Polish trawlers stopped delevering fish to Biafra according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated August-September 1967 No. 8-9

An item reported that the Polish governement ordered Polish trawlers to stop delivering fresh and frozen fish to Eastern Nigeria which proclaimed itself the independent State of Biafra. This order was probably to respect the naval blockade of Biafra instituted by the cabinet at Lagos, Nigeria.

Note

1. Biafra or the Republic of Biafra established on 30 May 1967 and existed to 15 January 1970.