Hey everyone,
it is a shame that I am not that present in this forum as i want to or maybe should.
Peter told me about your conversation and I think I should tell you, that the idea is really great. Everyone of us wants a real time census, but we also know that it is not possible. Some organisations tried similar things. The basis is a little tool of he homepage, where you can report your stock. Than you have important things to do and will never give an update to the stock. I did for years in the IGL and only a memory-letter made me update it for the reason of a real census.
So like Helene said it is not reliable. You will see the census has a great fluktuation of members and fishes, so this is our hobby. As a hobby noone has the fishes as the priority.
I think our system is established and a lot of people are taking part, because there is a memory-letter and a fixed time (there are still members without internet). Little changes are possible and the evolution oft he census is going on, but it seems like the simplest way ist the best.
I can collect or include some data like the location, but like Helene said, there was no request for the map and she maybe has some data for someone intrested.
Best wishes,
Bennie (Benjamin Wilden)