Petition Fish:
Join the campaign to protect UK seas
We need your help to ensure that a network of Marine Protected Areas is created and well managed in 2012 so there are sanctuaries for our sea life.
2012 should see the UK’s first network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established under the Marine Act (2009). However, there are already signs that the proposed network will not adequately protect wildlife and
some of our most important marine wildlife sites could even be missed off altogether.
The Wildlife Trusts are calling on the Government to deliver Marine Protected Areas that are:
- in the right place – where nature conservation is required;
- support recovery from past decline - not just maintenance of their current, sometimes damaged condition, and
- managed well - with adequate regulation and controls.
You can help The Wildlife Trusts in their campaign for effective Marine Protected Areas by signing a fish scale. Each signed scale will then be placed on a Petition Fish. Each fish, containing hundreds of signatures will then be presented to Government.
Nationally, our aim is to present 100,000 signatures to the UK’s Governments in 2012 to demonstrate the overwhelming public support for Marine Protected Areas. Sign a scale and add your voice to the campaign!
Three Ways to Sign a Scale and show your support!
- Sign online at www.wildlifetrusts.org/petitionfish
- Text 'FISH' with your name and postcode to 60777
- Sign a scale and add it to our Petition Fish at a marine event or contact the office 01489 774400
For more information about The Wildlife Trusts' Petition Fish campaign go to www.wildlifetrusts.org
