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Petition · past parliament

Stop the discard ban

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

To stop the killing of live and undersized fish. How can this be preserving fish stocks

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We cannot accept your petition as this is EU legislation, rather than a law made by the UK Parliament.

The European Parliament has a petition system:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/20150201PVL00037/Petitions

Timeline

24 Jan 2016 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jan 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jan 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.