ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “Gulf of Maine development: What can fishing teach us?,” at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30.

All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series, which feature speakers from diverse backgrounds, are free and are offered both remotely via Zoom and in person in 107 Norman Smith Hall at UMaine.

Robin Alden, a longtime and now-retired leader in Maine fisheries, will discuss what lessons emerging industries such as aquaculture and offshore wind power can take from the commercial fishing industry as they seek to create value by operating within the changing ecology of the Gulf of Maine.

She will also highlight the gulf as a complex ecosystem and longstanding policies that have regulated commercial fishing in the state, according to a news release from Ruth Hallsworth with the center.

Alden has been involved in fisheries since the early 1970s, when she founded Commercial Fisheries News. She was a public member of New England Fishery Management Council, Maine commissioner of marine resources for former governor and current U.S. Sen. Angus King, and co-founded the Maine Fishermen’s Forum and Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries.

Registration is required to attend remotely. To register and receive connection information, visit the event webpage at umaine.edu.

To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Hallsworth at 207-581-3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu.

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