The fishermen tossed a thick nylon rope into the water as the patrol ship closed in, attempting to disable its propeller.

As ICGV Ægir came about to circle the unidentified trawler, its angry crew threw coal as well as garbage and a large fire axe at the Coast Guard vessel.

The Norwegian Coast Guard has had the net cutters in its inventory for a long time[citation needed] and has successfully used them against Icelandic trawlers near Svalbard.

Shortly afterwards Icelandic coast guard officials made comments about the net cutters being "Used in a wrong manner",[citation needed].

The Norwegian Coast Guard heeded this and as a result did not employ inflatable boats with net cutters.