FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA FOR REGIONS OTHER THAN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
ANNEX V FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA FOR REGIONS OTHER THAN THE NORTH ATLANTIC Magnetic media Computer tapes: Nine track with a density of 1 600 or 6 250 BPI and EBCDIC or ASCII coding, preferably unlabelled. 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. Record format Byte numbers Item Remarks 1 to 4 Country (ISO 3-alpha code) e.g. FRA = France 5 to 6 Year e.g. 93 = 1993 7 to 8 Major fishing area 34 = eastern central Atlantic 9 to 15 Division 3.3 = division 3.3 16 to 18 Species 3-alpha identifier 19 to 26 Catch Metric tonnes Notes: (a) The catch field (bytes 19 to 26) should be right justified with leading blanks. All other fields should be left justified with trailing blanks. (b) The catch should be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings, to the nearest metric tonne. (c) Quantities (bytes 19 to 26) of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘-1’. (d) Unknown quantities (bytes 19 to 26) should be recorded as ‘-2’.