1.   Any attempt to board Spanish trawlers or cut nets would dramatically escalate the dangerous fish feud between Canada and Europe.

2.   Canada denied that the patrols had tried to board the trawlers and cut their nets in international waters.

3.   Canada denied accusations by Spanish captains that the patrols had tried to board the trawlers and cut their nets while the trawlers were fishing in international waters.

4.   He did not specify how his decision to have the offending trawlers boarded and even seized would be implemented.

5.   Spain accused the coastguards of attempting to board one trawler and cutting the nets of another in the Newfoundland Grand Banks area.

6.   Speaking at a news conference, Tobin however did not specify how his decision to have the offending trawlers boarded and even seized would be implemented.