Has Argentina launched a squid war

Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 6:04 PM Share

Over the weekend I had the chance to see the new Meryl Streep-as-Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady, which had too little about politics and too much about the Thatchers' frankly not-that-interesting marriage for my taste, but did have one fantastic scene of Thatcher thoroughly eviscerating U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig in the run-up to the Falklands War.

This year will make the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War -- a conflict that today seems to belong to another geopolitical epoch entirely. But last week, as the Telegraph reports, we seem to have entered the history repeating itself as farce phase (standard British media caveats apply):

Argentina has reportedly started a "squid war" against the Falkland Islands, telling fishermen to catch the creatures before they reach the waters around the British territory.

Argentina reportedly hopes the orders will deal a blow to the Falkland Islands' fishing industry, which is worth up to £45 million a year – half of which comes from catches of Illex squid

Illex squid start their one-year lives off the River Plate, which marks the border of Argentina and Uruguay, in September and move southwards as they grow.

Argentina also recently persuaded the countries of Mercosur to block port access to ships flying the Falklands flag, though some countries have partially lifted the ban. 

The Guardian also has a useful rundown of other seafood-related maritime disputes. 

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KAREEYAMUSA

6:18 AM ET

January 18, 2012

No Argentina is a great

No Argentina is a great country and i dont think so that is there any thing like that ;)

 

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