CBC News Mar 19 2001  MONCTON, N.B. Interim fishing agreements set to expire  A war of words is brewing in the native fishing dispute. The federal government wants bands in Atlantic Canada to sign new interim fishing agreements. But the bands say they'll only accept deals they've written themselves.  The spring commercial fishing season is just a few weeks away, and the interim fishing agreements many bands signed with Ottawa last year are about to run out.  Chief Lawrence Paul, co-chair of the group that represents the 34 First Nations in Atlantic Canada, says the new agreements offered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans don't include a clause to protect treaty rights.  Paul says he has come up with alternate wording, but the two sides seem to be at an impasse. He says he's worried about what will happen on the water.  "If there are any more violent episodes on the water this spring or summer, I think that they'll have to take the full blame for it, because they'd be the architect of their own undoings," he says.  André-Marc Lantaigne, a spokesperson with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, says the agreements are worth a lot of money to the communities involved. But he says that funding won't be handed over without a written agreement.  "We don't provide million of dollars without a contract," he says. "We will be providing access again and as with any fishery they will have to follow the regulations."  Lantaigne says even if treaty rights are affected by these agreements native bands will have the right to change their minds.  But Paul says native bands don't want to sign a deal that could affect their future.