1.   But fishermen, increasingly hemmed in by restrictions on their livelihood, called on regulators to consider the damage to fishing communities if cod catches are deeply reduced.

2.   But overfishing has reduced the catch in recent years, and two years ago Wasdi joined the hunt for gold.

3.   Fruit and poultry are also in short supply, and sailing limits imposed by the Israelis have sharply reduced the catch of local fishermen.

4.   If the so-called bycatch reduction devices are not judged to be working, the commercial and recreational snapper catch will be reduced.

5.   In return, Americans want to reduce catches off Vancouver Island of coho and chinook bound for Washington and Oregon, where salmon runs are slumping.

6.   Meanwhile, Ottawa is vigorously seeking to persuade US fishermen to reduce their catch and avert a showdown.

7.   Ocean conditions, overfishing, logging along streambanks and urban development have combined to drastically reduce the catch.

8.   Regulations already on the books have dramatically reduced inadvertent catches of turtles and porpoises, they insist.

9.   Shrimpers complain that the turtle excluder devices, known as TEDs, are unnecessary and reduce their catch.

10.   The council, which covers the ocean waters off California, Oregon and Washington, also will consider reducing catches of near-shore rockfish and yellowfin rockfish.