FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA FOR THE NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC ON MAGNETIC MEDIA
ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
ANNEX V FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA FOR THE NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC ON MAGNETIC MEDIA A. Coding format The data should be submitted as variable length records with a colon (:) between the fields of the record. The following fields should be included in each record: Field Remarks Country 3-alpha code (e.g. FRA = France) Year e.g. 2001 or 01 FAO major fishing area 27 = North-East Atlantic Division e.g. IVa = ICTS subdivision 4a Species 3-alpha identifier Catch Tonnes (a) The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings, to the nearest metric tonne. (b) Quantities of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘- 1’. (c) Country 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 and 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 B. Method of transmission of the data to the European Commission As far as is possible, the data should be transmitted in an electronic format (for example, as an e-mail attachement). Failing this, the submission of a file on a 3.5" HD floppy disk will be accepted.