One in 10 Interstate Disputes Are Fishy – And the Implications Stink
Between 1993 and 2010, 11 percent of militarized interstate disputes involved fisheries, fishers, or fishing vessels.
Fisheries are a surprisingly common reason for conflict between countries. Between 1993 and 2010, 11 percent of militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) – conflicts short of war between two sovereign states – involved fisheries, fishers, or fishing vessels.
