11.   Exhausted from the two-day journey, Ramaswamy, his wife and four small children were sent to a factory that once produced fishing nets.

12.   Fishing nets rise from the debris that snagged them.

13.   It eventually got away when the panic-stricken fishermen cut loose their fishing nets.

14.   Large fishing nets of the kind allegedly used by the fishermen are banned in Romanian territorial waters to protect the dwindling dolphin population.

15.   Many of the sea turtles suffocate when they become trapped in industrial fishing nets, others are hunted for their meat, he said.

16.   The right whale was placed on the endangered species list because of its losing battle for survival with tankers and fishing nets.

17.   Fishing nets dangled from the few upright power poles.

18.   Local fishermen told PTI the slick was damaging their fishing nets and affecting marine life in the area.

19.   Survivors of the accident told police that the boat was caught in strong waves when the propellor got tangled up in a fishing net.