Aboriginal Fishing Advisory Council

Rene Woods

Region 1 Far West NSW

Joe Flick

Region 2 North West NSW

Joe is a proud Ullaroi/Gamilroi man from Western NSW. Joe is a freshwater man and has a passion for the river and the stories of the travels of freshwater fish (Guddo). Joe endorses the sustainability of freshwater fishing and is a member of the Western Catchment Management Authority's Aboriginal Advisory Group that promotes and participates in the effort to reduce the number of noxious fish in the Murray/Darling river system – the European Carp.

Mike Nolan

Region 3 Central NSW

Dave Carter

Region 4 South Western NSW

Adam Ryan

Region 5 Northern NSW

Regina Moran

Region 6 Far North Coast NSW

Chels Marshall

Region 7 North Coast NSW

Chels is from the north coast of NSW and has extensive cultural knowledge of land and sea. Chels also has experience working with communities in this region in natural resource management matters.

Currently vacant

Region 8 Sydney and NSW Central Coast

Patrick Lock

Region 9 South Coast NSW

Danny Chapman

Region 10 Far South Coast NSW

Danny is a saltwater Walbunga man from the south coast of NSW. A major part of his education was learning how to fish, dive and gather food from the sea and estuaries. Danny has commercial fishing knowledge, and has been actively involved in building recognition of Aboriginal people's right to fish at local, state, national and international levels.

Associate Professor
Stephan Schnierer

Other Aboriginal Person
appointed by the Minister

Stephan is currently an academic in the School of Environmental Sciences and Management, at Southern Cross University, and is currently undertaking research on Indigenous cultural fishing in NSW. He has extensive knowledge and experience in fisheries biology and management, Indigenous environmental management and resource rights and Traditional Fishing Knowledge. Stephan has a strong belief in the connection between Indigenous culture and the environment and works as an advocate for the need to review and change environmental policy and legislation that hinders or prevents Indigenous cultural practice.

Natalie Rotumah

Nominee of NTSCORP

Natalie is a proud Minjungbal Bundjalung woman from Tweed Heads South, who has an extensive knowledge of Cultural Fishing. Born the grand-daughter of a deep sea fisherman and an oyster farmer, Natalie understands the complexities of the issues affecting Aboriginal People in the industry first hand and has been involved in the fight for many years to protect the 'Cultural Fishing' rights of Aboriginal People. Natalie is currently employed as the General Manager of NTSCORP Ltd.

Councillor Peter Smith

Nominee of NSWALC

Dungutti man, Peter Smith, hails from Kempsey. Peter is passionate about preserving and promoting traditional cultural practices. Peter is also currently a councillor at the NSW Aboriginal Land Council.

Mika Malkki

A Senior Officer of NSW DPI

Mika is the Director, Fisheries Operations within the Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries.