EVER since the cod wars of the 1970s, when the British lost the right to fish within 200 miles of the Icelandic coast, Britain’s gift to global gastronomy—battered fillets of fish and chips sold by takeaway restaurants—has relied on Icelandic trawlermen. Most of the cod sold by chip shops in England and Wales (the Scots prefer haddock, for reasons to do with price and taste) is landed into British ports by Icelandic boats.
This fact is a constant gripe with Scottish fishermen, who keep a weather eye on the Grimsby fish market in particular. Prices throughout Britain tend to follow Grimsby’s lead. This year the big complaint among Peterhead’s cod- and haddock-catchers is that Icelandic fishermen have been landing more cod than usual into the Humber estuary ports, depressing the price of the fish.
EVER since the cod wars of the 1970s, when the British lost the right to fish within 200 miles of the Icelandic coast, Britain’s gift to global gastronomy—battered fillets of fish and chips sold by takeaway restaurants—has relied on Icelandic trawlermen. Most of the cod sold by chip shops in England and Wales (the Scots prefer haddock, for reasons to do with price and taste) is landed into British ports by Icelandic boats.
This fact is a constant gripe with Scottish fishermen, who keep a weather eye on the Grimsby fish market in particular. Prices throughout Britain tend to follow Grimsby’s lead. This year the big complaint among Peterhead’s cod- and haddock-catchers is that Icelandic fishermen have been landing more cod than usual into the Humber estuary ports, depressing the price of the fish.
From the Economist
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October 19th, 2009 → 12:06 pm @ Dadi
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