1.   Granville Island began life as nothing but barren sand, where nearby waters offered rich fishing for the local Indians.

2.   For reasons that are not fully understood by scientists, adult tuna in the rich fishing grounds of the eastern Pacific tend to congregate underneath dolphins.

3.   Although Norway worries that radiation could contaminate its rich arctic ocean fishing grounds, Knut Gussgard of the state Nuclear Protection Authority said there is little cause for alarm.

4.   But China has said the fishermen were merely attracted to the rich fishing ground because other waters were depleted.

5.   China also claims the islands, located amid rich fishing grounds and what are believed to be potentially lucrative natural gas deposits.

6.   The land is prized for its oil reserves and rich fishing.

7.   The Norwegian environmental group Bellona claims the project could endanger the environment of the Barents Seas, a rich fishing and sea bird area.

8.   The uninhabited island chain, known as the Senkaku in Japanese, has rich fishing and potential oil resources and is claimed by Taiwan, China and Japan.

9.   Professor Koh Yoo-Hwan of Dongguk University in Seoul said a dispute over the rich fishing could have caused the two sides to open fire.

10.   The archipelago is a rich fishing ground for bonito and is believed to contain major oil and gas deposits.