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| rdfs:comment | - In 1972, Iceland unilaterally declared an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending beyond its territorial waters, before announcing plans to reduce overfishing. It policed its quota system with the Icelandic Coast Guard, leading to a series of net-cutting incidents with British trawlers that fished the areas. As a result, the Royal Navy deployed warships and tugboats to act as a deterrent against any future harassment of British fishing crews by the Icelandic craft, resulting in direct confrontations between Icelandic patrol vessels and British warships, which included ramming incidents.
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| Casus | - Icelandic unilateral expansion of territorial waters.
- Icelandic unilateral expansion of exclusive fishery zone.
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| Commander | - Adm. Edward Ashmore
- Adm. Michael Pollock
- Bjarni Benediktsson
- Capt. Eiríkur Kristófersson
- Capt. Pétur Sigurðsson
- Capt.Pétur Sigurðsson
- Cdr. Guðmundur Kjærnested
- Cdr. Helgi Hallvarðsson
- Cdre Anderson
- Elizabeth II
Edward Heath
- Elizabeth II
Harold Macmillan
- Elizabeth II
Harold Wilson
- Gustav Heinemann
- Kristján Eldjárn
Geir Hallgrímsson
- Kristján Eldjárn
Ólafur Jóhannesson
- Lord Carrington
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
Hermann Jónasson
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| Caption | - A net cutter, first used in the Second Cod War.
- Coventry City and ICGV Albert off the Westfjords
- Icelandic patrol ship ICGV Odinn and British frigate HMS Scylla clash in the North Atlantic
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| Result | - An agreement is reached between the United Kingdom and Iceland where Britain accept the expansion while receiving a temporary allowable catch for its fishing fleet.
- An agreement is reached between the United Kingdom and Iceland where the UK accept the Icelandic annexation in exchange for permission to catch 150,000 tons of fish until 1975.
- An agreement is reached between the United Kingdom and Iceland where the UK accept the Icelandic annexation while Iceland agrees to take further claims before the International court at Hague.
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| Place | - Waters surrounding Iceland
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| Conflict | - First Cod War
- Second Cod War
- Third Cod War
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| abstract | - In 1972, Iceland unilaterally declared an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending beyond its territorial waters, before announcing plans to reduce overfishing. It policed its quota system with the Icelandic Coast Guard, leading to a series of net-cutting incidents with British trawlers that fished the areas. As a result, the Royal Navy deployed warships and tugboats to act as a deterrent against any future harassment of British fishing crews by the Icelandic craft, resulting in direct confrontations between Icelandic patrol vessels and British warships, which included ramming incidents. The dispute ended in 1976 after Iceland threatened to close a major NATO base in retaliation for Britain's deployment of naval vessels within the disputed 200 nautical mile (370 km) limit. The British government conceded, and agreed that after 1 December 1976 British trawlers would not fish within the previously disputed area.
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