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FOR EXAMPLE, ARTICLE VII STATES: 



AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL 

 FISHERMEN AND THE SALT WATER ANGLERS AND SUCH OTHER INTERESTS OF 

 EACH STATE AS THE COMMISSION DEEMS ADVISABLE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED 

 BY THE COMMISSION AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVISING 

 THE COMMISSION UPON SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT MAY DESIRE TO MAKE. 



MR. CHAIRMAN, THE ASMFC HAS NO ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YET THE 

 LANGUAGE IN THAT PUBLIC LAW PASSED BY THE CONGRESS STATES THAT 

 THEY SHALL ESTABLISH IT! 



ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT LAST YEAR'S MEETING WAS THE SUBJECT OF 



MEETING ATTENDANCE BY THE LGA'S, OR LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNOR'S 



APPOINTEES. I POINTED OUT THE FOLLOWING WHICH AGAIN IS IN THEIR 



COMPACT: 



CONTINUED ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATION OR OF ANY REPRESENTATIVE ON 



THE COMMISSION FROM ANY STATE PARTY HERETO SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE 



ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR THEREOF. 



IN RESPONSE, I WAS TOLD THAT IT TENDS TO MAKE GOVERNOR'S MAD WHEN 

 THAT WAS DONE, AND THAT COULD AFFECT THE ASMFC'S FUNDING ! 



MY POINT, MR. CHARIMAN IS TWOFOLD. FIRST, THE ASMFC'S COMPACT IS A 

 PUBLIC LAW PASSED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. THE LANGUAGE IS 

 WRITTEN TO ASSURE THAT THE "INTERESTS OF EACH STATE" ARE PART OF THE 

 PROCESS. THE TEXT OF JUST THE 2 EXAMPLES ABOVE INCLUDE THE WORD, 



