21.   But goodwill dissipated after Israeli commandoes seized a ship hauling tons of weapons.

22.   But Yemeni authorities have begun cracking down, seizing the ships and punishing their crews.

23.   Canada last year passed a law allowing it to seize ships in international waters if it believes they overfish.

24.   Canada last year passed a law allowing it to seize ships in international waters if it believes they are overfishing.

25.   Canadian officials made the arrest based on a national law which allowed its authorities to seize ships in international waters if they believe vessels are overfishing.

26.   Earlier this year France seized three ships near its sub-Antarctic islands, and South Africa has refused to let poaching ships dock in Cape Town.

27.   Filipino crew members who managed to send faxed messages about the ordeal to their government said the ship was seized shortly after leaving an oil platform.

28.   French commandos boarded and seized both ships, along with the helicopters and several zodiac inflatables used to send activists to Mururoa, and have not released them.

29.   Ghanaian officials seized the ship when it arrived in the port of Tema, just east of the capital Accra, under its new name over the weekend.

30.   He did not say when the second ship was seized.