Agriculture as Seafood Marketing Services. It was
renamed the Seafood Marketing Section in 1988,
and simply Seafood Marketing in 1992. In July
1995, the functions of Seafood Marketing were
assigned to Aquaculture Development and Seafood
Marketing.
This agency promotes increased distribution
and consumption of Maryland seafood and also
seeks to reduce its cost and improve its quality and
marketability. The agency's Maryland Seafood Di-
rectory lists processors, wholesalers, distributors,
and seafood market suppliers of seafood and
aquaculture products.

AQUACULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Douglas C. Burdette, Jr., Chair, 1996
(410) 841-5724

The Aquaculture Advisory Committee was cre-
ated in 1988 (Chapter 534, Acts of 1988). In
consultation with the Senate Economic and Envi-
ronmental Affairs Committee and the House of
Delegates Environmental Matters Committee, the
Committee proposes legislation that promotes a
major aquaculture industry for Maryland's tidal
waters. In 1990, Committee recommendations
helped create the Maryland Seafood and Aquacul-
ture Loan Fund for expanding aquaculture or mod-
ernizing the seafood processing industry (Chapter
511, Acts of 1990).
The Committee has twenty-one members. Twelve
are named to three-year terms by the Governor. Other
members include a senator chosen by the Senate
President, a delegate selected by the House Speaker,
a representative named by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, and one by the Secretary of Natural Resources,
a representative of the Fisheries Service designated by
the Secretary of Natural Resources, and a repre-
sentative of the University of Maryland College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources named by the
Chancellor of the University of Maryland System. The
Secretaries of Business and Economic Development,
the Environment, and Health and Mental Hygiene
each choose a nonvoting member (Code Agriculture
Article, secs. 10-1301, 10-1302).

SEAFOOD MARKETING ADVISORY COMMISSION

William R. Woodfield, Jr., Chair, 1997
(410) 841-5820

In 1987, the Seafood Marketing Advisory Com-
mission was formed within the Department of Ag-
riculture (Chapter 308, Acts of 1987). The
Commission assists Aquaculture Development and
Seafood Marketing.
The Commission has thirteen members. With
Senate advice and consent and the advice of the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Governor appoints
eleven members to four-year terms. Two are non-
voting, ex officio members (Code Agriculture Ar-
ticle, sec. 10-1101).

MARKETING & AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
Errol Small, Chief

50 Harry S Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 841-5770

Marketing and Agricultural Development be-
gan as the Marketing Services Section. It was
reorganized as Marketing in 1992 and received
its current name in 1995. Programs include pro-
jects to improve quality and enhance presenta-
tion of agricultural commodities to the
consumer, international marketing, market news
and statistics services in conjunction with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a consumer
marketing information program (Code Agricul-
ture Article, secs. 10-101 through 10-204, 10-
501 through 10-504, 10-601 through 10-606,
10-701 through 10-708, 10-801 through 10-
807, 10-901 through 10-909).
Marketing and Agricultural Development com-
piles the following publications:

Choose & Cut Christmas Tree Directory
Grain and Livestock (weekly)
Maryland Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Users Guide
Maryland Hay and Straw Directory
Maryland Retail Farmers' Market Directory
Maryland Tobacco Report (radio tape—in season)
Pick-Your-Own Fruit and Vegetable Directory
Wholesale Directory—Maryland Christmas Tree
Growers

Under this unit are the Maryland Agricultural
Fair Board, the Tobacco Authority, and the
Maryland Winery and Grape Growers' Advisory
Board.

MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR BOARD

Vacancy, Chair
Katrina Bradshaw, Executive Secretary
(410) 841-5770

Forerunners of the Maryland Agricultural Fair
Board include societies for the promotion of
agriculture which flourished in Maryland, begin-
ning in 1807 with the creation of boards of
agriculture in twelve Maryland counties (Chap-
ter 169, Acts of 1807). These boards were
authorized to award premiums or medals for the
promotion of agriculture. Other county societies
and fair boards were created and, from time to
time, the General Assembly appropriated money
to them for agricultural fairs.
The Maryland Agricultural Fair Board was es-
tablished as the State Fair Board in 1937 (Chapter
463, Acts of 1937). It received its present name in
1980 (Chapter 85, Acts of 1980). The Board fos-
ters agriculture by promoting and assisting agricul-
tural fairs and exhibits. It gives financial aid to