11.   Last winter, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization set catch quotas for turbot for the first time, in response to a decline in stocks.

12.   OTTAWA -- Canadian patrol vessels stage a high-speed chase of a Spanish fishing trawler Sunday in the latest clash over catch quotas.

13.   Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin has approved a proposed deal with Iceland and Norway to control fishing and catch quotas in northern seas, according to a report Tuesday.

14.   She insists fishermen will be permanently put out of business unless stocks are preserved by reductions in the catch quotas which the EU allocates each nation.

15.   Spain, France and Ireland are all asking for increases in catch quotas for certain fish where the Commission is seeking cuts.

16.   The European Union started talks Monday to drastically cut catch quotas for some of the most popular fish species in an attempt to save them from commercial extinction.

17.   The only topic discussed Wednesday was aboriginal catch quotas, and the debate was dominated by a tense standoff between the United States and Japan.

18.   U.S., Russia request to IWC for new aboriginal catch quotas defeated again.

19.   In addition, the total allowable catch quota for each species will be set within biologically established limits, she underlined.

20.   A previous bid to settle the row failed in talks in Brussels Friday, with the parties remaining at odds over the distribution of turbot catch quotas.