1.   Canada and the European Union are in a bitter month-long standoff over turbot catches in the northwest Atlantic.

2.   Canadian officials still said negotiators were close to reaching a deal to end the dispute which centers on a share out of turbot catches.

3.   EU-Canada talks on limiting turbot catches broke off Saturday.

4.   She said a Spanish boat, the Mayi IV, had been fishing with an illegal net and underreporting its turbot catch in the Grand Banks area.

5.   Spain scuttled an earlier tentative settlement because it was not given rights to enough of the dwindling turbot catch in the northwestern Atlantic off Canada.

6.   Spain scuttled an earlier tentative settlement because it was not given enough of the dwindling turbot catch in the northwestern Atlantic off Canada.

7.   Spanish officials welcomed the release as a first step towards ending the dispute over turbot catches.

8.   The package shares out turbot catches between the EU and Canada.

9.   The talks have to resolve several issues centering on the share out of turbot catches in the Northwest Atlantic.

10.   Tobin said the chase started when officials on Canadian patrol vessels tried to board the Verdel to check its turbot catch.