1.   At least five Canadian patrol vessels were shadowing the Spanish fleet last night with orders to destroy the trawl gear of any boat that started fishing.

2.   A Canadian patrol was stopped by some heavily armed Islamic volunteers in the town of Cazin three days ago and then allowed to pass.

3.   Canadian patrol boats also slashed trawling gear belonging to Spanish vessels in an effort to chase the fishing fleet from the disputed waters.

4.   Canadian patrol craft were still playing a game of high-seas cat-and-mouse with Spanish vessels trawling on the edge of waters declared off-limits by Ottawa.

5.   Earlier this month Canadian patrol vessels seized the Spanish trawler Estai after firing machine gun bursts across its bow.

6.   First there was the cod war, with Canadian patrol boats slashing the trawl gear and seizing the boats of New England fishermen.

7.   Following a chase, Canadian patrol vessels on Thursday fired machine-gun bursts across the bow of the Spanish trawler Estai.

8.   Last month, Canadian patrol boats seized a Spanish trawler in international waters off Newfoundland after firing machine-gun bursts across its bow.

9.   The action was announced late Sunday in Ottawa after a confrontation on the high seas involving five Canadian patrol vessels and a dozen Spanish trawlers.

10.   The diplomatic tussle began when a Canadian patrol vessel seized a Spanish trawler at gunpoint and arrested the captain and crew on charges of violating conservation standards.