11.   A spokesman for the fishermen, Kim Olsen, said they decided not to move until federal fisheries Minister David Anderson arrives.

12.   Efford had been touted as the one Liberal who might mount a challenge against Tobin, the former federal fisheries minister.

13.   In two days, federal fishery managers are scheduled to unveil recommendations on how hydropower dams should be operated to foster fish recovery.

14.   Roger Simon, a federal fisheries official, said his department was investigating claims by the sealers that Jenkins and the journalists came too close.

15.   The ban was originally the result of a court order but is now under the authority of federal fisheries officials.

16.   The video footage, coupled with full-page anti-sealing ads placed in major Canadian newspapers Monday, was likely to worsen the dilemma faced by the federal fisheries department.

17.   This was picked up by former federal fisheries minister John Crosbie who said the authority to arrest foreign trawlers in international waters could come only with United Nations agreement.