FAST Lab

Fisheries, Aquatic Science, and Technology Laboratory

Mission & Vision

Advancing Fisheries

We employ a unique blend of intensive and traditional coursework with applied fisheries research to engage students in active learning. Our approach, based on a training-through-service philosophy, is to immerse undergraduate and graduate students in real fisheries and marine science research projects.

The mission of the FAST Lab is to advance the state and practice of fisheries, aquatic science, and technology by:

  • Addressing local, state, national, and international research and education needs through active cooperative partnerships with industry, governmental, and non-governmental organizations.
  • Conducting rigorous research resulting in peer-reviewed publications.
  • Training solution-oriented scientists by immersing students in applied research.

How We Achieve this Mission:

  • Recruiting and supporting excellent students and professional researchers.
  • Investigating in strategically important research areas that create world-class opportunities for students and generate new lines of funding.
  • Developing synergistic partnerships with state, federal, corporate, and private entities.
  • Expanding our research capacity by engaging top external scientists.
  • A person in a white lab coat assisting a student wearing safety goggles, examining a fish on a lab table with other students in the background.
  • Students working on computers in a classroom with large windows, offering a view of snowy mountains.
  • A young woman working at a lab table with an aquarium, clipboard, and scientific equipment in the background.
  • man holding a fish
  • man looking at crab
  • students in the field
  • woman weighing a fish
  • person setting up a drone
  • A child and an adult looking at a bear skull on a table, with the adult wearing a "Bear Feet" t-shirt.