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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Take action to reduce cormorant numbers

Closed 128 signatures

What the petition asks

Some studies have demonstrated that cormorants can have significant negative impacts on fish stocks. The wildlife license is not sufficient to solve this problem. Numbers are getting way out of hand, and fish stocks being affected as a result.
The Government should temporarily lift the protected status of cormorants, to enable controlled reduction of numbers. The numbers of cormorants culled could be tracked, and protections reintroduced once numbers are reduced to manageable levels. Cormorant numbers should then be kept under review, to inform whether a further reduction in numbers is necessary.

Timeline

6 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
6 Feb 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 128
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 6 Aug 2021
Closed 6 Feb 2022

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