Consultations and Petitions

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Consultations

 

Consultation responses are a good way to have your community’s voice heard on local and national issues that are important to you. They can also help with organising your group or seeking clarity and consensus around issues your community wants to speak on collectively.

 

You can visit Citizen Space – the Scottish Government’s consultation hub – which lists all active consultations.

Current consultations to note are:

Clyde seasonal closure – closes 25th September

Draft environment strategy – closes 29th September

A review of Scotland’s shellfish water protected area designations – closes 29th September

Scottish Marine Recovery Fund – closes 30th September

Community right to buy: review – closes 5th October

Draft marine and coastal restoration plan – closes 19th October

 

 

Petitions

 

 

Online petitions can be an excellent way to show public support for, or against, something and some can even be debated in Holyrood or Westminster if they receive a certain level of support.

 

Open petitions shared by members, friends and supporters are listed below.

 

Bring Back the Fish – Bring Back Scotland’s #InshoreLimit

We call on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government to follow their own policies and stop the chronic destruction of our seabed by urgently reinstating a coastal limit on bottom-trawl and dredge fishing.

Find out more about the OurSeas Coalition.

 

 

 

Consultations

 

Consultation responses are a good way to have your community’s voice heard on local and national issues that are important to you. They can also help with organising your group or seeking clarity and consensus around issues your community wants to speak on collectively.

 

You can visit Citizen Space – the Scottish Government’s consultation hub – which lists all active consultations.

Current consultations to note are:

Clyde seasonal closure – closes 25th September

Draft environment strategy – closes 29th September

A review of Scotland’s shellfish water protected area designations – closes 29th September

Scottish Marine Recovery Fund – closes 30th September

Community right to buy: review – closes 5th October

Draft marine and coastal restoration plan – closes 19th October

 

 

Petitions

 

 

Online petitions can be an excellent way to show public support for, or against, something and some can even be debated in Holyrood or Westminster if they receive a certain level of support.

 

Open petitions shared by members, friends and supporters are listed below.

 

Bring Back the Fish – Bring Back Scotland’s #InshoreLimit

We call on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government to follow their own policies and stop the chronic destruction of our seabed by urgently reinstating a coastal limit on bottom-trawl and dredge fishing.

Find out more about the OurSeas Coalition.

 

 

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