Petition Turn a third of UK coastal seas into fully protected areas for fish repopulation

David Attenborough in One Planet, Coastal Seas (Netflix Series) said:

“We have far too few marine sanctuaries. We need to turn a third of all our coastal seas into properly protected areas, if we do that, our fishing grounds would recover and help sustain both humanity and the natural world.”

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The UK currently has 24% of coastal areas under some form of protection but commercial fishing is sometimes still allowed in these areas. We need to beef that up to 33% and make them fully protected.

https://www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/protecting-uk-seas

So let's do it!

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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