The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations in the 1950s and 1970s between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights in the North Atlantic. The name of the conflict may be derived from a pun on the term "Cold War" (with "cod" reading so similarly to "cold"), possibly via the British tabloid press. The Icelandic name for these conflicts is Þorskastríðin, which translates into "The Cod Wars" in English. The Cod Wars are also occasionally called the Landhelgisstríðin in Iceland, which can be translated as "The wars for the territorial waters," in reference to the name of the Icelandic Coast Guard.[1]

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