1.   Patrol boats later cut the nets of a second Spanish boat.

2.   A EU official in Brussels said Saturday tat negotiations to end the battle over fishing rights would be endangered by any new action against Spanish boats.

3.   A Spanish fishing boat caught up in a diplomatic dispute sailed toward home Thursday after it was released by Canadian authorities.

4.   Britain is almost certain to block any attempt to impose EU trade sanctions against Canada in retaliation for action against Spanish boats in international waters.

5.   Britain enraged Spain and upset other European Union nations Wednesday by vetoing a EU letter protesting Canadian action against Spanish fishing boats in the North Atlantic.

6.   But in the past year, the European Court of Justice ruled London cannot prevent the transfer of quotas or ban Spanish boats from registering in British ports.

7.   But Tobin said the three Canadian vessels only moved closer to the Spanish boats to get a closer look at them.

8.   Canada denied reports its vessels had tried to board the Spanish boats or cut nets.

9.   Canada has long accused Spanish boats of plundering the water, using undersized nets and catching more fish than they report.

10.   Canada and the European Union resumed their war of words over fishing rights in the North Atlantic as reports surfaced Sunday that another Spanish fishing boat might be seized.