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Mon 11 Nov 2002Alarm over Spanish ship fishing without licenceFishermen in the south-west have expressed alarm at the Naval Service detention of a Spanish flagship without a licence in Irish waters last week."What hope have we if the Irish Box is opened to Spain, when a flagship can dare to fish without even the basic paperwork?" the Irish South and West Fishermen's Organisation's chief executive, Mr Jason Whooley, asked.