1.   An agreement on fishing quotas was reached by EU ministers yesterday.

2.   They have the right to set fishing quotas.

3.   The amendments had been introduced to put a stop to quota hopping whereby foreign vessels flying the British flag were plundering fishing quotas.

4.   Bilateral talks on fishing quotas off Newfoundland were scheduled for early July in Ottawa, Canada.

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

6.   At the time, there were calls to cut fishing quotas in half.

7.   The catches are destined for Japan, avoiding Russian ports, taxes and fishing quotas.

8.   --The capture of unwanted marine species, known as bycatch, should be taken into account in setting fishing quotas and designing management plans.

9.   Outraging fishermen, she ordered cod fishing quotas slashed by two-thirds because the stock was dangerously depleted.

10.   Petty haggling about fishing quotas must stop and the global overcapacity fishing industry must be radically dismantled.