U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has approved two of Gov. Sarah Palin's nominees to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

Robert Dersham, who has been reappointed, and Dan Hull start their terms in August.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has jurisdiction from three to 200 miles off Alaska's shores, and is responsible for managing pollock, cod, halibut, sole and other groundfish.

Dersham, of Anchor Point, is a 23-year charter boat operator in Lower Cook Inlet. Hull, of Anchorage, has been a fisherman for more than 25 years and has a master's degree in marine affairs from the University of Washington.