# Insightful Articles on New England Sectors

*Published:* 2009-11-04
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![Julie Wormser, NE Regional Director for EDF Oceans program.](https://blogs.edf.org/edfish/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files/2009/05/hiking-in-white-mountainssm2.jpg)Two very thoughtful articles came out of New England earlier this week, both talking about the current difficulties groundfish fishermen are having in staying afloat financially under the current fisheries management system (**[1](http://www.savingseafood.org/management-regulation/opinion-new-england-groundfish-fleet-in-dire-straits-avg-vessel-earns-only-80-000-gross-per-2.html)**, **[2](http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=293505&ac=PHedi)**). Both pieces make the case that it is not catch shares but low catch limits (i.e., not enough fish to go around) that is causing such hardship, and that sectors provide fishermen with a better chance to stay solvent while fisheries recover.   
   
I have consistently found **[John Sackton](http://www.savingseafood.org/management-regulation/opinion-new-england-groundfish-fleet-in-dire-straits-avg-vessel-earns-only-80-000-gross-per-2.html)** of Seafood.com and **[John Richardson](http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=293505&ac=PHedi)** of the *Portland Press Herald* to be two of the most nuanced, insightful reporters covering the New England fishing industry. They have each clearly been writing about this for years, care about what happens, and provide a perspective and context to current events that move my understanding forward.