Quentin Fong

Focus

• Food markets and marketing management
• Business management and planning
• Trade and the environment
• Aquaculture and fisheries economics

Expertise

• Twelve years of commercial fishing
• Ten years of seafood trade and marketing
• Eight years of commercial and research diving
• Two years of shellfish farm operation

Affiliations

• International Fisheries Economics and Trade Association
• USDA Committee on Seafood Markets, Trade, and Environment
• Kodiak Salmon Branding and Marketing Committee
• World Aquaculture Society

Education

• B.S., M.S. Marine Biology, Florida Institute of Technology
• M.S. Marine Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island
• Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island

Current projects

• Marketing workshops to Alaskan coastal communities
• Potential for perishable products from Alaska to Asia
• Shellfish markets in the US—Opportunities for Alaska?
• Economic feasibility for shellfish farms in Alaska
• The Kodiak Experience Report (An Exit Survey from Passengers Using the Alaska Marine Highway System) (PDF)
• The Kodiak Experience PowerPoint Presentation (PDF); (PPT)
• Attracting Working Professionals in Rural Alaskan Communities (PDF)
• Tips for Direct Marketers: Working with a Broker or Trader (PDF)