冰岛一直置身于欧盟之外，这不仅仅是为了保证其捕捉鳕鱼的配额。

Iceland has kept out of the EU, not least to safeguard its cod-fishing quotas.

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鳕鱼无疑是冰岛最有价值的鱼类，但其存量正在衰减：从九十年代以来，其捕获的总吨数大约是每年20万吨，相比而言六十年代是大约40万吨。

Cod is far and away Iceland’s most valuable fish, but its stocks are falling: the tonnage caught since the 1990s has been about 200,000 a year, compared with about 400,000 in the 1960s.

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先前和英国之间的鳕鱼争战，让人领教了冰岛人保护自己国家的资源的决心，但同时作为申请者的他们也许又不得不妥协。

Students of past “cod wars” with Britain will be aware of Icelanders' determination to protect national assets, but given that it is the Icelanders who are demandeurs they may have to compromise.

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