GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COORDINATION.

“SEC. 1203. GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COORDINATION. “(a) In General.—Not later than 30 days following the date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall request that the Great Lakes Commission (established under Article IV of the Great Lakes Compact to which the Congress granted consent in the Act of July 24, 1968, P.L. 90–419) convene a panel of Great Lakes representatives from Federal, State and local agencies and from private environmental and commercial interests to— “(1) identify priorities for the Great Lakes with respect to aquatic nuisance species; “(2) make recommendations to the Task Force regarding programs to carry out section 1202(i) of this Act; “(3) assist the Task Force in coordinating Federal aquatic nuisance species program activities in the Great Lakes; “(4) coordinate, where possible, aquatic nuisance species pro-gram activities in the Great Lakes that are not conducted pursuant to this Act; “(5) provide advice to public and private individuals and entities concerning methods of controlling aquatic nuisance species; and “(6) submit annually a report to the Task Force describing activities within the Great Lakes related to aquatic nuisance species prevention, research, control. “(b) Consultation.—The Task Force shall request that the Great Lakes Fishery Commission provide information to the panel convened under this section on technical and policy matters related to the international fishery resources of the Great Lakes. 104 STAT. 4770 “(c) Canadian Participation.—The panel convened under this section is encourage to invite representatives from the Federal, provincial or territorial governments of Canada to participate as observers.