51.   He said Spain wanted a guarantee the French would no longer use overlong nets to fish for tuna.

52.   He said the Canadians also lied last month when they said a Spanish trawler they seized off Newfoundland had been using illegal nets.

53.   A court on Wednesday fined the captain of a Spanish trawler seized off the British coast after he admitted using illegal nets and concealing part of his catch.

54.   The US had banned some imports of tuna caught using nets which endanger dolphins.

55.   They said the fishermen were using illegal nets and were still catching endangered turtles in violation of agriculture ministry instructions.

56.   Two British-registered trawlers have been escorted into the French port of Brest after officials found they were using illegal nets, police said Thursday.

57.   Most of the member states use the nets, particularly the Italians for swordfish and the Scandinavians for salmon.

58.   The Canadians said the Estai was using nets with mesh smaller than the regulation size and was catching young fish before they had time to breed.