Plant owner Ocean Choice International (OCI) has made it clear they plan to sell the facility.
Mr. Mitchelmore said he fears the company will gut the facility of valuable equipment and then try to walk away from the site.
The Straits-White Bay North MHA suggested government must ensure it will hold OCI accountable for all the company's responsibilities regarding the facility.
"The people of Englee, in my district, know all too well what happens when the owner of a fish plant isn't held to its responsibilities for the site after the enterprise closes. They know government will do nothing to help them.
"I'd hate to see the people of Marystown, and the people of this province, stuck with another expensive, and possibly dangerous environmental clean-up like the former paper mill in Grand Falls-Windsor and, of course, the disintegrating plant in Englee that is causing so much hardship and worry."
The issue is one that is also on the minds of Marystown council.
During Tuesday's regular meeting, it was proposed a file be opened to determine exactly who is responsible for old oil tanks on the company's property in Mooring Cove.
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