Lobster War
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lobster-war-189-7270245
title:
Lobster War
text:
The Lobster War was a dispute over spiny lobsters that occurred from 1961 to 1963 between Brazil and France. The Brazilian government refused to allow French fishing vessels to catch spiny lobsters 100 miles (160 km) off Brazil's northeastern coast by arguing that lobsters "crawl along the continental shelf". The French maintained that "lobsters swim" and so they could be caught by any fishing vessel from any country. The dispute was resolved unilaterally by Brazil, which extended its territoria
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1961–63 dispute between Brazil and France
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_War
date created:
2012-02-20T15:10:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T10:21:16Z
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