Rejected petition Stop the discard ban

To stop the killing of live and undersized fish. How can this be preserving fish stocks

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We cannot accept your petition as this is EU legislation, rather than a law made by the UK Parliament.

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Date submitted 24 January 2016
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