EXECUTIVE ORDER EO 80-21
ESTABLISHING DISTANT WATERS
FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the growing
Washington-based high-seas fishing fleet produces annual landings of fisheries
resources exceeding in value 100 million dollars; and
WHEREAS, such fishery activity
contributes significantly to the maritime economy of the state of Washington;
and
WHEREAS,
the
management of fisheries resources harvested by the high-seas fleet is largely
under the jurisdiction of the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council; and
WHEREAS, the state of Washington is
represented on the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council by the Washington Department of Fisheries; and
WHEREAS, effective representation of
the Council requires the communication, commitment and cooperation of both the
state of Washington and those fisheries resource user groups impacted most by
the undertakings and decisions of the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
I, Dixy Lee Ray, Governor of the state of Washington, by virtue of the power
vested in me do hereby direct as follows:
1. There is hereby created a Distant Waters
Fisheries Advisory Committee which shall serve for the purpose of advising the
Washington Department of Fisheries and the Office of the Governor on
developments within the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and state or
national legislation impacting Washington-based high-seas fishing fleets.
2. The Committee shall file a monthly
written report of its activities with the Department of Fisheries.
3. The Committee shall meet with the
Department of Fisheries at least twice each year or additionally at the request
of the Director of Fisheries.
4. The Committee shall be constituted of
seven members who are either high-seas fleet fishermen or representatives of
appropriate fishermen groups as approved by the Director of Fisheries. Members
shall be appointed to and serve such terms as may be determined by and at the
discretion of the Governor.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I
have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the State
of Washington to be affixed at Olympia
this 29th day of September A.D., Nineteen hundred
and eighty.
DIXY LEE RAY
Governor of Washington
BY THE
GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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