30-08-18, 06:04 PM
Quote:For those of us old enough to remember this smacks of the cod wars with Iceland. Only difference is we had a Royal navy with enough sea worthy ships to protect them.
The Icelanders were protecting their stocks from British vessels that were determined to fish the stocks to extinction. Iceland stood it’s ground against the UK. Iceland eventually secured a 200 mile Icelandic exclusive fishery zone and in doing so was able to preserve and maintain it’s stocks and fishing industry.