Sec. 2. Task force membership. Resolved: That the task force consists of 11 members appointed as follows:

1. One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate. When making the appointment, the President of the Senate shall give preference to members who serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources;

2. Two members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House. When making the appointments, the Speaker of the House shall give preference to members who serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources;

3. One person representing the Lobster Advisory Council, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 58, appointed by the President of the Senate, upon recommendation of the chair of the Lobster Advisory Council;

4. One person representing the Lobster Promotion Council, established in Title 12, section 6455, appointed by the President of the Senate, upon recommendation of the chair of the Lobster Promotion Council;

5. Three persons representing lobster management policy councils, established under Title 12, section 6447, appointed by the Speaker of the House, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Marine Resources; each person must represent a different lobster management zone;

6. Two persons, each of whom must hold a Maine lobster and crab fishing license and a federal permit to fish in federal Offshore Lobster Management Area 3, as defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, appointed by the Commissioner of Marine Resources; and

7. One person who is a marine scientist with expertise in lobsters, appointed by the Commissioner of Marine Resources.

One of the legislative members of the task force must be the Legislator currently serving on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The composition of the task force must reflect a geographical distribution along the coast; and be it further