He is on the commitees representing sport fishers not the department. I doubt the rest of the policy members would like to be characterized as working for the department. You could ask some are members of this board.

He works for Northwest Marine Trade Association, http://www.nmta.net/staffcontacts.asp. The people whose businesses depend on sport fishermen to buy boats, motors, tackle ect. They also sponsor the salmon derby series, seems kind of sport fishery centric to me.