Save our Sea Angling Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-our-sea-angling.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:03 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Yet another fish [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5932734?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:06:04 UTC 5932734 Another Fish [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5932720?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:03:57 UTC 5932720 A Fish [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5932688?utm_medium=rss I think that all torture should be stopped, including angling.

]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:58:11 UTC 5932688 Peter Brodey [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5889733?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:19:27 UTC 5889733 Paul Cole [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5604475?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:39:05 UTC 5604475 Michael Deem [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5391828?utm_medium=rss Hi does this mean the charter boats will be given a licence to catch and sell fish as a british fishing boat,this will be an even bigger burden on the goverment

]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:28:29 UTC 5391828 Ann Deem [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351718?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:49:23 UTC 5351718 Anton Lyons [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5278411?utm_medium=rss All U K Governments should get the E U to stop the outrageous dumping of fish back into the sea and stop the selling of British licences by trawlermen to Overseas boats.

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:14:44 UTC 5278411 shaun durrant [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5278004?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:17:22 UTC 5278004 Andy Odell [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5277360?utm_medium=rss People starving across the world and we can destroy a food source...! Policing the right people is what the government should be achieving; building for the future generations, not stuffing them!

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:15:49 UTC 5277360 John Richards [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5275248?utm_medium=rss I think its pointless to the recreational boat and beach anglers who catch tiny amounts compared to the tons and tons that are thrown back into the sea by trawler boats.
Least what we catch we take home to eat or pass it onto friends to enjoy.

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:48:15 UTC 5275248 Brian Galipeau [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5166009?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:56:21 UTC 5166009 Richard Fake [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5137252?utm_medium=rss Where will everything end?. This beats the Nanny State hands down see www.thesportinglaugh.com for another view. If you don't try and laugh you would cry at this outrage

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:47:55 UTC 5137252 Julian Hawksworth [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5040065?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:09:40 UTC 5040065 wayne row [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5018201?utm_medium=rss I am a charter skipper who has been forced out of the commercial fishing industry by the CFP and legislation so reponsibly diversified into the charter industry where my opinions and practices have strongly changed towards conservation of stocks and enviromental issues opinions which are extremely widespread within the sport and are increasing everyday Article 47 would be impossible to police, have little or no effect on an already conservation minded sport and a major economic effect on busines

]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:01:16 UTC 5018201 Jane Shackleford [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4993698?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:14:55 UTC 4993698 brett stevens [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4992855?utm_medium=rss leave us recreational fishermen alone, there are not many hobbies left to enjoy that the government do not profit from

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:01:57 UTC 4992855 Virginia Barker [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4976134?utm_medium=rss Control the net fishermen rather than anglers.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:24:01 UTC 4976134 c cook [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4948408?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:44:15 UTC 4948408 david stephen hammill [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4940821?utm_medium=rss well all i cn say is i find this a joke cum on the shore anglers do no damge at all stop the boats from netting thats y we r in this state put a 6 mile limit on all netting and this wil solve the problem this shud of been done years ago it makes my laugh ur all moaning about it but nothing wil get done it never does this wil bugger the sport up 4 shore anglers us shore anglers have been saying this 4 ages and now ur moaning about it i think its 2 late the damge is done.tight lines and gud luck..

]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:20:33 UTC 4940821 Chris Jones [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4937422?utm_medium=rss I'm affraid this is just another example of this spineless government allowing joe public to be walked allover by someone we dont want and something we dont need.I have fished all my life and i've never heard anything as rediculous as this.If they propose to include anglers catches in the quota's will they conpensate us if we dont catch anything? Reinstall the 200 mile limits,bring in the gun boats and sent all these euro parasites packing

]]> Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:09:16 UTC 4937422 George Cooper [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4936849?utm_medium=rss It is a ridiculous notion to have to log catches of recreational fishing. Possibly the 'clutching at straws', 'last idea' before tackling the real issue of the equally ridiculous CFP!!!

]]> Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:27:17 UTC 4936849 John Wright [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4933460?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:31:50 UTC 4933460 Pete Thomasson [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4931122?utm_medium=rss This will be very difficult and hence expensive to police and have isignificant impact upon stocks. The money would be much better spent on real conservation of stocks. When a modern commercial vessel can take 400 ton of mackeral what impact does the recreational angler have by comparison.

]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:31:15 UTC 4931122 keith hartt [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4927775?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:05:33 UTC 4927775 Keith Cornish [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4926602?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:08:11 UTC 4926602 DAN GARDNER [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4924558?utm_medium=rss Difficult to comment fully without having access to the details but surely it has been shown that the quota system doesn't work for the commercial fisherman, resulting in dead fish being wasted as they are overquota. Why does the EU think that quotas will work for the angler, and if they did, would they really make a difference to fish stocks? The result would likely be small fish being thrown back dead, a mountain of bureaucracy, more costs and no change in fish stocks.

Dan. Charter Skipper.

]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:27:36 UTC 4924558 Lesley Ross [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4919791?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:08:14 UTC 4919791 Juliet Ralph [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4919411?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:50:16 UTC 4919411 peter rosewall [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4917321?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:59:52 UTC 4917321 paula rosewall [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4917279?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:53:54 UTC 4917279 ben ross [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4915550?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:48:04 UTC 4915550 peter ross [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4915038?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:30:04 UTC 4915038 Maxine Millichip [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4914832?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:52:07 UTC 4914832 Robert Aaron [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4914814?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:49:15 UTC 4914814 Jo Wright [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4914208?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:21:05 UTC 4914208 Peter Churchman [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4913129?utm_medium=rss If this law is passed it will finnish what in my opinnion is the perfect family sport.
My family and I go fishing together when ever we can and in all of our opinnion it will be the last straw!

Best regards,

Peter Churchman

]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:54:50 UTC 4913129 Anonymous [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4907842?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:22:51 UTC 4907842 Roger Richards [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4906661?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 05:06:51 UTC 4906661 L Garfield [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4906371?utm_medium=rss What a ridiculous idea!

]]> Mon, 9 Feb 2009 03:49:30 UTC 4906371 Rachel Beadle [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4906368?utm_medium=rss What ever next

]]> Mon, 9 Feb 2009 03:49:13 UTC 4906368 Lynn Waters [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4903465?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:36:47 UTC 4903465 Dave Coles [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4903413?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Feb 2009 12:23:10 UTC 4903413 jon clarke [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4903268?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:48:52 UTC 4903268 andrew taylor [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4902218?utm_medium=rss this is a rediculous policy,sometimes i think we would be better off coming out of the EU.

]]> Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:56:51 UTC 4902218 julian osman [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4902202?utm_medium=rss I am amazed and disheartened that the sport of sea fishing is going to be burdened with an unworkable and unnecessary trail paperwork and no doubt another mulyi million pound quango to run it.

]]> Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:53:11 UTC 4902202 Andy Odell [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4902139?utm_medium=rss It's about time the government got things into perspective.

]]> Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:34:23 UTC 4902139 Anonymous [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4899618?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2009 01:21:35 UTC 4899618 Anonymous [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4899566?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2009 01:06:24 UTC 4899566 Sue Alvey [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4899127?utm_medium=rss How on earth can someone who probably spends a total of 7 days a year fishing with 'rod and line' have an impact on fish stocks when commercial fishermen throw back more dead fish in 'by catch' than I will catch in many lifetimes

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:09:35 UTC 4899127 Martyn Alvey [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4899109?utm_medium=rss At first I thought this was an 'April Fool', that is how bizarre this latest mad idea from the EU is!

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:04:33 UTC 4899109 Colin Syrad [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4898388?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2009 08:04:55 UTC 4898388 kevin andrews [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4898309?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2009 07:38:04 UTC 4898309 Tony Skellington [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4898258?utm_medium=rss Bl---y rediculous. Don't / can't catch enough to warrant having to register my catch

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 07:19:13 UTC 4898258 Andrew Thorpe [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4897996?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:43:08 UTC 4897996 PENNY SHEARER [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4897913?utm_medium=rss This is an absurd idea! Why arn't the large fishing vessels that are taking huge amounts of fish out of the sea, being the ones targeted, as they are obviously doing terrible damage to the fishing stocks. Why is the UK the one that seems to always come off worst with these EU policies, when other countries just flout them. Hardly makes being a member of the EU feel like an advantage. Definitely time to leave.

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 05:00:47 UTC 4897913 DAVID HARVEY [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4897877?utm_medium=rss LARGE COMMERCIAL FISHING BOATS CAUSE SHORTAGES OF FISH NOT PLEASURE FISHERMEN WHOSE HOBBY IS NOW TO BE GOVERNED BY BUREAUCRATIC REGULATIONS WHICH WILL BENEFIT NOONE

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 04:46:58 UTC 4897877 graham grubb [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4897438?utm_medium=rss fishing is a fun sport, it has no real effect on fish stocks and should be left well alone.

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 01:12:09 UTC 4897438 belinda taylor [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4895350?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:49:34 UTC 4895350 jim taylor [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4895340?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:47:11 UTC 4895340 Helen Smaldon [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4895083?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:04:49 UTC 4895083 Ian Fuller [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4894728?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:02:45 UTC 4894728 BARRY MACAVOY [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4893733?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:29:50 UTC 4893733 Raymond Curtis-Clarke [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4893544?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:03:09 UTC 4893544 annie williams [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4893438?utm_medium=rss ridiculous!

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:50:30 UTC 4893438 louise polglase [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4893272?utm_medium=rss i live in a fishing village and the small boats that fish from here are just part time and most fish for their own table. its the big trawlers and netters doing the damage to the fish stock not sea anglers. this bill should not be allowed.

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:30:28 UTC 4893272 Simon Bourton [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4892922?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:54:36 UTC 4892922 Alan Christopher Davies [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4892142?utm_medium=rss Minority strike again

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:45:40 UTC 4892142 Victoria Scurfield [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4891984?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:24:48 UTC 4891984 Mark Abbott [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4891572?utm_medium=rss How can you even contemplate doing this, when millions of tons of dead fish are dumped at sea under current regulations. This legislation is rather pathetic at best.

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 05:33:31 UTC 4891572 Alison Round [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4891563?utm_medium=rss When 2 millions tons of dead fish are thrown back into the sea in the name of 'quotas' how can you justify this?
Get a life!

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 05:30:15 UTC 4891563 Vivian Roberts [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4891255?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2009 03:43:32 UTC 4891255 charles beddard [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4890958?utm_medium=rss this is just as bad as that political correctness, the country gone bonkers, just like fishing licenses, what for the sea, crazy

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:35:19 UTC 4890958 Andy Paffett [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888825?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:45:07 UTC 4888825 Andy Richards [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888818?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:44:19 UTC 4888818 Steve Ford [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888771?utm_medium=rss This latest EU proposal is ludicrous. RSA is not the problem and should not be targeted. Sea Anglers do alot to promote conservation and should not be caught up under the commercial umbrella

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:35:23 UTC 4888771 Jenny Vanhove [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888586?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:06:05 UTC 4888586 ARTHUR VANHOVE [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888464?utm_medium=rss They should leave the anglers and small plesure boats alone, they dont catch enough to harm the stocks. its the big boats that catch 500 ton at a time as seen on the TV program trawlermen.

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:48:17 UTC 4888464 phil harvey [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888310?utm_medium=rss it is a bad idea and will be impossible to police . The comercial fishermen will be up in arms over the ridiculous plan.

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:22:25 UTC 4888310 jim west [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4888102?utm_medium=rss charterboat skipper padstow

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 01:55:01 UTC 4888102 robin davies [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4887368?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:59:18 UTC 4887368 Robin John Eastman [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4885673?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:14:35 UTC 4885673 Andrew Veale [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4885640?utm_medium=rss What will they think of next?

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:10:51 UTC 4885640 john levick [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4885297?utm_medium=rss absolute madness,anglers go fishing for pleasure not business

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:13:23 UTC 4885297 geoff bird [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4885290?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:10:36 UTC 4885290 Sarah Bolton [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4885237?utm_medium=rss we go out on our boat in the summer. whatever we catch, and sometimes we dont catch anything. we let it go if its to small, but the fish lives for another day. or we bring it back to eat, freeze or give to the neighbours. it is a fabulous hobby. why should we have to pay out to register and then still be told we can catch so many fish a day. Ridiculous. the sea doesnt belong to anyone.I hope common sense prevails.

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:57:36 UTC 4885237 Eric Carney [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4885215?utm_medium=rss The EEC should stop meddling in every aspect of our lives.

Their policies do NOT work & they waste millions of pounds of taxpayers' money.

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:52:17 UTC 4885215 Rod Jones [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4884610?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Feb 2009 04:26:38 UTC 4884610 james hitchings [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4882414?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Feb 2009 05:38:47 UTC 4882414 John Rowlands [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4881452?utm_medium=rss Absolute disgrace

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:39:04 UTC 4881452 Anonymous [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4881209?utm_medium=rss The EU are doing their best to kill the British fishing industry and we must not let it happen.It is about time we stood up to these europratts and show them that we Brits cannot be stepped on all the time.

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:00:26 UTC 4881209 Tony Barnett [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4880957?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Feb 2009 01:19:40 UTC 4880957 Victor Wilkinson [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4880599?utm_medium=rss An outrageous proposal. Where will such infringements of basic liberties end?

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:20:46 UTC 4880599 Ian Wilgoose [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4880221?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:19:35 UTC 4880221 eddie bolton [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4880085?utm_medium=rss This proposal is rediculous, and is targeting the wrong sector.

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:57:57 UTC 4880085 Mike. Richards [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4879976?utm_medium=rss If they want to record the ones we catch it is probably less than the ones the trawler men throw back dead

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:37:28 UTC 4879976 gordon wilkinson [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4879916?utm_medium=rss I am not an enthustiac angler and as such do not go fishing often and when I do I rarely catch anything. However I still enjoy the pleasure and relaxation but to require a license would be ridiculous and it would become unviable for me to continue or tempt me to break the rules. To require a license to fish in the sea is a propostrous suggestion. They will want to license for reading or sex next!

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:30:25 UTC 4879916 PARIS HUNT [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4879893?utm_medium=rss TARGET THE REAL PROBLEM WHICH IS COMMERCIAL FISHING, NOT THE RECREATIONAL ANGLER WHOSE IMPACT IS MINISCULE!

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:28:18 UTC 4879893 Arthur White [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4879437?utm_medium=rss Sport angling contributes a massive sum to the national economy, with minimal impact on fish stocks. The proposals are draconian and unworkable.
Anglers throughout Europe are against such legislation.

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:11:23 UTC 4879437 Helen O'Leary [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4879415?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:09:15 UTC 4879415