1.   Police said that gunboats challenged several Thai trawlers fishing illegally in Bangladesh territorial waters near St. Martins Island on Tuesday, according to delayed news reports.

2.   A Thai trawler has sunk while being towed in to face charges of illegal fishing in Malaysian waters, an official said Sunday.

3.   But mindful of losing an important market, Thai trawlers are experimenting with a new model.

4.   Five Thai trawler fishermen were convicted Saturday of fishing illegally in Malaysian waters in the South China Sea and sentenced to up to three months in jail.

5.   Fishing disputes, often involving the intrusion of Thai trawlers into foreign waters, have roiled relations between the two countries.

6.   Having depleted fish stocks in their own waters, where some species are on the edge of extinction, Thai trawlers routinely violate the waters of neighboring countries.

7.   In November, a Malaysian patrol boat fired on a Thai trawler fishing illegally in Malaysian waters, killing two crew members.

8.   Occasionally, violence has erupted, with Vietnamese patrol boats firing on Thai trawlers.

9.   Thai trawlers frequently fish in Bangladesh waters, and such practices have increased in recent months, police said.

10.   Thai trawlers have ventured into waters of neighboring nations, such as Vietnam, Burma and Malaysia, because overfishing has depleted stocks in their previous fishing areas.