1.   Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Mark Vaile said Australia will continue to exclude Japanese tuna boats from both its tuna fishing zone and its ports.

2.   An archaeologist thinks ancient Japanese tuna fishermen may have beat the Melanesians to this South Pacific island.

3.   The Libyan coast guard has seized a Japanese tuna fishing ship in the Mediterranean Sea and detained its crew, the top government spokesman told reporters Friday.

4.   The Taisei Maru was part of a fleet of Japanese tuna vessels that has been standing off the west coast just outside the Irish economic zone for several days.

5.   Officials of the Customs and Immigration Departments found the men were selling sex to Japanese tuna fishermen.