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Fisheries Act 1988
70BFisheries management advisory committees
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70B Fisheries management advisory committees
(1) For the purposes of assisting the Joint Authority in preparing
proposed plans and giving advice in relation to management plans,
the Joint Authority may, as the Joint Authority 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 Joint Authority 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.