NOAA’s Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is seeking to fill six seats on its advisory council. The council ensures public participation in sanctuary matters and provides advice to sanctuary management.
The sanctuary is accepting applications for the following seats: Public At-Large, Recreational Fishing, Education, Chumash Community, Conservation, and Tourism.
Candidates are selected based upon their expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying, community and professional affiliations, and views regarding the protection and management of marine resources. Applicants who are chosen as members or alternates should expect to serve a voluntary two-year term, attending public advisory council meetings that occur once every other month at locations in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
A few times each year, with the approach of end-of-term dates for various seats, sanctuary staff open a recruitment period that provides a public opportunity for interested persons to apply for membership for open positions on the council. Currently serving advisory council members may also seek to be reappointed, subject to term limit provisions described within the council’s charter.
Application kits can be found at: https://channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/council_news.html
Applications are due on or before January 31, 2020.
For further information, please contact Pike Spector by email at pike.spector@noaa.gov, or by phone at 805-893-6425.
