1.   An air and sea search continued Friday in the Irish Sea for a missing French fishing trawler whose emergency beacon was activated on Christmas Eve.

2.   Meanwhile, a search resumed for the French trawler Toul an Trez with five crewmen which disappeared off the Welsh coast on Christmas Eve.

3.   Royal Air Force helicopters scoured the storm-lashed Irish Sea in search of a French fishing trawler after its emergency distress beacon was picked up by coastguards.

4.   The accident came two days after eight men were lost when a French trawler went down in the same region.

5.   The body later turned up in the net of a French trawler.

6.   French maritime authorities said the Greenpeace ship, together with three or four motor-boats, was attempting to cut the nets of four French trawlers.

7.   French authorities had said in Hendaye, France, earlier Thursday that five Spanish fishing boats had fired on two French trawlers, wounding the mechanic.

8.   A French trawler seized by a Spanish coastguards was breaking EU fishing regulations by having two types of nets on board, an EU inspector said Wednesday.

9.   A Dutch cargo ship collided Thursday with a French trawler, sinking it, and two fishermen were reported missing, rescue officials said.

10.   A Spanish patrol boat Tuesday seized a French trawler suspected of using drift nets exceeding the maximum length allowed under EU regulations, the government said.