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The provincial government will create a new, robust strategy to reduce environmental impacts of the Island’s seafood sectors. In partnership with researchers, industry, other provincial departments, and multi-level government partners, the Department of Fisheries and Communities...
The provincial Department of Fisheries and Communities continues to closely follow the resurgence of the redfish stock in an area of the Gulf of St Lawrence known as Unit 1. The PEI groundfish industry has been actively involved in the current experimental quota fishery...
The seafood industry has an economic contribution of $938 million to the Island’s economy and a further $262 million in other provinces for a combined economic impact of $1.2 billion, according to a study by Ernst and Young. The PEI Seafood Sector Economic Contribution Study was...
The provincial government is renewing the Future Fisher Program to continue providing assistance and advice to new entrants to the Island lobster industry. The program offers mentoring and financial support for new entrants to the Island lobster fishery and helps them become...
A new pilot project is focusing on replacing existing buoys in PEI waterways with more environmentally friendly and sustainable buoys. The Expanded Polystyrene Replacement Program will work with identified stakeholders in the aquaculture industry to remove approximately 40,000...