Submitted on Saturday 30th July 2022
Rejected on Friday 5th August 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban Gillnetters over 15m in Scottish waters
We want Government to recognise that gillnetting is one of the most destructive techniques of fishing in the world and we ask for a total ban on industrial gillnetters operating in Scottish waters
Gillnetting kills enormous by-catch and destroys wildlife in a very cruel manner.It has a major negative impact on marine species and fish stocks. It destoy's our shores and beaches with plastic discard. Evidence of tons of discarded fishing gear by EU owned boats is being dredged up on a daily basis by local boats. Please support sustainable responsible fishing, fight to improve the environment and reduce wildlife cruelty caused on an idustrial scale by EU owned gillnetters
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Your petition is about something that the Scottish Government is responsible for. Specifically, the licensing of fishing vessels is the responsibility of Marine Scotland, a Scottish Government agency. This means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into this issue.
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