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Ban the use of plastic fishing nets for commercial fishing

Submitted by Ella Richmond-Pearson on Tuesday 1st September 2020

Published on Friday 9th October 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 9th April 2021

Signatures: 384

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fish ~ Fishing ~ Nets ~ Ocean ~ The Great ~ UK

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Ban the use of plastic fishing nets for commercial fishing

Petition Details

A survey found that approximately 46% of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of fishing nets, but we have the ability to change that. There are already other, more sustainable methods of fishing, so why not use them instead of plastic fishing nets?

Additional Information

The Government should ban the use of plastic fishing nets for commercial fishing for ships and waters where the UK has jurisdiction. This could drastically reduce the amount of plastic going into the ocean.


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