# Sectors are Helping Small Fishing Communities Get Access to Groundfish in Maine

*Published:* 2010-05-26
*Author:* Katie Anderson

Sectors, the catch share management system adopted in New England, have opened up the door to groundfishing in Down East Maine. According to the ***[Bar Harbor Times](http://mdi.villagesoup.com/news/story/swans-island-fisherman-inaugurates-sector-fishing/327117)***, until sectors came into effect May 1, it had been more than 15 years since groundfish had been caught and landed in commercial numbers in the eastern Gulf of Maine. **[The article](http://mdi.villagesoup.com/news/story/swans-island-fisherman-inaugurates-sector-fishing/327117)** tells one fisherman’s story of how sectors have allowed him to get back into the groundfishing industry.