1.   The introduction of quotas to regulate the commercial fish catch had removed a substantial number of set-netters from the industry.

2.   Despite record fish catches in recent years, scientists say that Lake Victoria in Africa is slowly dying.

3.   The global fish catch is also static.

4.   The annual fish catch is half what it was a decade ago.

5.   The researchers painstakingly collected thousands of reports on fish catches, called landings, from ports around the world for the last century.

6.   But researchers based in Canada said last month that overreporting by China to the FAO has masked dramatic declines in global fish catches for more than a decade.

7.   He said he was pleased with the disruption of the fish catch.

8.   He said fish catch in the General Santos area, known as the tuna capital of the Philippines, has also declined because of the warming of the sea.

9.   India also is facing a major decline in fish catches, a major source of livelihood for poor people.

10.   The fishermen took similar actions last May after authorities enforced limits on other shell fish catches, at one point taking a group of giant Galapagos tortoises hostage.