11.  The Ogonis say their fishing waters and farmlands have been wrecked by oil spills, and they have fought for compensation from the oil companies doing business in Nigeria.

12.  The Ogoni group has accused the government and international oil companies of polluting traditional Ogoni lands and coastal fishing waters.

13.  Vezey says the state has strong claims to those islands, as well as to important fishing waters that may also have oil and mining potential.

14.  The rest of the wreck will then be sealed off so that it does not damage surrounding fishing waters.

15.  The viability of the project will also depend on the success of proposed joint patrol of disputed fishing waters.

16.  Irish naval officers boarded two Japanese trawlers inside Irish fishing waters and escorted them to shore, the navy said Friday.

17.  Talks on the fishing grounds, said Di Tella, were interrupted because Britain decided unilaterally last month to expand the area it claims as its fishing waters.