Sec. 26-157f. Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation.
Sec. 26-157f. Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation. (a) There is established a Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee to advise the Commissioner of Environmental
Protection on matters relating to the development of a lobster v-notch conservation
program to enhance recovery and rebuilding of lobster stock in Long Island Sound.
(b) The committee shall be comprised of the following eleven members: (1) The
Commissioner of Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, (2) the
Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, (3) the state's administrative commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (4) the state's
legislative commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (5) the
state's commissioner who has been appointed by the Governor to the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission, (6) a representative of the Southern New England Fishermen's and Lobsterman's Association, (7) a representative of the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association, (8) a representative of the Long Island Western End
Lobstermen's Association, (9) a representative of the state vocational aquaculture school
known as the Sound School in New Haven, (10) a representative of a state vocational
aquaculture school in Bridgeport, and (11) a representative of the Connecticut Seafood
Council.
(c) The committee shall be appointed jointly by the Commissioners of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, after receiving appointment nominations from each group
listed in subsection (b) of this section, not more than thirty days after May 26, 2006.
The committee shall elect its own chairman and such other officers and adopt such rules
of procedure as it may deem appropriate. Members of said committee shall receive no
compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in the
performance of their duties.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006.