Mission
This institute performs the following tasks in the highly productive waters
around Hokkaido and other nearby subarctic regions:
(1) Researches on salmon enhancement, biology, and population dynamics for
the efficient use,
(2) Researches on abundance fluctuations and management methods of the major
marine resources such as walleye pollock, Japanese common squid, and snow
crab for the sustainable use and studies on relationships between the fisheries
and marine ecosystems,
(3) Assessment on productivity of coastal ecosystem affected by marine environment
fluctuation and global climate change, and developing biology and technology
for aquaculture and stock enhancement to achieve sustainable production of
coastal fisheries under the current status of productivity.