00:00The lobster conflict, sometimes ironically called the "lobster war," was a conflict that pitted the
00:05France and Brazil in the early 1960s regarding lobster fishing.
00:09The dispute centers on an essentially legal question, namely whether a State has the right to exclusive exploitation
00:15natural resources on its continental shelf also extend to living species, and in this case to lobsters.
00:20The conflict arose in 1961 with the Brazilian decision to prohibit French vessels from fishing in its exclusive fishing zone and
00:27by the seizure in 1962 and 1963 of French lobster boats.
00:31France decided that year to send two military vessels to protect French fishermen.
00:36After a brief period of tension, the conflict was finally resolved peacefully.
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