1.   The DFG is behind in naming lakes to the program, according to Alan Pickard, senior fisheries supervisor for the DFG in Bishop.

2.   One senior fisheries adviser at the Ministry of Agriculture mistakenly thought the new law applies also to pond-raised shrimp.

3.   The ministry of agriculture and cooperatives planned to lodge a formal complaint to a delegation of senior Vietnamese fisheries officials arriving later Saturday on a working visit to Bangkok.

4.   Russia is considering renewing its commercial whaling activity, despite an international moratorium, Interfax news agency reported Monday quoting a senior fisheries official.