Petition · past parliament
Ban Longline Fishing, from all areas of the common wealth.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Long line fishing is the commercial fishing industries 'modernised' traditional hook and line - only far more indiscriminate and deadly. The main fishing line used in this process is around 60 miles long with secondary lines branching off containing thousands of hooks.
Not only this, thousands of lines often drift into shipping lanes where they are then cut leaving tonnes of carcasses to rot. In Australia alone more than 450,000 sharks die each year unnecessarily. Numerous other marine life are being threatened by longline fishing including, sea turtles, oceanic dolphins and wales. Often swallowing the hooks or suffer injury as they become entangled in the longlines. By banning this method it would create thousands of jobs in order to supply to the demand.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The UK Government and Parliament cannot ban longline fishing from all areas of the Commonwealth.
You could start a new petition asking the Government and Parliament to urge Commonwealth Governments to ban longline fishing, if that's what you want to happen.
You could start a new petition asking the Government and Parliament to urge Commonwealth Governments to ban longline fishing, if that's what you want to happen.
Timeline
| 11 May 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 May 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 May 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.