580                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ONE OR MORE OFFICES FOR THE
TRANSACTION OF ITS BUSINESS AND MAY MEET AT ANY TIME
OR PLACE BUT MUST MEET AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

ARTICLE VI

NO ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION IN
REGARD TO ITS GENERAL AFFAIRS EXCEPT BY THE
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE WHOLE NUMBER OF
COMPACTING STATES PRESENT AT ANY MEETING. NO
RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE MADE BY THE COMMISSION IN
REGARD TO ANY SPECIES OF FISH EXCEPT BY THE
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY OF THE COMPACTING
STATES WHICH HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT SPECIES. THE
COMMISSION SHALL DEFINE WHAT SHALL BE AN INTEREST.

ARTICLE VII

THE FISH AND WILD LIFE SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SHALL ACT AS THE PRIMARY RESEARCH AGENCY OF THE
ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION
COOPERATING WITH THE RESEARCH AGENCIES IN EACH STATE
FOR THAT PURPOSE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SAID FISH
AND WILD LIFE SERVICE SHALL ATTEND THE MEETINGS OF THE
COMMISSION.

AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN AND THE SALT WATER ANGLERS AND
THE OTHER SUCH INTERESTS OF EACH STATE AS THE
COMMISSION DEEMS ADVISABLE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE
COMMISSION AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ADVISING THE COMMISSION UPON SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AS
IT MAY DESIRE TO MAKE.

ARTICLE VIII

WHEN ANY STATE OTHER THAN THOSE NAKED
SPECIFICALLY IN ARTICLE II OF THIS COMPACT SHALL
BECOME A PARTY THERETO FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSERVING
ANADROMOUS FISH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE II, THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCH STATE IN THE
ACTION OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE LIMITED TO SPECIES
OF ANADROMOUS FISH.

ARTICLE IX

NOTHING IN THIS COMPACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
LIMIT THE POWERS OF ANY SIGNATORY STATE OR TO REPEAL
OR PREVENT THE ENACTMENT OF ANT LEGISLATION OR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY REQUIREMENT BY ANY SIGNATORY STATE