Join the Sea Angling Diary

To sign up to participate in the project, please fill out this short questionnaire. Once you have signed up, you will get access to an online catch diary and mobile app where you can record your sea angling activity. You will receive a free diary pack containing a fish identification booklet, tape measure and waterproof notebook once you have submitted sea angling activity data.

Please note that only anglers who reside in England and Wales are eligible to take part in the Sea Angling Diary Project. For more information or to register interest in other angling research, contact seaanglingdiary@substance.net

Confidentiality

Your privacy is important to us. Any personal information you provide during the registration and participation in this project will be treated with strict confidentiality. This information will only be used for purposes directly related to the project and will not be shared with any third parties. We will take all necessary measures to ensure your data is securely stored and handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws. At any time, you may request us to delete your personal data by contacting seaanglingdiary@substance.net

Welsh / Cymraeg

Os hoffech gael fersiwn Cymraeg o'r deunyddiau arolwg, anfonwch e-bost i seaanglingdiary@substance.net

1. In which country do you currently live? Only anglers who reside in England and Wales are eligible to take part
At this time the Sea Angling Diary Project is only open to new diarists resident in England or Wales. For more information, contact seaanglingdiary@substance.net. Or please click this link www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ScotNISADP/ if you want to know more about eligibility for the SADP or to register interest in other angling research.
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2. Do you expect to go sea angling in the UK before the end of 2025?
3. Have you done any sea angling in the UK? Please say whether this has been in the last 12 months, longer ago than the last 12 months, or never?
4. In the last 12 months, on how many different days did you go sea angling in the UK? If your session went over more than one calendar day, count it as two days.

5. In total how many years have you been sea angling for (from when you first went to now)?
6. Has your participation in sea angling been consistent since the first time?
7. Which best describes your sea angling experience/skill level?
8. How important is sea angling for your lifestyle, in relation to your social life, work, other hobbies, etc? Please select from the choices below to indicate importance from 1 (not at all important) to 10 (very important).

9.Please provide your contact details. Your address will only be used to send you your free diary pack.

We collect these details so we know the profile of the respondents to this survey.

10. What is your year of birth? The project is only open to people aged 16 or older
11. Are you:
12. How did you hear about the Sea Angling Diary Project? Please select one from the options below.

13. Please tick below to opt in to receive:
14. Please tick below to opt in to be included in:
15. Would you like to be contacted by Substance in relation to other research?
16. Consent to take part. To take part in the project, you need to accept the terms and conditions below

Terms and Conditions 2025:

Any data collected for the project will be managed and processed by Substance in collaboration with Cefas, in accordance with GDPR regulations.

By taking part, you are agreeing that data provided in the sign-up survey, online diary tool and mobile app can be used for the purposes of the Sea Angling Diary Project and associated research.

All data will be anonymised except for the operation of the project – such as reminder emails, data queries and online diary tool support. Data will only be published in aggregate form.

Data will be stored securely, and no personal information will be passed onto any other parties unless you have given express permission for that to be done.

Your participation in the project will continue until the end of March 2026 unless you withdraw from the project before this time. We will store your personal data and Sea Angling Diary data until the end of March 2026 or as soon as the project and analysis is complete, if sooner. You can withdraw permission for us to store your data at any time by emailing www.seaangling.org. If you withdraw from the project, your personal data will be removed.

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