cod war

British  

noun

1. any of three disputes that occurred in 1958, 1972–73, and 1975–76 between Britain and Iceland, concerning Iceland's unilateral extension of her fishing limits

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Example Sentences

Embleton said the isolation reminds him of the time he spent aboard the HMS Galatea, a Leander-class frigate, near the Arctic Circle, during the Cod War of 1976 - confrontations between Britain and Iceland over North Atlantic fishing rights.

From Washington Times

The Cod War of 2020 is just beginning.

From Seattle Times

“We have only had the Cod War and nobody got hurt there.”

From Seattle Times

“Once the proud whaling capital, then the fishing capital of the U.K. until they lost the cod war to Iceland. And now they find themselves the closest port to the offshore wind sites, and they've got a new life.”

From Scientific American

For the first time since the age of the Cod War and the three-day week and bell-bottomed trousers, Europe's political elite had to manage without the input of the UK.

From BBC