The threat to deploy Royal Navy gunboats to patrol UK fishing waters in the event of a no-deal Brexit has evoked memories of the so-called cod wars of the 1970s. Four 80-metre armed vessels have been ...

This wasn't a war with battles and soldiers like in the movies; it was about fish! The heart of the matter was simple: both Britain and Iceland wanted to catch cod, a type of fish very popular for its ...

This wasn't a war with battles and soldiers like in the movies; it was about fish! The Cod Wars of Britain and Iceland [DailyExpress] Once upon a time, not in a land of fantasy but in the real world, ...

Most people born after 1980 will have little more than a fleeting 'rings a bell' concept of the Cod Wars. But for those who lived during the three battles between Britain and Iceland they wreaked ...

When a country unilaterally takes back control of its waters, the results are dramatic. The modern cod wars were a series of disputes between Britain and Iceland over fishing rights in the waters of ...