Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Make the removal of coarse fish illegal from rivers and waterways
Closed
251 signatures
What the petition asks
Update laws to preserve the current fish in UK rivers and waterways, by changing legislation so it would be an illegal act to remove fish from a river or waterway.
Therefore preserving the current fish stock and allowing the rivers and local environments to recover from the amount of fish that have been removed in recent times.
Timeline
| 13 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Oct 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
251
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
13 Apr 2021
Closed
13 Oct 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.