-5088
- usujiri [at] fsc.hokudai.ac.jp
- Official Site
- https://sites.google.com/view/usujiri-fisheries-station-hu/
