10/07/2026
**Protect fish stocks – support this petition.**
Many fisheries are facing significant predation pressure. The Angling Trust has long called for a licensing system that is practical, proportionate, and able to respond quickly where serious damage is evidenced: https://anglingtrust.net/2020/11/16/government-rejects-plea-to-add-cormorants-to-the-general-licence/
That’s why we are backing a parliamentary petition, started by the The National Gamekeepers' Organisation calling for cormorants, goosanders, and red-breasted mergansers to be added to Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The change would allow more effective, evidence-based management where these fish-eating birds are causing serious damage to inland fisheries.
If you support a balanced approach to protecting our fish stocks, please sign and share the petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771307