31.   Alaskan fishermen have caught more than twice the quota of sockeye salmon allowed them in a treaty on Pacific salmon.

32.   The fish are an ocean away from their normal breeding grounds, and biologists say interbreeding with Pacific salmon is unlikely.

33.   Along the West Coast, there is the simmering row between the United States and Canada over which side is responsible for the depleting stocks of Pacific salmon.

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

35.   The two countries have been locked in a fish feud over Canadian demands for compensation for US catches of Pacific salmon.

36.   The two countries have been locked in discussions over Canadian demands for compensation for US catches of Pacific salmon.

37.   The United States and Canada have agreed to resume negotiations to resolve a dispute over Pacific salmon, the State Department said Wednesday.

38.   The United States has agreed to mediation to resolve a dispute with Canada over stocks of Pacific salmon, the Canadian government said in statement released here Tuesday.

39.   Meanwhile, the stocks of Pacific salmon continue to diminish.