Initially, members of the Cooperative will do transportation 

 and processing of fish, although in the second or third years the 

 operation will be large enough to keep a full time processing 

 system in operation. Employees will be needed to clean, wash, 

 sort, bone and package fish, which according to projections should 

 supply seven to eight full time jobs by 1980. In 1078, a part 

 time bookkeeper/secretary will be hired along with a full time 

 manager. The manager will coordinate processing of fish and 

 will be responsible for working with brokers to haul and sell the 

 fresh or frozen fish. He or she will work closely with suppliers 

 to insure a steady flow of fish to the plant and on the destination 

 markets. Contracts will be with established brokers to sell 

 processed fish, with hauling to be done by truck or rail. At 

 some point it might be feasible to finance and run Cooperative 

 owned trucks to final markets, but that decision will have to be 

 made later. Considerable interest has been exnressed from brokers 

 regarding the sales of fresh and frozen Western Montana trout. 



OPERATIONAL BUDGETS 



The budgets are based upon 31,250 pounds of fish processed the 

 first year, 187,500 pounds the second year and 312,500 pounds the 

 third year, with 25,000 pounds, 150,000 pounds and 250,000 pounds 

 of fish sold each year respectively. Labor times were used as 

 follows: 100 pounds of fish can be cleaned per hour, 200 pounds 

 of fish can be washed per hour, 60 pounds of fish can be boned 

 per hour, 200 pounds of fish can be sorted per hour, and 150 pounds 

 of fish can be packaged per hour. Insurance was for ?;300 , 000/$500 , 000 

 liability and for S50,000 property. The second year budget includes 



