1.   Three Spanish trawlers which had been observed fishing in Namibian waters at the end of March were boarded by South African coastguards and returned to Windhoek.

2.   Any attempt to board Spanish trawlers or cut nets would dramatically escalate the dangerous fish feud between Canada and Europe.

3.   A Spanish trawler accused of scouring the seas off South Africa with an enormous drift net was seized and escorted by fisheries officials to Cape Town harbor.

4.   All in all, it was a bad fish day for Spain as both Ireland and South Africa seized Spanish trawlers suspected of predatory fishing practices.

5.   But chasing Spanish trawlers off the Grand Banks is a whole different kettle of fish than confronting Alaskans fishing in US territorial waters.

6.   But Spanish trawlers have remained in the disputed area, under the protection of a naval patrol vessel, the Vigia.

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

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

9.   Greenpeace reported that four Canadian fisheries enforcement vessels closed on the Spanish trawler Verdel after a chase through dense fog in international waters.

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