# Recent Op-Eds in NE Media Share Successes and Next Steps for Groundfish Sectors

*Published:* 2011-10-07
*Author:* EDF Oceans

After more than a year under the new groundfish sector management system, stakeholders in New England are examining what progress has been made and what refinements to the system are needed. [Emilie Litsinger](http://www.edf.org/people/emilie-litsinger), EDF’s NE Groundfish Project Manager, recently authored two op-eds that examine why sectors are better than the old system, and how sectors will work even better for fishermen by making some improvements, such as reducing at-sea monitoring costs, setting accumulation limits and allowing for unused quota to carry over into future fishing seasons.

Read Emilie’s op-eds:

**[Reviewing a year of fishing-sector management](http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_fishy7_10-07-11_SEQHLE1_v13.74011.html)** The Providence Journal  
October 7, 2011

**[A perfect time to talk about groundfish solutions](http://m.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110929/OPINION/109290346/-1/WAP06&template=wapart&m_section=)** New Bedford-Standard Times  
September 29, 2011