NOAA Fisheries research biologist Jessica Crance was on board the Yushin Maru 2, when the animals were spotted.

The alleged recipient of the funds was an American citizen in his early 30s who had been arrested more than a year ago.

Morgan Stanley also cut its forecast for the Mexican peso to 20 per dollar MXN= in the third quarter of next year

Armenia's rivals in the World Cup qualifying round, Poland, Montenegro and Kazakhstan took the 5th, 52nd and 105th positions, respectively.

Sergey Karjakin is now tied for fourth place with Magnus Carlsen, half a point below Aronian, Vishy Anand and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.