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Oceanographic Observation conducted by Training Vessels, Hokkaido
University |
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1. Outline |
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The Faculty of
Fisheries and Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University are located in the port city of Hakodate about 200km south
of Sapporo. The Faculty of Fisheries was
established as the School of Fisheries at Sapporo Agricultural College in
1907. It was reorganized in 1995, and
the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences with two divisions was established
in April 2000. These two institutions now have two training ships, a training
factory, marine and limnological laboratories, and
are leading fisheries research organizations in Japan. The Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences
comprises the following two Divisions: ·
Division
of Marine Environment and Resources ·
Division
of Marine Biosciences The Faculty of Fisheries consists of
following four Departments: ·
Department
of Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Science ·
Department
of Marine Production System Science ·
Department
of Marine Biological Science ·
Department
of Marine Bioresources Chemistry The Faculty of Fisheries has presently
two training vessels, T/V
Oshoro Maru (1,383 G.T) and T/V Ushio Maru (179
G.T). T/V Oshoro Maru was constructed in 1986 as the forth
generation. Range of experiments and
training for the faculty students and researchers on various fields, such as
Physical Oceanography, Chemistry Oceanography, Biological Oceanography,
Industrial Engineering, Production System Design, Resource Environmental
Science, Satellite Remote Sensing, Hydroacoustic
Remote Sensing, etc. T/V Ushio Maru
was constructed in 1992 as the second-generation and extended her length in
2002. She has engaged in research and
training works on coastal seas around the southern part of Hokkaido. The Faculty of Fisheries had one more
vessel, T/V Hokusei Maru. However, she was scraped in 2002. |
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2. Research Results |
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Some pictures produced from the result of
the project are introduced in the page ‘Rerach/JP14/Pictures.htm’ for your
reference. |
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3. Observation Data |
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From the oceanographic data observed by the
training vessels of Hokkaido University, the data which is expected the contribution
for Ocean Flux study in the North pacific region was contained in the data
set. The detail of the data in this
dataset is introduced at ‘Research/JP14/Inventory.htm’. |
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4. Publications |
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The research results of the training
vessels of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University have been published
as a report “Data Record of Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory
Fishing”. And also the study results have been
published as “Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University” |
Last update on August 12, 2003
by Norio BABA