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

  1. (a)

    All numeric fields should be right justified with leading blanks. All alphanumeric fields should be left justified with trailing blanks.

  2. (b)

    The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings to the nearest metric tonne.

  3. (c)

    Quantities (bytes 49 to 56) of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘-1’.

  4. (d)

    Unknown quantities (bytes 49 to 56) should be recorded as ‘-2’.

  5. (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