Format for the submission of catch data for the north-east Atlantic
ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IV Format for the submission of catch data for the north-east 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 discs: MS-DOS-formatted 3,5″ 720 K or 1,4 Mbyte discs or 5,25″ 360 K or 1,2 Mbyte discs. Record format 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 27 = North-east Atlantic 9 to 15 Division e.g. IV a = ICES division IV a 16 to 18 Species 3-alpha identifier 19 to 26 Catch Metric tonnes 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 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’.