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Give inshore fisherman (non-sector & under 10m boats) 30% share of the UK quota

Closed 160 signatures

What the petition asks

The inshore fishing industry should be legally entitled to 30% of all UK quota. The current system is based on historical quota allocation which is grossly unfair.
Under 10m boats make up 77% of the UK fleet but their quota pool only accounts for 1.5% of the national Fixed Quota Allocations (in tonnes). This directly causes wide spread discarding of marketable fish.

Please see paper titled, How Government and Fisheries management policies caused over fishing in UK waters, on The British Fishing Industry Facebook page.

Timeline

20 Oct 2017 Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 160
Status Closed
Opened 20 Oct 2017
Closed 20 Apr 2018

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