81.   After a night of haggling, European fisheries ministers reached a pre-dawn accord Friday that will slash catch quotas next year to protect fish species threatened with commercial extinction.

82.   All the species are protected by an international treaty, the Convention on International Trade in Engandered Species of Wild Fauna.

83.   APTV has a special report on efforts currently under way to protect the species from disappearing altogether.

84.   But efforts to protect the species are hampered by illegal trade in the pelts.

85.   Copps presented a bill to protect endangered species in August, saying she wanted to create a safety net for species at risk.

86.   Gale Norton pledged Friday to work more closely with property owners to protect endangered species, as the Senate wrapped up hearings on her nomination to become Interior secretary.

87.   Her work, used mostly by the Mexican government or U.S. nonprofit companies that work in Mexico, helps protect endangered species.

88.   How much land is being allocated for industry, plantations, agriculture, even for protecting species, etcetera?

89.   It agrees, however, that other, endangered whale species should be protected.

90.   It also brought threats of economic sanctions from Washington, because both species are protected under U.S. law.