Fishing rules, authored once. Compliant everywhere.
FishOz is a complete platform for any organisation that publishes fishing rules. Author every region, season and limit in Steward, then publish to native iOS and Android apps that apply them, in real time, for the people on the water. No ongoing software development.
We set out to help anglers. The real problem was keeping the rules up to date.
Western Australia has some of the most intricate recreational fishing regulations anywhere: bioregions and zones, demersal boat limits, seasonal closures, species size and bag limits, boat-versus-shore licences. We built FishOz so anglers could simply get it right: thousands of rule combinations, resolved automatically by where you are and what you hold.
But the app was the easy part. The hard part is keeping the rules correct as they change, and they always change. So we built Steward: an authoring platform that hands control of the content back to the people who publish it, with no developers in the loop. The result is a single system that takes a rule from your desk to the angler's pocket.
This was never just a Western Australian problem.
Everyone who publishes fishing rules faces the same dense, shifting regulations that are hard to communicate and even harder to keep an app in sync with. Protected species grow. Spatial and seasonal closures multiply. Rules get more nuanced every year, never less.
Bespoke apps can't keep pace. Every rule change becomes a development project, a budget line, a delay. FishOz flips that: the rules live with the people who own them, and the apps simply stay current.
Author. Publish. Comply.
Steward and the FishOz apps are two halves of the same system: the authoring desk and the device, joined by a publishing pipeline you control.
The whole rulebook, in one authoring app.
Draw regions and zones on a map. Build complex rules with seasons and timing. Maintain fish species, illustrations and licences. Design the in-app onboarding and translations, all with a live preview of exactly what citizens will see. No code, no developers.
See Steward in detail →
One pipeline from the authoring desk to every device.
Steward compiles and packages your entire rulebook and delivers it to the apps. Updates, even emergency closures, ship the same day, without an app store release for every change.
A rules engine, not a rulebook.
Most fishing apps just hand people the regulations and leave them to find and interpret the right rule. FishOz works the other way around. People give it their context, their licences, platform, location and catch, and the rules engine does the thinking, telling them exactly what applies in real time. It gives the answer, not pages to wade through. Works offline, and collects no personal data.
See the citizen experience →Why organisations choose FishOz
Update rules, not code
Your team owns the content. Change a limit, a season or a zone in Steward. No developers, no release cycle.
Same-day updates
Publish from Steward and the change is packaged and delivered to every device. Emergency closures ship in minutes.
A fraction of the cost
One platform replaces a custom build and its endless maintenance. Predictable cost, no bespoke development bill.
Lower risk, certain outcomes
No open-ended software project. The authoring tools, the pipeline and the apps are already built and proven.
Native iOS & Android quality
Citizens get fast, polished native apps, not a wrapped website, with offline access on the water.
Better compliance
Rules are applied automatically for each person's context, so fewer accidental breaches and clearer communication.
Privacy by design
The apps collect no personal data. Location and catch history stay on the citizen's device. Nothing to breach.
Multilingual & accessible
Author onboarding and translations in Steward so the rules reach every part of your community.
Live across Western Australia today.
FishOz is the platform running in production right now: proof the model works end to end, from your desk to the angler's pocket. Try the live apps to see exactly what your community would get.
A complete rules app, for a fraction of building your own.
Fishing regulations will only get more complex. FishOz is the cost-effective way to stay ahead of them, and to keep your community compliant, without standing up a software team.
Talk to us about your project