{"id":62071,"date":"2026-07-23T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/?p=62071"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:52:11","slug":"la-guerre-de-la-langouste-quand-la-souverainete-se-joue-sur-le-plateau-continental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/en\/lundis-de-lihedn\/la-guerre-de-la-langouste-quand-la-souverainete-se-joue-sur-le-plateau-continental\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u00ablobster war\u00bb: when sovereignty is at stake on the continental shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62071\" class=\"elementor elementor-62071\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996fc96 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"996fc96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8755d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be8755d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IHEDN Mondays are now available as audio files!<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12bc3a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12bc3a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Click below to listen:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-191a3b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"191a3b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n.player-container-1 {\n  width: 100%;\n  padding: 10px;\n  border-radius: 20px;\n  backdrop-filter: blur(15px);\n  background: rgba(255,255,255,0.15);\n  box-shadow: 0 3px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);\n  display: flex;\n  flex-direction: inline;\n  align-items: flex-start;\n  color: #fff;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  background-color: #053973;\n}\n\n#waveform-1 {\n  width: 100%;\n  height: 50px;\n  margin-bottom: 20px;\n}\n\n.controls-1 {\n  display: flex;\n  flex-direction: column;\n  align-items: center;\n  gap: 5px;\n}\n\n#playPause-1 {\n  width: 45px;\n  height: 45px;\n  border: none;\n  background: rgba(255,255,255,0.3);\n  backdrop-filter: blur(5px);\n  border-radius: 50%;\n  cursor: pointer;\n  display: flex;\n  justify-content: center;\n  align-items: center;\n  transition: background 0.2s;\n  padding: 0;\n}\n\n#playPause-1:hover {\n  background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);\n}\n\n#playPause-1 svg {\n  width: 20px;\n  height: 20px;\n  fill: #fff;\n}\n\n#time-1 {\n  font-size: 16px;\n  text-align: center;\n  min-width: 80px;\n}\n\n.top-controls-1 {\n  width: 100%;\n  display: flex;\n  justify-content: space-between; 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They discovered waters particularly rich in fish and shellfish off the north-eastern coast of Brazil, on the continental shelf, at depths of around 100 metres.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34f6859 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34f6859\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a0236 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47a0236\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The spark: a row over fishing grounds off the coast of Pernambuco\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b02bcd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1b02bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03142eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03142eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8bbe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b8bbe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alerted by local fishermen who complained of unfair competition and the plundering of their waters, the Brazilian authorities decided to intervene. In March 1961, the Brazilian navy boarded several French vessels, on the pretext that they were operating illegally within the country\u2019s exclusive economic zone. This marked the start of an escalation that would involve the highest levels of government, from Brazilian President J\u00e2nio Quadros (and later his successor Jo\u00e3o Goulart) to General de Gaulle.<\/p><p>To justify the expulsion of the French vessels, Bras\u00edlia invoked the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf (although Brazil had not yet ratified it at the time). This treaty stipulates that a coastal State has exclusive rights to the exploitation of the natural resources of its continental shelf, including living organisms belonging to sedentary species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ebcd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"09ebcd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd6d08d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd6d08d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\nThe legal conundrum: does a lobster walk or swim?\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-887cac3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"887cac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094d652 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"094d652\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-837d8c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"837d8c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The crisis then veers into the realm of legal semantics that resembles a scientific farce.<\/p><p>The Brazilian position is that the spiny lobster is a sedentary animal. As it moves by walking along the seabed, it forms an integral part of the continental shelf belonging to Brazil. Catching a spiny lobster is tantamount to stealing a national resource.<\/p><p>Conversely, the French position is that the spiny lobster is capable of swimming to move around. It must therefore be regarded as a fish (a pelagic resource) living in international waters, which are freely accessible for fishing.<\/p><p>This anecdote is best summed up by the famous remark made by the Brazilian admiral and oceanographer Paulo Moreira da Silva:<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u00abBy the same token, if a lobster is a fish because it moves by hopping, then a kangaroo is a bird.\u00bb<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f673946 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f673946\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7552e74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7552e74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From semantics to gunboats: the military escalation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217c5fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"217c5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3bba9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d3bba9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc8b2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dc8b2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What might have remained a dispute amongst experts quickly escalated under pressure from public opinion and concerns over national prestige. Faced with France\u2019s refusal to back down during subsequent fishing seasons, Brazil massed troops in the north-east and mobilised its fleet.<\/p><p>In response, in early 1963, General de Gaulle\u2019s France \u2013 which was at that time firmly asserting its strategic autonomy and naval power \u2013 dispatched a squadron escort vessel, the <em>Tartu<\/em>, to protect its fishermen. The aircraft carrier strike group <em>Clemenceau<\/em> is even sent across the Atlantic, off the coast of Senegal.<\/p><p>For several weeks, the South Atlantic became the scene of a naval war of nerves. Warships crossed paths, the Brazilian air force carried out reconnaissance missions over the area, and diplomatic tensions were at their height. Fortunately, diplomacy prevailed over direct confrontation, preventing any opening of fire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ebc889 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ebc889\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b4a507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b4a507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\nStrategic lessons: the beginnings of the new law of the sea\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab64966 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ab64966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb97f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cbb97f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7befa63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7befa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Having subsided by 1963, the lobster dispute was finally resolved by an agreement signed in December 1964: France agreed to recognise Brazil\u2019s sovereignty over these resources in exchange for a scheme granting temporary fishing permits to a limited number of Breton vessels.<\/p><p>Beyond its picturesque nature, this crisis is a textbook example of modern maritime geopolitics in several respects:<\/p><ul><li><strong>The claims of coastal states:<\/strong> The lobster crisis heralded the major shift in the law of the sea that would lead to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego Bay, 1982) and the creation of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). It illustrates the determination of countries in the Global South to protect their resources from the traditional maritime powers.<\/li><li><strong>The dialectic of power:<\/strong> It shows how a minor trade dispute can become a matter of national sovereignty, with naval projection serving as a tool for political communication.<\/li><li><strong>The importance of legal expertise:<\/strong> This crisis also serves as a reminder that modern conflict uses the law as a weapon (<em>lawfare<\/em>). The definition of a word or a biological behaviour can legitimise or delegitimise the use of force.<\/li><\/ul><p>In short, this episode of \u00ablobster diplomacy\u00bb demonstrates that, at sea, issues of sovereignty can blur the line between a minor incident and a high-intensity crisis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a871dfd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a871dfd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ca26ca elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9ca26ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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