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Closed petition Make the removal of coarse fish illegal from rivers and waterways

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Update laws to preserve the current fish in UK rivers and waterways, by changing legislation so it would be an illegal act to remove fish from a river or waterway.

Therefore preserving the current fish stock and allowing the rivers and local environments to recover from the amount of fish that have been removed in recent times.

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    This petition will stay open until 13 October 2021.