11.   Australia, Japan and New Zealand will meet next week in a bid to reach an agreement on fishing quotas for endangered Southern Bluefin Tuna.

12.   British fishermen have repeatedly accused their Spanish counterparts of flouting European Union fishing quotas, which are aimed at conserving stocks.

13.   Britain said Thursday it will challenge European Union plans to slash fishing quotas, saying it wants to see scientific evidence to justify the cuts.

14.   Canada and the European Union reached a tentative deal Saturday in the dispute over fishing quotas in the North Atlantic, a Canadian government source said.

15.   Canada and the European Union reached a tentative deal Saturday in the dispute over fishing quotas in the North Atlantic, a Canadian official said.

16.   Government ministers had argued that the European Union was not to blame, and fishing quotas have to be reduced to conserve stocks.

17.   Hogg made the announcement hours before the Conservative government faced a knife-edge vote over European Union fishing quotas, imposed to preserve stocks.

18.   In the zone around the four islands where the two zones overlap, the two nations have introduced fishing quotas, which were determined through negotiations.

19.   Officials also will discuss recent problems regarding fisheries in the North Sea and the Barents Sea, although Norway and Russia in general agree on fishing quotas.

20.   The EU imposes fishing quotas and limits net sizes to protect stocks, but member nations have failed to agree on measures to enforce the regulations.