Petition · past parliament

Stop course fish being taken from rivers and lakes

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Reduce the legal take home amount from two to zero and serve harsher punishment to illegal activities and to use video evidence from public and other anglers as way of prosecution
Our course fish population is in severe danger pike and bream are close to being wiped out

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

22 May 2023 Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 May 2023

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