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Fisheries Act 1988
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24 Fisheries management advisory committees
(1) For the purposes of assisting the Director in preparing proposed
plans and giving advice in relation to management plans, the
Minister may, as the Minister thinks fit, from time to time establish
and, after having due regard to the users of an area or fishery,
appoint members to an advisory committee for each management
area or managed fishery.
(2) Each such committee must be chaired by a person nominated by
the Minister and may include members representing Aboriginal,
commercial, processing, wholesaling, retailing, recreational,
consumer, or other interests in the area relating to fishing, fish, or
aquatic life.