1 P R O C E E D I N G S

2 CHAIRMAN OXMAN: Good morning. It is my pleasure and

3 my honor to open today's hearing on the Objection of the

4 Russian Federation to the Conservation and Management Measure

5 for--I'm going to get this wrong--Trachurus murphyi--which was

6 raised pursuant to Article 17 and Annex II of the Convention on

7 the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources

8 in the South Pacific Ocean.