This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Closed River season March 14 to June 16 needs to be abolish or rethink
Annual three-month river closed season that was put in place in 1878.
and with no actual science attached to it at the time ..so either needs be abolish or rethinking
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
England and Wales are broken down into regions that each have their own rules for freshwater fishing, including closed seasons.
You can find out more here:
https://www.gov.uk/freshwater-rod-fishing-rules/overview
In England, these rules are set by the Environment Agency, so we could accept a petition calling for a specific change in England.
In Wales, these rules are the responsibility of Natural Resources Wales:
http://naturalresources.wales/splash?orig=/apply-buy-report/apply-buy-grid/fishing/
The Welsh Assembly has its own Petitions Committee. If you'd like to petition about closed seasons in Wales you could send your petition to the Welsh Assembly. You can find out more here:
http://www.assembly.wales/en/gethome/e-petitions/Pages/e-petitions.aspx
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.