Find Your Fish

Since 2006, Oregon fishermen working with the Pacific Fish Trax salmon project have provided their catch information for use in our Find Your Fish map. The fully functioning version is still under development. However, we’re so excited about it, we’ve provided a small demonstration of the work-in-progress.

The Find Your Fish mapping system, will help you better understand both where your fish come from and fisheries in general.

Here's How The Map Works

1. 1. Enter up to five barcodes from the barcode list, in the space provided above the map.
2. 2. Use a comma (,) to separate the barcodes.

The map will then display the location of where your fish was caught, when it was caught, and the name of the fisherman who caught it.

The barcode samples provided in this demonstration are linked to fish caught by four of the Pacific Fish Trax projects’ 80 fishermen.

If you were in a fish market or grocery store, you would be able to find this information for any fish you selected from the Pacific Fish Trax kiosk. They are all bar-coded, and when you scan your fish – right at the case – a video screen would display a Find Your Fish map, similar to this one. You could find out where it was caught and by whom, right at the freezer.

The find your fish map is one of the exciting consumer components to the Pacific Fish Trax project, helping you catch information that might otherwise get away.