THE PRESIDENT: This is the last of 1 the sittings for the hearings in the request for

2 provisional measures. The parties and the Tribunal have agreed that this session will

3 be devoted to the last submissions by both parties, beginning with New Zealand and

4 Australia. In accordance with the Rules, each party will, at the end of the

5 submissions, present to the Tribunal its final submissions. It is requested that these

6 submissions should be handed to the Registrar in writing at the end of the

7 presentations.

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9 Before inviting the Agents of New Zealand and Australia to commence their

10 submissions, I would like to state to the parties that the Tribunal would be very

11 grateful if they could elaborate further on the schedule and duration of their annual

12 fishing for SBT in the framework of the 1993 CCSBT. In particular, the Tribunal

13 would like the parties to provide information on the time of the year when the fishing

14 for SBT commences, whether this time is the same for all parties or whether it varies

15 from individual party to party.

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17 In addition, we would like some information on the length of the period in months

18 over which the parties fish for their allocated quotas. Finally, we would like to be

19 informed of the expected commencement date for the next fishing season for each of

20 the parties. We hope this information is available. We would be very pleased to have

21 it. Having said that, it is now my pleasure to invite Mr Campbell to commence the

22 submission on behalf of New Zealand and Australia.