History
School of Fishery, Sapporo Agricultural College, the School of Fishery, Tohoku Imperial University, and the School of Fishery, Hokkaido Imperial University (1907-1935)
| February | 1907 | The School of Fishery was established in the Sapporo Agriculture College. |
| September | 1907 | The Sapporo Agricultural College was made part of the Tohoku Imperial University. |
| February | 1909 | The Training Ship “Oshoro-Maru” was built. |
| April | 1918 | The School of Fishery, Tohoku Imperial University changed to the School of Fishery, Hokkaido Imperial University. |
| May | 1927 | The Training Ship “Oshoro-Maru II” was built. |
| March | 1935 | The School of Fishery, Hokkaido Imperial University was abolished. |
Hakodate College of Fisheries, The Hakodate College of Fisheries, Hokkaido University (1935-1954)
| April | 1935 | The Hakodate College of Fisheries was established. |
| October | 1936 | The Toya Lake Station for Environmental Biology was established. |
| March | 1940 | The Nanae Fish Culture Experimental Station was established. |
| March | 1944 | The Hakodate College of Fisheries was reorganized. |
| May | 1949 | The Training Ship “Hokusei-Maru” was converted from a navy boat. |
| May | 1949 | The Hakodate College of Fisheries was transferred to Hokkaido University. |
| March | 1954 | The Hakodate College of Fisheries,Hokkaido University was aboloshed. |
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, the Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University (1940-1953)
| April | 1940 | The Department of Fisheries was established as a part of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. |
| October | 1947 | The Hokkaido Imperial University was renamed Hokkaido University. |
| May | 1949 | The Hakodate Technical School of Fisheries and the Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido were combined to establish the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University. |
| April | 1953 | The Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University was abolished. |
Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University (1949-2000)
| May | 1949 | The Faculty of Fisheries was established in Hakodate. |
| June | 1949 | Four departments, i.e., General Fishery, Pelagic Fishery, Biology and Aquaculture, and Chemistry and Marine Products Technology, were established. |
| April | 1953 | The Graduate School, Hokkaido University was established. The Faculty of Fisheries provided a Master’s course and a Doctor’s course. |
| April | 1953 | The specialized Training Course in Pelagic Fishery (one year) was established. |
| April | 1954 | The Training Course for teacher’s license in fisheries was established. |
| February | 1957 | The Training Ship “Hokusei-Maru II” was commissioned. |
| October | 1957 | The 50th anniversary was celebrated. |
| September | 1962 | The Training Ship “Oshoro-Maru II” was commissioned. |
| April | 1963 | The graduate school was named the Graduate School of Fisheries Science, and its term was set at five years. |
| April | 1963 | The Research Institute of North Pacific Fisheries was established. |
| April | 1964 | The Department of Chemistry and Marine Products Technology was divided into the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Food Science and Technology. |
| April | 1966 | The Toya Lake Station for Environmental Biology and the Nanae Fish Culture Experiment Station were officially recognized. |
| April | 1966 | The Department of General Fishery and the Department of Pelagic Fishery merged into the Department of fishing Science. |
| March | 1970 | The Usujiri Fisheries Laboratory was newly established in Usujiri, Minami-Kayabe-cho. |
| November | 1970 | The Main Building was inaugurated. |
| March | 1971 | The Research Vessel “Ushio-Maru” was commissioned. |
| April | 1975 | The Usujiri Fisheries Laboratory was officially recognized. |
| October | 1976 | The Training Ship “Hokusei-Maru III” was commissioned. |
| March | 1981 | The Student Laboratories Building was inaugurated. |
| March | 1983 | The Fisheries Museum was inaugurated. |
| December | 1983 | The Training Ship “Oshoro-Maru IV” was commissioned. |
| July | 1987 | The Annex building was inaugurated. |
| September | 1992 | The Research Vessel “Ushio-Maru” was commissioned. |
| March | 1995 | The Research Institute of North Pacific Fisheries was abolished. |
| April | 1995 | The Faculty was reorganized into four departments; Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Science, Marine Production System Science, Marine Biological Science and Marine Bioresources Chemistry. |
Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University (2000-2005)
| April | 2000 | The Graduate School of Fishery Science was consolidated from 4 divisions into 2 divisions comprising 11 core laboratories. The school was renamed the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences. |
| April | 2001 | The Toya Lake Station for Environmental Biology, the Nanae Fish Culture Experimental Station and Usujiri Fisheries Laboratory were transferred to the Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere. |
| March | 2002 | The specialized Training Course in Pelagic Fishery was abolished. |
| March | 2002 | The Training Ship “Hokusei-Maru III” was decommissioned. |
| March | 2002 | The Research Vessel “Ushio-Maru II” was modified. |
| April | 2002 | The Ship’s name changed to The Training Ship “Ushio-Maru II”. |
| April | 2002 | The Collaborative Laboratories (Laboratory of Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation, Laboratory of Cellular Information Science) were organized. |
| December | 2003 | The Marine Frontier Research Building was inaugurated. |
| October | 2004 | The Cooperate Donated Chair (Laboratory of Algal Genetics and Chemistry) was organized. |
| April | 2005 | The Collaborative Laboratories (Laboratory of Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation, Laboratory of Cellular Information Science) were abolished. |
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University (2005-)
| April | 2005 | The Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences was divided into an Educational Part (Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences) and a Research Part (Faculty of Fisheries Sciences). |
| March | 2006 | Marine Science Creative Research Building was inaugurated. |
| April | 2006 | The Faculty was reorganized into four departments: Marine Biology and Applied Marine Science, Aquaculture Life Science and Marine Bioresources Chemistry. |
| May | 2007 | The 100th anniversary was celebrated. |
| June | 2007 | The Endowed Chair (Laboratory of Science and Technology on Fisheries Infrastructure System) was organized. |
| August | 2009 | The 100th anniversary of Oshoro-Maru was celebrated. |
| June | 2011 | The Controlled Environment Rooms were inaugurated. |
| March | 2012 | The Endowed Chair (Laboratory of Science and Technology on Fisheries Infrastructure System) was abolished. |
| April | 2013 | The Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Environment Sensing, Marine Industrial Science and Technology, Marine Products and Food Science were abolished, and The Laboratory of Marine Environment and Resource Sensing, Fisheries Engineering, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies, Marine Food Science and Technology, Marine Chemical Resource Development were organized. |
| July | 2014 | The Training Ship “Oshoro-Maru Ⅴ” was commissioned. |
| April | 2015 | The fixed-term contract laboratories “Studies on Marine Bioresources Conservation and Management” and “Marine Biosafety Science and Technology” were abolished. |
| March | 2014 | The Maine Building was renovated. |
| February | 2016 | The Aquatic Biological Specimen House was completed. |