Financial Planning and Business
Development
ASGA and many individual growers worked closely with the Alaska Marine Advisory Program (MAP) on a two-year project designed to provide the industry with financial planning and business management tools. MAP aquaculture agent Ray Ralonde assembled a group of experts from the University of Alaska and a private CPA who deals with agricultural taxes to address farmers concerns. The project produced two workshops and a series of tools that aquatic farmers and applicants can use to manage and plan their businesses. You can access these resources and connect to other related links through the MAP website:
Other assistance with business planning and financial management may be obtained at another MAP website. This site also provides a number of important tools for aquatic farmers, although many are designed for fishermen:
Other good contacts are:
* Glenn Haight, a fisheries business development agent familiar with aquatic farming businesses-
Phone: 907-796-6046
E-mail: ffgeh1@uaf.edu
* Quentin Fong, seafood marketing specialist
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Phone: 907.486.1516
E-mail: qfong@sfos.uaf.edu
* Alaska Small Business Assistance Center
* Office of Fisheries Development
For information on co-ops and cooperative business arrangements, contact the University of Alaska's Center for Economic Development at:
- http://ced.uaa.alaska.edu/
Andrew Crow
(907) 786-5447
anacc@uaa.alaska.edu
