Record your catch
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-09)

Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

Important Notice – Catch Recording Update

We are aware of ongoing technical issues affecting the Record Your Catch app, which may cause the following issues for you:
- Problems signing in to the app or accessing vessel lists
- Catch records appearing with a status of ‘SENDING’ and not reaching the system
- Submitted records not appearing in the list of trips
- Duplicate records being generated
- Inconsistent confirmation messages within the mobile application
Some users have received confirmation messages such as “Your catch record has been submitted” or “Your catch record has been recorded,” even when the record has not been successfully received. Please note that a catch record showing as ‘SENDING’ or not appearing in your trip list has not been delivered to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

You can check whether your catch records have been submitted by looking at trips listed on the “Home” page of your account within the web service (see images below). Records will be listed by departure date. Features such as adding preferences, editing trips and viewing previous trips are only available on the web service.

How to access the Catch Recording Web Service and view successfully submitted Catch Recordings

If you encounter any of these issues, please take the following steps:

Sign out of the mobile application using the icon in the top right corner.

Sign back in while connected to a reliable mobile data or Wi-Fi connection. If you have a lot of stuck trips it may help to remain signed out for a few hours.

Check whether your record has successfully submitted.

If the issue persists, please use an alternative method to submit your catch record. The web service is available at: https://record-catch.service.gov.uk/sign-in

We recommend saving a shortcut to the web service on your device’s home screen for ease of access. Guidance on how to do this is available here (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66fe8b64e84ae1fd8592ed96/Quick_guides_-_Adding_a_website_shortcut_to_your_mobile_homescreen.pdf).

The Catch Recording Helpline is available 24 hours a day on xx-xxxx-xxxx, with trained agents available from 08:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday. When using the automated service, please remain on the line until you receive a record ID, which confirms successful submission.

Further guidance is available in the Catch Recording Quick Guides.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e77590dadf7616351e4fb5/5.a._Catch_Recording_CRIB_External.pdf)

Catch Recording CRIB Sheet (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e77590dadf7616351e4fb5/5.a._Catch_Recording_CRIB_External.pdf)

PDF, 279 KB, 2 pages

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these technical difficulties.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e7733249e17d00a56fff7f/QUick_Guide_-_logging_out.pdf)

Quick Guide - logging out (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e7733249e17d00a56fff7f/QUick_Guide_-_logging_out.pdf)

PDF, 136 KB, 1 page

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e77322c487360cc70ca2a6/Quick_guides_-_Adding_a_website_shortcut_to_your_mobile_homescreen.pdf)

Quick guides - Adding a website shortcut to your mobile homescreen (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e77322c487360cc70ca2a6/Quick_guides_-_Adding_a_website_shortcut_to_your_mobile_homescreen.pdf)

PDF, 103 KB, 2 pages

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, you’ll 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. You’ll 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 you’ll 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.

You’ll be asked for information about your trip and the live weight of what you’ve caught.

Weights can be converted to live weights by multiplying them by a conversion factor (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculate-your-fisheries-catch-limits/conversion-factors).

If you catch quota species or species subject to catch limits all sizes of fish must be recorded unless exemptions apply (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landing-obligation-2019-rules-and-regulations/landing-obligation-general-requirements-2019--2).

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.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64bfc6b8d4051a00145a92a4/CR_Guidance_v1.6_July_23.pdf)

Catch Recording Guidance (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64bfc6b8d4051a00145a92a4/CR_Guidance_v1.6_July_23.pdf)

PDF, 1.75 MB, 34 pages

You will also be required to record the area and statistical sub rectangle where the majority of your catch was caught.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e0040f0b67064c5eabe/1_North_East.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: North East (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e0040f0b67064c5eabe/1_North_East.pdf)

PDF, 359 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx). Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e0ce5274a07b7324d50/2_East.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: East (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e0ce5274a07b7324d50/2_East.pdf)

PDF, 404 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

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(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e1be5274a08720304f1/3_South_East.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: South East (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e1be5274a08720304f1/3_South_East.pdf)

PDF, 395 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx). Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e2eed915d08e183cd3f/4_South.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: South (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e2eed915d08e183cd3f/4_South.pdf)

PDF, 487 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx). Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e4640f0b67067486031/5_South_West.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: South West (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e4640f0b67067486031/5_South_West.pdf)

PDF, 461 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx). Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e55ed915d08d612d7c4/6_North_West.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: North West (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e55ed915d08d612d7c4/6_North_West.pdf)

PDF, 416 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx). Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e72e5274a075f04a0ee/7_Northern_Ireland.pdf)

ICES Sub Rectangle: Northern Ireland (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d554e72e5274a075f04a0ee/7_Northern_Ireland.pdf)

PDF, 535 KB, 1 page

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx). Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

When to record your catch

If you catch any species subject to quotas or catch limits

You must submit a catch record no later than on completion of landing and before the fish is moved from the place of landing or transported to point of sale. This is still the case if quota species are being retained on board and not landed, and all species being retained on board must be included.

This also applies if you catch a mix of species where some are subject to quota or catch limits and some are not.

If you catch only species not subject to quotas or catch limits

You must create a catch record within 24 hours of landing your catch. If after returning to port you retain any of them on board or in keep pots for landing at another time, you must create a catch record that lists both the species landed and the species retained and the weights in kgs when you create the catch record.

Landing shellfish to store pots

If you complete a fishing trip where you are landing directly to a store pot, you should complete and submit the catch record for what you have placed into the store pot. The catch recording service has a section for recording shellfish placed into store pots.

You are not required to complete a separate catch record when you empty the store pot.

If on the same trip you fish, or are present, in ICES area 4c and 7d, or 7d and 7e

You must create a catch record each time you cross the ICES boundary between these areas. You will need to use the apple or android app to create your catch record offline.

If you cross an ICES area while fishing

You must create a separate catch record for each ICES Area you have fished in. If you are catching any quota species or species subject to catch limits, these must be submitted no later than on completion of landing and before the fish is moved from the place of landing or transported to point of sale. If you are catching only species not subject to quotas or catch limits, these must be submitted within 24 hours of landing. If you catch a mixture of species subject to quotas or catch limits and species not subject to quotas or catch limits, you must submit the catch records no later than on completion of landing and before the fish is moved from the place of landing or transported to point of sale.

Where to record your catch

We utilise iOS (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/id1475243969) and Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mmo.catchrecording.android) platforms to deliver the mobile service. Providers can make independent decisions to stop supporting some older devices with their software, resulting in the device falling out of support and unable to run the mobile app.

However, the web version is available through your smartphone’s browser in the event you are unable to submit using the mobile app.

Start recording your catch

You can only use this service if you are a:
- vessel owner of a licensed under 10 metre flag vessel
- skipper who has been given permission by a vessel owner of a licensed under 10 metre vessel
Start now (https://record-catch.service.gov.uk/sign-in)

Before you start

You will need:
- to have already have an invite and be registered to use the catch recording service
- your email address and password to sign in
Need help resetting your password?

These guides will take you through a straightforward process to reset your password so you can use the catch recording service again.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64e5df8bdb1c07000d22b2db/Catch_Recording_-_Password_Reset_Mobile_App.pdf)

Catch Recording - Password Reset Mobile App (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64e5df8bdb1c07000d22b2db/Catch_Recording_-_Password_Reset_Mobile_App.pdf)

PDF, 201 KB, 1 page

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64e5df9f20ae89000df26c8b/Catch_Recording_-_Password_Reset_Web_App.pdf)

Catch Recording - Password Reset Web App (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64e5df9f20ae89000df26c8b/Catch_Recording_-_Password_Reset_Web_App.pdf)

PDF, 134 KB, 1 page

Get help

Contact centre

A contact centre is available. Phones will be staffed from 8am until 6pm Monday to Friday. At other times, the contact centre will run an automated service and fishers will be able to leave catch records over the phone. The contact centre number is xx-xxxx-xxxx.

Videos

These short videos provide step-by-step guides to the new service:
- How to register (https://youtu.be/-Ue1BxFKnik)
- Recording your catch with or without a signal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBZXAayw5Pk)
Further information is available in questions and answers from the consultation. (https://consult.defra.gov.uk/mmo/consultation-on-the-introduction-of-catch-recordin/)