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Canada is woried about the reduction in fish stocks and the collapse of the local fishing industry It is particularly concerned about Greenland Halibut. This fish is usually used for processed products such as fish fingers.The incident happened on the high seas, not in Canadian waters. Canada has passed a law that it believes allows it to seize ships in international waters if they are over-fishing. Canada already has a destroyer and several smaller vessels in the area, the Grand Banks, in the North-west Atlantic, off Newfoundland.