(a) A Fishery Industrial Technology Policy Council is established to provide program and planning guidance to the center. The policy council shall be composed of members of the state's fishing and processing industry.
(b) The policy council consists of seven members appointed by the president of the University of Alaska, including
(1) two members appointed from the seafood processing industry; the members appointed under this paragraph shall be owners or employees of firms that are in operation in the state and, insofar as possible, shall represent diverse processing operations;
(2) two members who are commercial fishermen; the members appointed under this paragraph shall be actively engaged in commercial fishing in the state and, insofar as possible, shall represent fishing for diverse fisheries resources;
(3) three public members.
(c) A member of the policy council serves a term of two years.
(d) At least five members of the policy council shall be residents of the state.