31.   Spanish boat captains fishing off in international waters off Newfoundland said Canadian patrol boats had tried to board them and cut their nets late Wednesday.

32.   Since then, Canadian ships have cut the nets of another Spanish boats.

33.   Spanish officials here said Canadians also tried to cut the nets of another boat, the Jose Antonio Nores.

34.   Spanish officials in Luxembourg said Canadians also tried to cut the nets of another boat, the Jose Antonio Nores.

35.   Sunday, the Canadian coast guard cut the nets from the Spanish trawler Pescamaro Uno in international waters after ordering it to stop fishing.

36.   The Estai cut its nets and fled with three Canadian vessels in pursuit.

37.   The current dispute was triggered when Canadian fisheries officers seized the Spanish trawler Estai in early March and later cut the nets of a second Spanish boat.

38.   The Estai cut its nets and fled with three Canadian vessels in hot pursuit, he added.

39.   The nets have been cut.

40.   The net was found near the spot where a Spanish fishing vessel cut its nets during the turbot dispute between Canada and Spain last spring.