The opening of the 2010 groundfishing season on May 1 was a historic moment for the fleet and a breath of fresh air for at least one fisherman.
It has been more than 15 years since groundfish have been caught and landed in commercial numbers in the eastern Gulf of Maine. But on May 1, the Northeast Coastal Communities Sector started operation as sector member Jason Joyce, a Swans Island fisherman, headed out to harvest groundfish.
The Northeast Coastal Communities Sector was formed by the Stonington-based Penobscot East Resource Center, which also started a permit bank in the summer of 2009.
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