I'll start by saying something quickly.
I think for the most part you can only get on one of those boards and be a voting member if you own a licence. The vast majority of people who are active fishers on our coast are hired skippers who run boats for owners or they're someone like me who owns a boat but leases the licence. You don't really get a voice on the advisory committees unless you own a licence. Then you can be a member.
I very recently started to get involved in that with tuna because technically my boat has a registered licence on it now, so I'm just going to these advisory boards and letting myself in to participate.