Join EngageAsia’s next webinar, Lessons of Resilience from Maine: Japanese Aquaculture in the U.S., for an in-depth exploration of the Japanese roots of the thriving scallop-raising industry in Maine. The relationship between Maine and Japan are long, having begun in 1889 when people in Aomori rescued survivors of a Maine-built ship caught in a typhoon. Many years later this led to a sister-state relationship that ultimately created the context for cross-cultural learning about aquaculture. After several trips to Aomori and visits by Japanese experts to Maine, Japanese aquaculture techniques are today helping develop new livelihoods and bringing economic development to Maine.

As an education incubator building community in the Asia-Pacific Region and deepening U.S.-Asia Relations, this virtual event will look at a rare U.S.-Japan professional education exchange between aquaculture experts and its impacts.


Speaker
Mr. Hugh Cowperthwaite, Senior Program Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI)

Hugh is a Maine native and has a background in commercial fisheries (lobstering) that began in high school. At CEI Hugh is responsible for CEI’s Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Program which involves coordinating lending, business counseling and technical assistance with commercial fishermen, aquaculturists and waterfront businesses that maintain commercial fishing access. CEI is a partner in the “Aquaculture in Shared Waters” training program, a 12-week training course for existing and new aquaculturists. Since 2010 Hugh has been leading an ongoing effort to introduce commercial scallop farming to Maine growers based on Japanese culture methods. Hugh is a member of the Maine Technology Institute’s Aquaculture and Marine Technology Board, the Maine Fishermen’s Forum Board, the Maine Sea Grant Policy Advisory Committee and is currently Chair of the Alliance for Maine’s Marine Economy.

 
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