71.   Coast Guard spokesman Yoji Osaka did not say what triggered the dispatch, but Kyodo News reported that the suspicious boat was cited by local fishermen.

72.   Dozens of local fishermen and their families are currently working to clear up the slick to minimize the damages on seaweed and other marine resources.

73.   Eastmond said Barbados would seek guarantees for local fishermen to fish around Trinidad and Tobago, it said.

74.   Eighteen people were rescued by local fishermen.

75.   Five others are in hospital, while the rest, rescued by navy divers and local fisherman, have fled fearing arrest.

76.   Half a dozen armed military personnel in blue camouflage fatigues manned a bridge where local fishermen had docked their small boats.

77.   He also stressed that they were not competing with local fishermen, nor encroaching onto their territory, as their business was in the cultivation of fish from hatcheries.

78.   He warned local fishermen about possible aftershocks although no tsunami was reported.

79.   He offered a prayer and shared a meal of fish and corn cakes with local fishermen as a band played folkloric music in the background.

80.   He was later expected to visit banana and pineapple plantations Friday and to meet with with local fisherman.