Marine Management Organisation
Update on the Catch Recording App
15 October 2024
We are aware that a small number of users are encountering issues when trying to submit landing data via the Catch Recording mobile app, specifically catch records failing to send. This follows recent software updates to Apple iOS and Android operating systems.
The app has also been updated and service restored. In the first instance, users are advised to download the latest version of the Catch Recording App from the app store, sign out using the small icon in the top right corner of the app and then log in again using your registered email address and password to automatically re-send any pending catch records.
Some users may continue to experience this issue, particularly those who are using older mobile devices. Where this is the case, they are advised to use the Catch Recording web service at: https://record-catch.service.gov.uk/sign-in.
For ease of access, it is now possible to save a shortcut to the web service on device home screens.
Alternatively, the catch recording helpline is available 24hrs a day on 0300 0203 788, with agents available between the hours of 7am and 8pm Monday to Friday. Please note, when using the automated service to log catch records, it is important that users stay on the line until a record ID is received at the end of the call.
Further guidance is available in catch recording quick guides below: Record your catch - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Overview
Use this service to create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
You can use this service if you are a:
- vessel owner
- skipper
If you are a member of a producer organisation you should not use the online record your catch service and should continue to record your catch using a paper logbook.
All U10m flag vessels need to record their catch. The information is used to help UK fishing authorities manage fishing levels in a sustainable way.
This service replaces:
- the NEP1 form
- the MSAR1 form, however, depending on your location, local IFCAs may require additional information
- the requirement to complete a log book when leasing fish quota and/or when fishing in 2 ICES areas (currently IVc/VIId and VIId/VIIe)
How to get an invite and register
How to get an invite
Vessel owners
All under 10 m fishing vessel owners should have received a letter or an email invite to register by the end of February 2020. New vessel owners, you will receive an email inviting you to register when you licence your under 10 m fishing vessel. The catch recording licence condition has been in place since 2020 and we will begin enforcing the associated licence condition from 28th February 2022.
Skippers
To get an invite email contact the owner of the vessel you work on.
How to register
Vessel owners
When you register, youll be asked to add the ports and gear you normally use and the species you catch for each of your vessels.
Adding this information before your trip makes it quicker to create a catch record. Youll only need to do this once and you can change it in the future.
You can also add skippers to create catch records on your behalf.
Skippers
When you register youll be asked for your address and contact number.
What to record
You must create a catch record for everything you catch on every fishing trip.
Youll be asked for information about your trip and the live weight of what youve caught.
Weights can be converted to live weights by multiplying them by a conversion factor.
If you catch quota species or species subject to catch limits all sizes of fish must be recorded unless exemptions apply.
Please see attached this guidance on how to correctly complete a Catch Record which also includes hints and tips on recording sub rectangles and species.
You will also be required to record the area and statistical sub rectangle where the majority of your catch was caught.
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