Petitions
Please see below a list of our Petitions... past and present
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Suspend UK Trade Deals with Nations that hunt dolphins or whales
Blue Seas Protection wants the Government to send a clear message to all countries that the UK will not tolerate the hunting of dolphins and whales!
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Suspend trade deals with countries that hunt dolphins or whales.
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Stop seeking trade deals with countries that hunt dolphins or whales.
In 1982 the International Whaling Commission decided that there should be a pause in commercial whaling, and this remains in place today.
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Despite this, Endangered whales and dolphins are being unjustly targeted, hunted and killed. Whale meat contains high levels of toxins and chemicals that if consumed are a danger to human health. Whales and dolphins (cetaceans) are a vital part of the oceans ecology and life in the ocean. Therefore they need to be protected; so the hunting and killing of cetaceans must stop.
Active Petitions:
Global Petition to Governments to Suspend World Trade Deals with Countries that hunt Dolphins or Whales
In 1986 commercial Whaling was banned, despite this Norway, Japan and Iceland has continued to hunt whales, while dolphins are regularly hunted for sport, food and medicine by these and many other countries...
Now in 2023 Norway, Japan and Iceland are starting to increase their whaling capacity by building new whaling vessels and reinstating
decommissioned whaling infrastructure.
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Blue Seas Protection wants the killing of Whales and Dolphins to stop now.
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Join Blue Seas Protection's call for action:
“NO TRADE WITH WHALE AND DOLPHIN KILLING COUNTRIES!”
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People do not want to trade with countries who kill whales and dolphins, which are known as Cetaceans and are vital for ocean sustainability.
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In partnership with the our Government Petition on Gov.uk we have also created a Global Petition so if you live outside the UK
please sign our Global Petition:
Where ever you are, in whatever country you are in... sign this Global Petition and together we all have the people power to stop these crimes.
We call on everyone to present this Petition to all our individual Governments Worldwide... send a message to your Governments that "The People of the World United want Whale and Dolphin Killing to Stop NOW!"
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Highly Intelligent Octopuses are being Chopped up Alive
Octopuses are highly intelligent creatures, able to feel all pain and emotion but despite this, they are being chopped up and cooked ALIVE as part of a tradition, it's not a necessary, it's a horrific act by mankind and must be stopped now.
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Since 1980 the demand for octopus keeps increasing with global fishing and catching of octopuses has more than doubled since then; so much so that now due to overfishing the amount of octopuses being caught are decreasing.
As of 3rd March 2022 Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill declared that Octopuses are sentient beings intelligent and able to feel pain, meaning that Governments have to consider this sentients in future laws to create a high animal welfare standard.
However 1 year later, Octopus is being sold in British supermarkets, Spain still consumes the most octopus in Europe... Throughout Asian countries (i.e Korea, Thailand, Japan) octopus is eaten alive or chopped/ prepared/filleted before being boiled alive.
Octopus meat is tough and rubbery so different ways of 'tenderising' octopus meat is practice from country to country chef to chef... from smashing them on rocks to tumble-drying them before cooking, most tenderising practices involve live octopuses
WHY HAVE WE GOT SUPERTRAWLERS ?
The use of Super Trawlers is fueled by the lies and fraud to the Public that Supertrawler Fishing is substainable and responsible, clearly it's not! Thousands of dolphins have been killed by them this year.
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The problem is the UK. Company the MSC, Marine Stewartship Council who act as a middleman between the Supermarkets and the fishing companies, only large fishing companies can afford to pay for the MSC accreditation branding.
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M.S.C. made multi millions last year with selling there branding, there a charity not for profit how can this be?
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Accreditation sells fish! People want to buy fish that has been responsibly sourced, So the Supermarkets pay the M.A.C. as well for there branding.
The problem is that it has not been responsibly or substainabily sourced!
Past Petitions
Please see below all our
completed petitions:
Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end
Success!
Closing Date - 21 March 2022
In 2019 UK Government finalised a free trade agreement (FTA) with Faroe Islands which allows for £100 million of exports of wild caught and farmed fish to Britain per annum (20% of the Faroe Islands global trade). This FTA should be suspended until all whale & dolphin hunts on Faroe Islands end
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The Free Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands gives the UK Government significant leverage when it comes to ending the mass slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins on the Faroe Islands which causes huge anger and revulsion around the world. If the UK is to be considered a world leader in the protection of marine mammals it must use this leverage now.
This Petition was created by Blue Seas Protection
in collaboration with Dominic Dyer
Success!
Submission Deadline - Friday 27 May 2022.
Marine Mammals
Inquiry
This UK Parliamentary inquiry investigates the issues affecting marine mammals, in the UK and around the world, to better understand the role that Britain can play in protecting them.
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Blue Seas Protection triggered this Marine Mammal Inquiry when our UK Government Petition "Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end" reached 104,660 signatures (from across the UK) sparking the Government to debate our petition in Parliament, which resulted in them setting up a
Marine Mammal Inquiry .
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Tuesday 10 January 2023 -
Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Marine Mammals
Follow the link to view the Marine Mammal Inquiry Formal Meeting on Tue 10/JAN/2023:​
Tuesday 11 October 2022 -
Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Marine Mammals
Follow the link to view the Marine Mammal Inquiry Formal Meeting on Tue 11/OCT/2022: ​
Blue Seas Protection Chair Capt. Garry Oates submitted written evidence for the Parliamentary Enquiry...
Follow the link to see Capt. Garry Oates Submission: