Terms
Terms of Service
Last updated: May 5, 2026
These Terms govern your use of fisherydata.com (the “Service”). Please read them. By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.
1. The Service
FisheryData publishes a weekly intelligence brief covering U.S. commercial fishing — permit values, intent-to-transfer activity, and federal regulatory actions. The free tier provides an abbreviated weekly digest. Paid subscriptions ($29 per month, or $19 per month for the first 50 founding members) add the full unabridged digest, monthly deep-dives, full database access, CSV exports, and custom alerts.
2. Account & subscription
To subscribe, you provide an email address and (for paid tiers) payment information processed by Stripe. You're responsible for keeping your login email secure and for all activity on your account. You must be at least 13 years old (16 in the EU/UK).
2.1 Billing
Paid subscriptions are billed monthly in advance via Stripe. Charges renew automatically until you cancel.
2.2 Cancellation
You can cancel any time from your account's Stripe billing portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you keep paid features until then.
2.3 Refunds
We don't offer routine refunds for partial periods. If you believe you were charged in error or if there's a service issue, email editor@fisherydata.com within 14 days and we'll review case by case.
3. Acceptable use
You agree NOT to:
- Share your account credentials or sublicense access.
- Scrape, mass-download, or republish the Service's content without attribution and without express permission for redistribution beyond fair-use excerpts.
- Use the API or CSV exports to build a competing product or republish our analysis.
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract source code.
- Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service without coordination.
- Use the Service to harass, abuse, or harm any person.
- Violate any applicable law, including U.S. fisheries regulations.
4. Intellectual property
Underlying source data — Alaska CFEC permit values, intents, and ownership records; U.S. Federal Register filings; and other public-records sources — is public domain or available under each agency's open-data terms. We do not claim ownership of those underlying records.
Our editorial commentary, plain-English regulatory summaries, monthly deep-dive features, the weekly Brief, the structure and selection of the databases, the website design, the FisheryData name, and the logo are proprietary to FisheryData. You may quote brief excerpts (under 100 words) with clear attribution and a link back. Larger republication requires written permission.
5. Disclaimers
FisheryData is not financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. We synthesize public records into a more usable form. We do our best to be accurate but we make no warranty of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose. Permit-value estimates are CFEC's time-weighted figures derived from confidential transaction records; we report what CFEC publishes.
For Alaska, individual permit transfer prices are NOT publicly disclosed by CFEC. We do not invent or estimate per-transaction prices. Any decisions about buying, selling, or valuing a permit should be made with qualified professional advice.
The Service is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
6. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, FisheryData and its operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether arising out of or in connection with the Service. Our total cumulative liability will not exceed the amounts you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim, or $100, whichever is greater.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend and indemnify FisheryData against any claim arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Service, or your violation of any law or third-party right.
8. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access for breach of these Terms, for non-payment, or to protect the integrity of the Service. You may stop using the Service at any time by canceling your subscription and unsubscribing from the newsletter. Sections 4 (IP), 5 (Disclaimers), 6 (Liability), 7 (Indemnification), and 9 (Governing law) survive termination.
9. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Indiana, and you consent to that venue.
10. Changes
We may update these Terms as the Service evolves. Material changes will be announced via email and on the Site. Continuing to use the Service after a change indicates acceptance.