21.   Thick fog on the Grand Banks Monday made observation of the Spanish trawlers difficult.

22.   A British navy vessel detained a Spanish trawler on Friday off the southwest coast of England, on suspicion of illegal fishing, the Ministry of Agriculture said.

23.   A Canadian court on Sunday released on bail the captain of a Spanish fishing trawler caught in a spiralling transatlantic dispute over North Atlantic fishing rights.

24.   A Spanish trawler sank in rough seas off western Ireland on Tuesday, killing three crewmen.

25.   A Spanish trawler sank off the southern coast of Ireland on Monday, killing four crewmen and leaving two missing, authorities said.

26.   A Spanish trawler struck rocks and sank in rough seas off western Ireland on Tuesday, killing four crewmen.

27.   A Spanish fishing trawler seized by Canada was escorted to port and its captain brought before a judge as an international dispute over North Atlantic fishing rights escalated.

28.   A single survivor from the Spanish trawler was hospitalized in serious condition, the Irish Coastguard said.

29.   Also Thursday, a third Spanish navy vessel was sailing for Newfoundland, where Canadian patrol boats have clashed with Spanish trawlers.

30.   Back then, the EU accused Canada of piracy and threatened sanctions after Canadian gunboats clashed with Spanish trawlers in the North Atlantic.