Net cutter (fisheries patrol)
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net-cutter-fisheries-patrol-296-14630126
title:
Net cutter (fisheries patrol)
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Net cutters, or trawlwire cutters, were secret weapons employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the latter two Cod Wars to cut the trawling wires of foreign fishing trawlers working within the then newly claimed Exclusive Fisheries zones. They were invented by Commander Pétur Sigurðsson, Director of the Coast Guard, with assistance from Friðrik Teitsson from the Icelandic lighthouse institution and Tómas Sigurðsson, who were both ironmongers. The invention was known as the trawlwire cutter,
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Weapon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_cutter_(fisheries_patrol)
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2022-12-01T12:26:53Z
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