TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

In accordance with Conservation Measure 24-01, Members are advised that Russia has submitted two notifications for research fishing in Subareas 88.2 (SSRU A) and 88.3 in order to obtain new data and biological samples on Dissostichus mawsoni and associated by-catch species (attached). The research fishing is expected to take up to 10 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 88.2 (SSRU A) and up to 65 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. in Subarea 88.3.

The notifications fall under paragraph 3 of Conservation Measure 24-01 and the research plans will be submitted to WG-FSA for consideration at its meeting in 2011.

Andrew Wright

Executive Secretary