Fisheries FAQ

Getting listed is straightforward. Apply on the Add your fishery page, linked in the footer of every page; you do not need an account to apply. Our team reviews every application and will start your fishery profile with you.

You will add your permit types and pricing, upload images, and set your availability. Once approved, your fishery will be visible to anglers on the platform.

We operate a simple transaction fee model. A fixed FAF fee is applied to each permit issued through the platform, including free permits. On a free permit the fee is charged to the fishery and taken off its next payment.

There are no upfront listing fees or subscriptions. You only pay when permits are issued.

Permit payments are collected by Fish Around the Forth. Your share, the permit price after any discount less the FAF fee, is paid to you by the Fish Around the Forth team. Fisheries are paid either by bank transfer against a statement of permits sold, which you invoice us for, or through a connected Stripe account where that has been set up with us.

You can view your sales, the balance owed, your payout history and your statements in the Transactions tab of your dashboard. Full details are outlined in your agreement.

You can set how many rods are available each day for each permit type within your dashboard.

Once a date is full, sales for that date stop automatically, preventing overbooking. You can also mark a permit type as sold out, and adjust availability at any time.

Anglers can ask for account credit or a new date from their dashboard.

Account credit is approved automatically if the angler asks within 7 days of buying and the fishing date is still at least 7 days away; any later request is reviewed by the Fish Around the Forth team. A request to move a single-day permit to another available date is applied automatically when both the current and the new date are more than 7 days away. Other reschedule requests, and requests to cancel, come to you in the Change Requests tab of your dashboard to approve or decline. Season permits cannot be rescheduled.

All terms are shown to anglers at the time of booking, and the contract remains between the angler and your fishery.

Yes. You can invite bailiffs from the Team tab of your dashboard, choosing the Fishery Bailiff role.

Bailiffs can verify permits using QR codes, log incidents, and support compliance on the water using the platform on their mobile device.

Anglers are prompted to submit a digital catch return after their session.

If a return is still outstanding 7 days after a permit ends, the angler cannot book again at any fishery on the platform until it has been submitted, including a null return where no fish were caught.

You can view all returns within your dashboard, helping you monitor activity, track trends, and support conservation and reporting.

Yes. Fish Around the Forth can feature selected fisheries: featured fisheries are listed first on the Fisheries page and in search, and one is highlighted on the home page.

These placements are chosen by our team to ensure quality and fair exposure across the platform. Get in touch through the Support tab of your dashboard if you would like to be considered.

Your public profile displays your fishery name, location, description, gallery images, available permit types and prices, fishing rules, species information, and a map. You have full control over all content through the Edit Fishery section of your dashboard. Once your fishery has been approved and is set to Live, changes show on your public profile as soon as you save.

You can raise a support ticket directly from the Support tab of your Fishery Dashboard. Our platform support team will respond promptly. For urgent issues, you can also contact us by email. We aim to resolve all fishery-side queries within one working day.