61.   Earlier talks on fishing rights had made little progress because of a group of rocky islets that both sides claim.

62.   European Union diplomats examine a draft agreement Canadian officials say should end the month-long standoff over turbot fishing rights in the northwest Atlantic.

63.   European Union and Moroccan officials on Monday resumed negotiations about fishing rights that will affect thousands of fishermen in north Africa.

64.   European Union and Moroccan officials on Monday resumed negotiations on fishing rights off the north African nation that will affect the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen in the region.

65.   Fishing rights and growing competition for diminishing stocks are a sensitive issue in Europe and in Canada.

66.   Fishing rights negotiations between the European Union and Morocco were suspended Wednesday, with no indication as to whether Morocco will agree to joint fishing ventures with Europeans.

67.   For the third time in recent weeks, federal agents on Tuesday removed hundreds of lobster traps set by an Indian group in an ongoing dispute over fishing rights.

68.   Gales prevented French fishermen from staging a demonstration off the Channel Island of Guernsey on Monday in a dispute over fishing rights.

69.   In New Brunswick, shots were fired last weekend at the home of two Micmac Indians involved in a long-running protest over fishing rights.

70.   Indian and non-Indian fishermen in a dispute over fishing rights fired shots at each other on Miramichi Bay off eastern Canada.