Negotiations between Japan and Russia on the conditions for Japanese fishermen to catch salmon and trout in the Japanese exclusive economic zone for the year began on Monday and will continue until March 24. The discussions, which are being held via videoconference, aim to agree on quotas for seafood catching and address other issues. The schedule for negotiations on a quota for fishing in the Russian exclusive economic zone has not been set. The two countries have been fishing in each other's 200-mile exclusive economic zones since a 1984 agreement.