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World Service,24 Sep 2010,10 mins

The Cod Wars

Witness History

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When Iceland widened its exclusive fishing rights around its coast in the autumn of 1972 British fishermen found themselves fighting for access to their waters. Two veterans of the Cod Wars talk to Witness. (Fisherman Ken Knox in the 1970s)

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