The provincial government wants to ensure PEI gets its fair share of the redfish quota when Ottawa reopens redfish harvesting in the future.
A significant increase in redfish stock in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is spurring an interest in reopening the industry after a near 25-year moratorium.
Fisheries Minister Robert Henderson says PEI was a major player in the redfish industry until the moratorium was put in place in 1995 and they want to see that same success in the future.
In the 80s and early 90s, over 50 trawlers and 300 employees from the Island worked at a year-round fish plant in eastern PEI.