Analytics: we use Google Analytics to understand page views and general visitor information such as approximate location, device and browser. This only runs after you accept analytics cookies in the banner shown on your first visit; if you decline, no analytics cookies are set and no analytics data is sent.
On top of standard Google Analytics page views, we record specific events when analytics is active: on-site directory searches, clicks on fishery listings, phone numbers, email addresses and outbound website or Facebook links, and privacy-safe recent-visit form events for views, starts, accepted submissions and failure outcomes. These events contain no report answers, notes, contact emails or IP addresses.
There is no account or login system. We don't ask you to register, and we don't build visitor profiles beyond what Google Analytics collects.
Forms only collect what's needed to action your specific request, for example your name and email for a suggestion, or your name, email, phone and role for a fishery claim. Form details are used solely to follow up on that request.
Recent visit reports are kept as private moderation records. Optional notes and contact email are not included in analytics or public fishery signals; only approved aggregate results from the rolling 90-day window are shown, and reports may be removed under the service retention policy.
Cookies: declining the analytics banner means no analytics cookies (such as _ga) are set. Accepting sets standard Google Analytics cookies for measurement purposes only. You can clear your choice at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site.