93Membership of Council

93 Membership of Council The Council consists of the following 14 members appointed by the Minister— (a) a member who, in the opinion of the Minister, is independent of the commercial and recreational fishing sectors who is appointed as the chairperson by the Minister; (b) 4 members who, in the opinion of the Minister, have knowledge and experience in commercial fishing and represent the interests of the Victorian fishing commercial sector; (c) one member who, in the opinion of the Minister, has knowledge and experience in commercial fishing and represents the Commonwealth commercial fishing sector; (d) 4 members who, in the opinion of the Minister, have knowledge and experience in recreational fishing and represent the Victorian recreational fishing sector; (e) one member who, in the opinion of the Minister, has knowledge and experience in recreational fishing and represents the Victorian recreational fishing business sector; (f) one Aboriginal person who, in the opinion of the Minister, has knowledge and experience of Aboriginal fishing and represents the interests of the Aboriginal community; (g) one fisheries ecologist who, in the opinion of the Minister, has knowledge and experience of the sustainable use of aquatic resources and represents the community interest in the sustainable use of those resources; (h) one economist who, in the opinion of the Minister, has knowledge and experience of fisheries or natural resource economics. New s. 94 inserted by No. 64/2013 s. 4.