288   Advisory Council on Recreational Fishing

(1)  The Advisory Council on Recreational Fishing is to be composed of the following members:

(a)  persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, have expertise in one or more of the following areas:

(i)  estuary fishing,

(ii)  offshore fishing,

(iii)  freshwater fishing,

(iv)  underwater fishing,

(v)  sale of fishing tackle,

(vi)  the media (reporting on fishing),

(vii)  charter boat fishing,

(viii)  Aboriginal culture,

(b)  one person appointed on the nomination of the Nature Conservation Council,

(c)  the Director-General or a nominee of the Director-General,

(d)  such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate.

(2)  The Minister may, by advertisement published in a newspaper circulating throughout the State, call for expressions of interest in membership of the Advisory Council on Recreational Fishing.