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New Ministerial Recreational Fishery Advisory Committee appointed (Marine).The Minister of Fisheries and Primary Industries has appointed new membership for the Recreational Fishery Advisory Committee. Overall there were 25 nominations for the 9 recreational fisheries positions. The appointment for the Recreational Fishery Advisory Committee is in the table below. Independent Chair: Mr Ben Marris DPIPWE Recreational Fisheries Management representative; Principal Fisheries Management Officer (Recreational Fisheries): Mr Rod Pearn Fisheries research representative; Dr Jeremy Lyle of the Tasmanian Aquaculture & Fisheries Institute (TAFI) Marine Police representative; Constable Craig Jackman (Tasmania Police) Community and conservation representative; Tasmanian Conservation Trust: Mr Jon Bryan Certified Recreational Fishing Body representative; Tasmanian Association of Recreational Fishers (TARFish) - Mr Lynden Chipman (until 13 November 2010), - Mr Mark Nikolai: TARFish (observer status, with full membership after 13 November 2010) Recreational fisheries representatives - Appointments and areas of expertise Ms Roseanne Heyward: strategic recreational fisheries expertise, expertise in regional south-east areas and linkages to the community. Mr Brett Cleary: expertise in game fish and charter fishing and linkages to the TGFA and SCBOOT. Mr Dick Shaw: strategic recreational fisheries expertise. Mr Tony Eldridge: strategic recreational fisheries expertise. Mr Peter Schulze: strategic recreational fisheries expertise and expertise relating to the west/north-west. Mr Richard Carling: strategic recreational fisheries expertise and expertise relating to the north/north-east. Mr Nigel Stingel: expertise relating to north/north-east Mr Warren Moore: expertise relating to north-west/west Mr Greg Peart: expertise relating to south/south-east |