ANNEX VFORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF DATA ON MAGNETIC MEDIA
(A)MAGNETIC MEDIA
Computer tapes: | Nine-track with a density of 1600 or 6250-BPI and EBCDIC of ASCII coding, preferably labelled. If labelled, an end-of-file code should be included. |
Floppy disks: | MS-DOS-formatted, 3,5″ 720 K or 1,4 MB disks or 5,25″ 360 K or 1,2 MB disks. |
(B)CODING FORMAT
For submissions pursuant to Article 2(1)(a)
Byte Nos | Item | Remarks |
---|---|---|
1 to 4 | Country (ISO 3-alpha code) | e.g. FRA = France |
5 to 6 | Year | e.g. 90 = 1990 |
7 to 8 | FAO major fishing area | 21 = north-west Atlantic |
9 to 15 | Division | e.g. 3 Pn = NAFO sub-division 3 Pn |
16 to 18 | Species | 3-alpha identifier |
19 to 26 | Catch | tonnes |
For submissions pursuant to Article 2(1)(b)
Byte Nos | Item | Remarks |
---|---|---|
1 to 4 | Country | ISO 3-alpha code (e.g. FRA = France) |
5 to 6 | Year | e.g. 94 = 1994 |
7 to 8 | Month | e.g. 01 = January |
9 to 10 | FAO major fishing area | 21 = north-west Atlantic |
11 to 18 | Division | e.g. 3 Pn = NAFO sub-division 3 Pn: alpha-numeric |
19 to 21 | Main species sought | 3-alpha identifier |
22 to 26 | Vessel/gear category | ISSCFG code (e.g. OTB2 = Bottom otter trawl): alpha-numeric |
27 to 28 | Vessel size class | ISSCFV code (e.g. 04 = 150-499.9 GT): alpha-numeric |
29 to 34 | Average gross tonnage | Tonnes: numeric |
35 to 43 | Average engine power | Kilowatts: numeric |
44 to 45 | Percentage effort estimated | Numeric |
46 to 48 | Unit | 3-alpha identifier of species or effort identifier (e.g. COD = Atlantic cod A— = Effort measure A) |
49 to 56 | Data | Catch (in metric tonnes) or effort unit |
Notes
- (a)
All numeric fields should be right justified with leading blanks. All alphanumeric fields should be left justified with trailing blanks.
- (b)
The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings to the nearest metric tonne.
- (c)
Quantities (bytes 49 to 56) of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘-1’.
- (d)
Unknown quantities (bytes 49 to 56) should be recorded as ‘-2’.
- (e)
Country codes (ISO codes):
Austria
AUT
Belgium
BEL
Bulgaria
BGR
Cyprus
CYP
Czech Republic
CZE
Germany
DEU
Denmark
DNK
Spain
ESP
Estonia
EST
Finland
FIN
France
FRA
United Kingdom
GBR
England & Wales
GBRA
Scotland
GBRB
Northern Ireland
GBRC
Greece
GRC
Hungary
HUN
Ireland
IRL
Iceland
ISL
Italy
ITA
Lithuania
LTU
Luxembourg
LUX
Latvia
LVA
Malta
MLT
Netherlands
NLD
Norway
NOR
Poland
POL
Portugal
PRT
Romania
ROU
Slovakia
SVK
Slovenia
SVN
Sweden
SWE
Turkey
TUR