What is Greece or Italy have to do with those waters?!
Do all those countries have illegal fisherman too?
We come to it at last. The great fish battle of our time…
What are the alliances in the chips war though?
You got no chance until you get Iceland on your side for the next fish war.
So what happens in 2026 when fishing deal runs out and 100% of the rights return to the UK ?
Damn Cyprus, why you gotta do a fellow Island nation like that
Oh no, so scary
Just keep fishing more until the oceans are empty. No fish-no conflict.
/s of course
We might end up allying with Britain if EU keeps fucking with Svalbard fishing quotas.
We’ve had worse! Napoleon recruited Europe + Russia for his trade war against the UK. Get on his level, Macron.
Denmark official statement ” We stand with the USA !”
Other people tries to figure out why tho.
Go banana!
The Cod War
From the statement published thus far, this is all that has been agreed by the 10:
>A joint declaration was signed at the end of this council by 11 countries: Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden. It specifies that the response provided by the United Kingdom to fishing license requests is incomplete and inappropriate.
The rest of the document that was tweeted in the source link is a description of what she (the minister) said and her opinions, not what was agreed by the cosignatories.
It does not support (as is being reported in the sourced article) that these 10 nations support the French fishermen’s assertion that they are correct in their challenge, or that the UK is correct or wrong in their findings. It’s quite a neutral statement being dressed up as otherwise. I’m sure if/when the commission make their findings they will issue an official statement on behalf of the 27.
And we shall win again
**There is only one solution to this:**
​
1. 100 British and 100 PBFWAlliance members meet on neutral ground in Switzerland, let’s say on the shore of Lake Constance next July
2. 200 fish caught in Channel waters are provided for the contestants.
3. Fish slap fight
4. Televise it for general amusement
5. The winner gets to call themselves Poseidon of the North Sea &the North Atlantic for a year while nothing is done to solve the actual conflict
6. Epic fish barbecue by the lake
Begun the fish wars have. Gott Strafe England!
Looks like 1940 all over again. Remember how that panned out?
the Brits have some others with at least partially aligned interests, though.
Norway is also in a fishing spat with the EU menace, threatening to send the Coast Guard after EU vessels. Solidarity with the Brits.
Mad that people get so riled up about fishing. The industry employs a tiny fraction of people and contributes to a tiny fraction of the economy. I don’t get why everyone is so bothered.
So pretty much everyone that have fucked up their own waters by overfishing, and some trade partners.
If anyone wonders why Norway and Iceland are still not members, this is the map to look at.
Early 1940’s map
Napoléon proud in his grave
It’s just Macron being a dick and acting tough with an election looming.
He wrote to the other 26 countries to support him against Britain’s attempts to enforce an agreement the French signed amd only 7 signed but urged France to stick to the agreement. The EU itself did not sign
Britain has offered licences to boats that could prove they were fishing in British waters before Brexit. No proof, no licence. So a bunch of fishermen are claiming they did fish there but have no proof, so no licence.
And Macron has threatened to blockade British ports over this.
Stupidity.
Fish War – where the EU wants to break international law and fish British waters illegally.
The Continental system is back.
Looks almost like WW2 when Germany had over-run Europe. We’re used to being surrounded and outnumbered.
Ultimately it’s as simple as Norway and the UK have all the fish, Norway have said if the EU-UK deal is off then so is EU-Norway and Norway-UK. So if it’s not sorted then UK can fish in UK waters where there’s plenty of fish, Norway can fish in Norwegian waters where there’s plenty of fish and the EU, well unless they want to import fish they’d better find something else to eat.
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why are we into this? its not something that concern us nor does it benefit us, why did we sign this declaration ffs
Wait a sec, I thought there were 27 EU countries, I only see 11 highlighted in blue on that map?
Where’s the EU unity?
France and UK have one of the closest military alliances in the world, the Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty.
See [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_House_Treaties#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DDefence_and_Security_Cooperation_Treaty%2Cother%27s_defence_markets%2C_and_industrial?wprov=sfla1) and [here ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Joint_Expeditionary_Force?wprov=sfla1)
What is Greece or Italy have to do with those waters?!
Do all those countries have illegal fisherman too?
We come to it at last. The great fish battle of our time…
What are the alliances in the chips war though?
You got no chance until you get Iceland on your side for the next fish war.
So what happens in 2026 when fishing deal runs out and 100% of the rights return to the UK ?
Damn Cyprus, why you gotta do a fellow Island nation like that
Oh no, so scary
Just keep fishing more until the oceans are empty. No fish-no conflict.
/s of course
We might end up allying with Britain if EU keeps fucking with Svalbard fishing quotas.
We’ve had worse! Napoleon recruited Europe + Russia for his trade war against the UK. Get on his level, Macron.
Denmark official statement ” We stand with the USA !”
Other people tries to figure out why tho.
Go banana!
The Cod War
From the statement published thus far, this is all that has been agreed by the 10:
>A joint declaration was signed at the end of this council by 11 countries: Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden. It specifies that the response provided by the United Kingdom to fishing license requests is incomplete and inappropriate.
The rest of the document that was tweeted in the source link is a description of what she (the minister) said and her opinions, not what was agreed by the cosignatories.
It does not support (as is being reported in the sourced article) that these 10 nations support the French fishermen’s assertion that they are correct in their challenge, or that the UK is correct or wrong in their findings. It’s quite a neutral statement being dressed up as otherwise. I’m sure if/when the commission make their findings they will issue an official statement on behalf of the 27.
And we shall win again
**There is only one solution to this:**
​
1. 100 British and 100 PBFWAlliance members meet on neutral ground in Switzerland, let’s say on the shore of Lake Constance next July
2. 200 fish caught in Channel waters are provided for the contestants.
3. Fish slap fight
4. Televise it for general amusement
5. The winner gets to call themselves Poseidon of the North Sea &the North Atlantic for a year while nothing is done to solve the actual conflict
6. Epic fish barbecue by the lake
Begun the fish wars have. Gott Strafe England!
Looks like 1940 all over again. Remember how that panned out?
the Brits have some others with at least partially aligned interests, though.
[Norway vs the EU in an Arctic Cod War](https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-norway-arctic-fishing-post-brexit-rights/)
This map is fishy.
Norway is also in a fishing spat with the EU menace, threatening to send the Coast Guard after EU vessels. Solidarity with the Brits.
Mad that people get so riled up about fishing. The industry employs a tiny fraction of people and contributes to a tiny fraction of the economy. I don’t get why everyone is so bothered.
So pretty much everyone that have fucked up their own waters by overfishing, and some trade partners.
If anyone wonders why Norway and Iceland are still not members, this is the map to look at.
Early 1940’s map
Napoléon proud in his grave
It’s just Macron being a dick and acting tough with an election looming.
He wrote to the other 26 countries to support him against Britain’s attempts to enforce an agreement the French signed amd only 7 signed but urged France to stick to the agreement. The EU itself did not sign
Britain has offered licences to boats that could prove they were fishing in British waters before Brexit. No proof, no licence. So a bunch of fishermen are claiming they did fish there but have no proof, so no licence.
And Macron has threatened to blockade British ports over this.
Stupidity.
Fish War – where the EU wants to break international law and fish British waters illegally.
The Continental system is back.
Looks almost like WW2 when Germany had over-run Europe. We’re used to being surrounded and outnumbered.
Ultimately it’s as simple as Norway and the UK have all the fish, Norway have said if the EU-UK deal is off then so is EU-Norway and Norway-UK. So if it’s not sorted then UK can fish in UK waters where there’s plenty of fish, Norway can fish in Norwegian waters where there’s plenty of fish and the EU, well unless they want to import fish they’d better find something else to eat.