[Nome-announce] **FREE** UAF Business of Fish course on cable TV/internet

[Heidi Herter]

Hi Nome – Interested in improving your fisheries business skills? 

Glenn Haight, business specialist with UAF Marine Advisory Program (Juneau) is offering a **FREE** distance course in “The Business of Fish” through the University of Alaska.

You can view the classes on cable TV, channel 12 in Nome; or online at http://uatv.alaska.edu/ on Tuesdays 12:00 – 12:50; September 16 through December 9, 2008.
  
The Business of Fish will cover a number of subjects related to financial management for a commercial fishing operation, and will cover the basics of business financial management: accounting, income tax, business organization, writing a business plan, financing, vessel and crew insurance, as well as state and federal fisheries regulations.

Several subjects will feature guest lecturers.  A separate course on fishermen direct marketing will air beginning October 22. Instructors will cover practical considerations to seafood marketing such as regulations, marketing strategy, and financial management.

Register online at:  http://seagrant.uaf.edu/map/workshops/2008/businessoffish/index.html
Contact Glenn Haight - 907-796-6046 or glenn.haight at uaf.edu if you have questions.

September 16, 2008 - Class One - Intro to Business of Fish »
September 23, 2008 - Class Two - Managing Your Finances »
September 30, 2008 - Class Three - Filing Income Taxes - Session 1 »
October 7, 2008 - Class Four - Filing Income Taxes - Session 2 »
October 21, 2008 - Class Five - Organizational Structures »
October 28, 2008 - Class Six - Growing Your Fishing Operation »
November 4, 2008 - Class Seven - Business Planning for Fishing Business »
November 11, 2008 - Class Eight - Financing a Fishing Operation »
November 18, 2008 - Class Nine - Planning for Retirement »
December 2, 2008 - Class Ten - Vessel Insurance and Crew Issues »
December 9, 2008 - Class Eleven - Politics in Fisheries »
More Course Information and Materials Coming Soon. 

Intro to Direct Marketing 1:00 – 3:00pm // October 22 - 24

October 22 - Implementation - Practical considerations – Lead Instructor – Greg Fisk: Describe real world applications such as regulatory arrangements, production and logistical requirements, and credit and payment considerations etc.

October 23 - Marketing - the Process – Lead Instructor – Quentin Fong: Describe the profit generating process of orienting one's business towards your customer's needs and wants.

October 24 - Financial Management – Evaluation – Lead Instructor – Glenn Haight: Describe the tools that conduct benefit cost analysis to assist in determining whether your processes are generating profit and if you are achieving your long-term financial objectives.



Heidi Herter
Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
UAF Northwest Campus
Pouch 400
Nome, Alaska 99762
v. 907.443.8410
f. 907.443.5602
heidi.herter at uaf.edu
www.marineadvisory.org