1.   Pacific salmon return to Alaskan streams to deposit their spawn.

2.   Also in the pipeline is a study on Pacific salmon that could help the Clinton administration determine whether to breach several dams on western rivers.

3.   Among the five species of Pacific salmon, chinook and coho are still fetching good prices, though they are down considerably from past years.

4.   And while all Pacific salmon die after spawning once, the Atlantic salmon can make several spawning runs, typically two or three.

5.   Beyond that, its streams are spawning zones for the Pacific salmon, an important economic resource in itself.

6.   But Pacific salmon are different from Atlantic striped bass, which, incidentally, are now rebounding strongly.

7.   Canada says the U.S. is over-fishing Pacific salmon in Canadian waters off islands along the coast of British Columbia.

8.   Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy flew to Washington today after the U.S. government rejected arbitration to resolve a dispute on Pacific salmon fishing rights.

9.   Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy met with officials in Washington today after the U.S. government rejected arbitration to resolve a dispute on Pacific salmon fishing rights.

10.   Canada, in turn, is riled at the United States for imposing high tariffs on sugar and peanut butter and complains about Americans overfishing Pacific salmon.