1.   A deal attempting to calm tensions between the European Union and Canada over turbot fishing appears closer but enforcing it could be the hard part.

2.   Canada is being sued for piracy and malicious prosecution over the armed arrest of a Spanish fishing trawler that led to an international agreement on turbot fishing.

3.   Canada reached agreement this year with Europe to limit turbot fishing, after confronting Spanish fishing fleets in the Atlantic.

4.   The EU includes Spain, which has been involved in a bitter dispute with Canada over turbot fishing.

5.   The incident in the North Atlantic came a day after diplomatic efforts failed to resolve the dispute between Canada and the EU over turbot fishing.

6.   The European Union and Canada on Friday sealed a deal over turbot fishing by having it endorsed by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization which includes also Russia and Japan.

7.   The Europeans refuse to comply with a Canadian-called ban on turbot fishing, and Ottawa has not ruled seizing more Spanish ships.

8.   With the sunny New York skyline as backdrop, Canadian Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin launched the latest salvo in the trans-Atlantic fight over turbot fishing.

9.   He added that Canada wanted to negotiate a moratorium on turbot fishing on the Grand Banks but not while the European vessels were still fishing.