21.   Civil protection authorities said island fishermen have used the old mines as buoys in the past.

22.   Conch fishermen use horseshoe crabs for bait, impaling them on spikes in their traps, and worry that restrictions could hurt their industry.

23.   Fishermen use stolen pay phones as bait.

24.   Fishermen used canoes to ferry flood victims to high ground, he said.

25.   Frustrated, the Palestinians fashioned a makeshift breakwater off Gaza City, sheltering the small harbor the fishermen use.

26.   It said authorities have boarded one of the vessels and found it contained cyanide, which is used by fishermen to stun fish in corral reefs.

27.   Manila said the ships were escorted to Palawan Island after inspectors found cyanide, used by fishermen to stun fish in coral reefs, during an inspection.

28.   Scandinavian freshwater fishermen traditionally used peat bogs to preserve their catches until they could pick them up on their way out of the mountains.

29.   The dolphins also face dangers from the fine, nylon nets used by fisherman, he said.

30.   The fishermen had used explosives in catching fish and had ignored warnings to leave the area, the agency said.