§ 20-3-1 Council created – Membership
– Compensation. –
There is hereby created a marine fisheries council. The council shall be
composed of the director of the department of environmental management or the
director's designee, who shall serve as chairperson and eight (8) private
citizen members. The private citizen members shall be chosen from among those
with skill, knowledge, and experience in the commercial fishing industry, the
sport fishing industry, and in the conservation and management of fisheries
resources and shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of
the senate. Three (3) of the private citizen members shall be representatives
of the commercial fishing industry; three (3) shall be representatives of the
sport fishing industry; and the remaining two (2) shall have skill, knowledge,
and experience in the conservation and management of fisheries resources and/or
marine biology. The chairperson of the coastal resources management council and
the chiefs of the divisions of enforcement and fish and wildlife in the
department of environmental management shall serve in an advisory capacity to
the council. Members of the council shall serve for a term of four (4) years
and may not succeed themselves more than once after January 1, 2002. Initial
appointments to the council shall be appointed as follows: three (3) members
for a term of two (2) years, three (3) members for a term of three (3) years,
and two (2) members for a term of four (4) years. All members of the council
shall serve without compensation and shall be reimbursed for their necessary
expenses incurred in travel and in the performance of their duties.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 190, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch.
304, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 47, § 5.)