1.   And Canadian fisheries officials have set fishing quotas based on anticipated runs in big salmon streams like the Fraser and Skeena rivers.

2.   At least four Canadian armed fisheries enforcement vessels and a naval warship, HMCS Grenfell, are patrolling the Nose section of the Grand Banks.

3.   Canadian fisheries officials said they expect the three boats to be released and back on their way later Tuesday.

4.   Canadian fisheries officials say the premier will be to blame if there is no agreement.

5.   Canadian fisheries officials dismissed unsubstantiated reports from Europe that warships from Spain and Portugal were steaming west to protect their fishing fleets.

6.   Canadian fisheries minister David Anderson has cut the provincial government out of any role in the negotiations.

7.   Canadian fisheries complain that seals compete for their increasingly meager catch.

8.   Even with the plentiful sockeye salmon, however, nature appears to have upset calculations of Canadian fisheries officials.

9.   Greenpeace reported that four Canadian fisheries enforcement vessels closed on the Spanish trawler Verdel after a chase through dense fog in international waters.

10.   Last year, Canadian fisheries officials permitted commercial boats to go after pink salmon in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.