21.   A previous bid to settle the row failed in talks here Friday, with the parties at odds over the distirbution of turbot catch quotas.

22.   Canada and the United States have agreed to mediate a dispute on catch quotas of Pacific salmon, Canadian Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin said Monday.

23.   The specific agreement with Morocco will be initialled next week along with a fishing accord that sets out catch quotas for Spanish and Portuguese trawlers in Moroccan waters.

24.   WWF Japan said it considered the scheme an appropriate basis for setting catch quotas.