11.   Filali said the new fisheries agreement would lead to a sharing of fish stocks.

12.   It quoted an unidentified Foreign Ministry official as saying that Japan is seriously considering the idea and that it represents progress toward a new fisheries agreement.

13.   Japan and South Korea have agreed to resume talks this week to resolve a dispute related to their new fisheries treaty, Seoul officials said Sunday.

14.   Japan and South Korea put a new fisheries accord into effect Friday, although it still lacks some key details.

15.   Japan and South Korea agreed on quotas and fishing methods in their respective waters Friday, finally completing a new fisheries treaty, government officials said.

16.   Japan and South Korea opened two days of working-level talks Thursday on a new fisheries treaty, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

17.   Seoul now is negotiating a new fisheries treaty with Beijing as well.

18.   South Korea asked Japan on Thursday to discuss an amendment to a new fisheries treaty that has provoked fierce criticism here, Foreign Ministry officials said.

19.   South Korea will need to negotiate with Japan to revise their existing fishery accord and sign a new fishery agreement with China.

20.   The first day of negotiations between Japanese and South Korean officials over a new fisheries treaty ended Wednesday with talks snagged on a dispute over crab and eel fishing.