16 USC 5004 – Advisory Panel
(a) Establishment of Panel
An Advisory Panel to the United States Section is established. The Advisory Panel shall be composed of the following:
(1) The Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
(2) The Director of the Washington Department of Fisheries.
(3) One representative of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, designated by the Executive Director of that commission.
(4) Eleven members (six of whom shall be residents of the State of Alaska and five of whom shall be residents of the State of Washington), appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, from among a slate of 12 persons nominated by the Governor of Alaska and a slate of 10 persons nominated by the Governor of Washington.
(b) Qualifications
Terms Used In 16 USC 5004
- Anadromous stocks: means stocks of species listed in the Annex to the Convention that migrate into the Convention area. See 16 USC 5002
- Commission: means the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission provided for by article VIII of the Convention. See 16 USC 5002
- Ecologically related species: means living marine species which are associated with anadromous stocks found in the Convention area, including, but not restricted to, both predators and prey of anadromous fish. See 16 USC 5002
- Fish: means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal and plant life other than marine mammals and birds. See 16 USC 5002
- Fishing: means &mdash. See 16 USC 5002
- Secretary: means the Secretary of State. See 16 USC 5002
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
- United States Section: means the United States Commissioners of the Commission. See 16 USC 5002
Persons appointed to the Advisory Panel shall be individuals who are knowledgeable or experienced concerning anadromous stocks and ecologically related species. In submitting a slate of nominees pursuant to subsection (a)(4), the Governors of Alaska and Washington shall seek to represent the broad range of parties interested in anadromous stocks and ecologically related species, and at a minimum shall include on each slate at least one representative of commercial salmon fishing interests and of environmental interests concerned with protection of living marine resources.
(c) Limitation on service
Any person appointed to the Advisory Panel pursuant to subsection (a)(4) shall serve for a term not to exceed 4 years, and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
(d) Functions
The Advisory Panel shall be invited to all nonexecutive meetings of the United States Section and at such meetings shall be granted the opportunity to examine and to be heard on all proposed programs of study and investigation, reports, and recommendations of the United States Section.
(e) Compensation
The members of the Advisory Panel shall receive no compensation for their service as such members.
(f) Travel expenses
(1) In general
The Secretary may pay the necessary travel expenses of the members of the Advisory Panel in carrying out their service as such members in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5.
(2) Reimbursement
The Secretary of Commerce may reimburse the Secretary for amounts expended by the Secretary under this subparagraph.1