Audio Angling

Recorded in 2012. The last of the three Cod Wars between Britain and Iceland left the UK fishing fleet banned from within Iceland's 200 mile unilaterally declared territorial limit, and our home ports such as Fleetwood doomed to terminal decline. But before the retreat, there were many skirmishes and incidents, many of which were never reported. Here Fleetwood trawler chief engineer Les Hall recounts some of them.