What a case is — and what it isn't
A case is a reason to look, not a verdict. Satellites and vessel trackers have well-known blind spots, and we would rather be corrected than overstate what we can see.
- CAUGHT — all three questions answered strongly, and checked by a person. Nothing else reaches this state.
- Review — flagged, but at least one of the three is not established. Each case says which one, and why.
- Resolved — assessed and dismissed: permitted gear, out of season, a closure that doesn't apply to that vessel, or simply too weak to stand.
Every case carries a printable evidence pack: the vessel, the closure and the law that applies there, the timings, a map — and, deliberately, a section listing what we don't know.
About the film. The film that opens the site shows Britain from orbit at night. Each flash strikes white when something is detected, then turns green (resolved) or red (CAUGHT). It is an artwork: every red light sits on the position of a real CAUGHT case, and many other lights are real detections — but some are illustrative, placed inside real protected-area boundaries so the offshore reserves aren't dark.
