41.   WWF singled out the European Union for subsidizing and deploying large numbers of fishing vessels to fish extensively in African waters, after depleting its own stocks.

42.   He said operators of fishing vessels in the area had requested authorities allow them to carry firearms to protect themselves from pirate attacks.

43.   Interfax said a rescue ship with deep-sea search equipment was joining in the operation with two hydrographic survey ships and fishing vessels.

44.   A suspected pirate fishing vessel was being escorted Friday towards Australia after its dramatic high seas arrest for alleged poaching in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica.

45.   Although Clemens refused to say much about the contract for the Tahitian fishing vessels, he seemed to accept FSL may have lost the contract for two of them.

46.   Disputes over attacks on fishing vessels is a recurring irritant between the two sides.

47.   Earlier Sunday, an Israeli gunboat opened fire at fishing vessels off the southern Lebanese port of Tyre, without causing injuries, Lebanese police said.

48.   European fishing vessels ceased operations in Senegalese waters after an extension to a bilateral fishing rights accord expired at the New Year, officials said Wednesday.

49.   The survivors were rescued by fishing vessels after spending seven hours adrift near the port of Salina Cruz in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.

50.   They wanted French fishing vessels to return to Lorient, to provide much-needed work for them, he said.