Aquaculture Economics and Financing: Management and Analysis provides a detailed and specific set of guidelines for using economic and financial analysis in aquaculture production. By discussing key issues, such as how to finance and plan new aquaculture business; how to monitor and evaluate economic performance; and how to manage capital, labor, and business risk; the book equips aquaculture professionals, researchers, and students with important information applicable to a wide range of business decisions.

Chapters address each stage of developing an aquaculture business, including financing, marketing, and developing a business plan to manage cash flows and analyze financial statements. Each chapter includes a detailed example of practical application taken from every-day experience. Written in straightforward terminology facilitating ready application, Aquaculture Economics and Financing: Management and Analysis is an essential tool for analyzing and improving financial performance of aquaculture operations.

Key Features:

• Provides a practical and comprehensive understanding of aquaculture economics and financing
• Discusses key issues in business plan development; marketing; monitoring financial performance; and managing cash flow, assets, and business risk
• Features examples of practical application in each chapter
• Includes an annotated bibliography and webliography detailing key resources and software products available for economic and financial analyses

Also of Interest:

Bioeconomics of Fisheries Management
Lee G. Anderson and Juan Carlos Seijo
ISBN: 9780813817323

Statistics for Aquaculture
Ram C. Bhujel
ISBN: 9780813815879

Carole R. Engle, Ph.D. is Professor, Director of the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, and Chairperson of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She has more than 30 years of experience in the analysis of economics and marketing issues related to aquaculture. She has worked in 20 different countries in all major world regions. She continues to teach an undergraduate and a graduate course in Aquaculture Economics in addition to research and extension responsibilities in the same area. She is past-President of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management and of the U.S. Aquaculture Society, a Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society; recipient of the Researcher of the Year Award from the Catfish Farmers of America and service award from the Catfish Farmers of Arkansas; and two-time recipient of the Joseph P. McCraren Award from the National Aquaculture Association.