By letter dated 14 June 2013 the Russian Federation has submitted information to the Review panel in support of its objection of the conservation and management measure Trachurus murphyi (CMM 1,01) under the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (SPRFMO). This memorandum wishes to react to the different elements provided by the Russian Federation, in particular to the following claims:

1. The lack of a part of data cannot serve as a reason for exclusion of the Russian 2010 catches taken in 2010 from the declaration.

The submission by the SPRFMO secretariat explains in detail why the 2010 catch data put orward by the Russian Federation were not acceptable for the parties.

Instead of "lack of data" it is more appropriate to refer to "absence of reliable data" as, on the one hand, there is evidence, that F/V Lafayette was not an active fishing vessel in 2010 (as supported by two different inspection reports) and, on the other hand, data on transhipments submitted by Peru contradict the figures reported by Russia for 2010. Up to now the Russian Federation has failed to provide information that would underpin the reliability of the data.