The Fisheries Science Laboratory has available automated fish measuring boards that electronically record and store length and bionomic data as they are being collected. Computerized scale projectors and an Optimus image analysis system are used in ageing and morphometric studies. The larval fish laboratories house a reference collection containing over 120 families of marine, estuarine and freshwater fishes. Faculty and students in the Larval Fish Program utilize an in situ silhouette plankton camera as well as more traditional plankton gear in their field studies. The Crustacean Ecology and Bivalve Ecology programs also have dedicated laboratories.

Other major facilities include a modern fisheries genetics laboratory with full capability for protein and DNA analyses, a shellfish pathology / molecular biology laboratory with full microscopic capabilities and automated DNA sequencer, and a catalogued fish collection containing approximately 100,000 specimens. This research and teaching collection incorporates extensive holdings from Chesapeake Bay, the Middle Atlantic Bight, and from Appalachian freshwater habitats as well as an internationally recognized deep-sea fish collection.

Two wet lab facilities are available to Marine Fisheries faculty and students. The general wet lab contains a flow-through system with several wet tables and tanks. In addition, a special greenhouse / wet lab houses the large sea turtle holding tanks, which are supplied with recirculated filtered sea water. Adjacent to the sea turtle greenhouse is a 7,560 gallon tank used for research.