Submitted on Friday 6th November 2020
Rejected on Friday 13th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
After Brexit, ban the carriage of shark fins in & out of the UK for personal use
EU law allows individuals travelling to Europe to carry 20kg of dried shark fins for personal consumption.
This creates demand for fins, damaging shark populations.
After the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK government has the power to ban this open to exploitation practice.
More action is needed after the government response to this petition:
"The UK should ban the importation of Shark Fins"
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300535
To quote the Dept for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs:
"EU law allows individuals travelling to Europe to carry 20kg of dried shark fins for personal consumption. Our departure from the EU allows us to consider options to tighten the personal import allowance and improve the traceability of the shark in fin trade in the UK."
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/329978
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