Hot Fish and (Bargaining) Chips

Abstract

exclusive economic zone, provoking Spain to order warships to the area. The Canadian Navy had not fought a battle since Korea; Spain had not fought a naval battle since most of its navy was sunk in 1898 by the United States; and the Norwegian shot was the first to be fired in anger by a Norwegian military service since World War II. Iceland's Coast Guard, of course, had seen action as recently as 1973 in the Cod Wars against Britain. These are not isolated incidents. Fisheries disputes with a violent edge range from Russia to the Falkland Islands. Fishermen are also turning to violence in episodes that range from