CAUGHT — Catching fishy business at sea

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This is an independent research project. There is no advertising and no paid promotion. Running it costs real money — every contribution keeps it online and lets us widen the data feed.

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What your support pays for:

• Hosting — Fly.io machine + persistent storage (~£2–3/month)
• Future data sources — port-call records, fisheries logbook cross-checks, commercial imagery tasking for the strongest cases
• Time — reviewing cases in the review queue against the satellite imagery, sharing findings with enforcement, building features people ask for

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Spotted a mislabelled vessel? An obvious error? A feature you'd like? Tell us — every note lands in the project log.

Other ways to help

• Get email alerts — live near a protected area? Subscribe to be emailed when possible illegal fishing is detected in the closures you choose.
• Share it — send the link to anyone who'd find it useful.
• Report patterns — if you spot something that looks like genuine evidence of illegal fishing, report it to your national authority. Who to report to is on the About page.

Donations are gratefully received and used to keep this service running. We're not a registered charity; donations are not tax-deductible. The project has no employees or paid contractors.