RecFish

RecFish is a free and user-friendly fishing app that helps anglers like you accurately identify and record your catch by simply taking a photo or selecting a saved photo. RecFish uses the latest in image-recognition software and machine-learning models to instantly identify each fish to species level and works even when you are offline.


RecFish can currently identify 100 species of fish with 95% accuracy. You can help improve RecFish even further by uploading your fish photos and letting us know whether RecFish accurately identified your catch. Anglers like you help us add more species and increase accuracy with the tap of a button!


RecFish is completely free to use – no upfront costs, no in-app purchases, no paywalls, and no advertisements. Support for this project has been provided by competitive grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation with support from NOAA, by the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences Dean & Directors Innovation Fund, and by recreational anglers like you! For additional information about the RecFish project or to make a donation, please go to https://www.recfish.org.