Overview of mycatch mycatch (https://mycatch.CA/) is developed by anglers atlas, which has been a proven, invaluable online resource for anglers since 1999

Anglers atlas began collecting angler data for science in the early 2000S, and mycatch has enabled US to efficiently collect more meaningful, workable data. We work with scientists across the united states and canada to provide data that is otherwise difficult to collect, and to help inform fisheries management and conservation. Mycatch is currently being used to collect fisheries data on a variety of systems. For example, mycatch is working with several midwestern state and canadian provincial fisheries agencies through a USFWS multistate conservation grant to collect walleye (sander vitreus) harvest related data to support fisheries assessments. Other work has included collection of angler data used for assessment of blotchy bass syndrome (BBS), essentially a hyperpigmented melanistic lesions on the surface of black basses. Such data collection greatly expands the limited efforts of field biologists to collect data and provides an invaluable addition resource for investigators to better understand the extent and frequency of BBS occurrence.