PoliticsFish, ships and sovereignty: Iceland weighs its European future

Fifty years ago, Gylfi Geirsson and Sigurbjorn Svavarsson used small Icelandic coastguard vessels to cut British fishing trawl wires and evade Royal Navy frigates, employing guerrilla-like tactics to keep foreign fleets out of Icelandic waters.

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RReuters★★☆☆☆2026-08-19 11:25Original