Arkansas is first to issue funds from the 2008 Aquaculture Grant Program

Ted McNulty, Director of Aquaculture at the Arkansas Agriculture Department, announced that the federal stimulus funds from the 2008 Aquaculture Grant Program were mailed to Arkansas fish farmers on July 20th. Mr. Robert Araiza and his staff at the Arkansas Forestry Commission are to be commended for getting these checks out in record time. Arkansas is the first State to issue the funds from the 2008 AGP and some states are over a month away from releasing those funds.