ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
ANNEX V ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSMISSION FORMAT OF THE VMS DATA FROM THE FLAG TO THE COASTAL MEMBER STATE A. Content of position report and definition of the data elements Category Data element Field code Type Contents Mandatory (M) / Optional (O) Definitions System details Start record SR M Indicates start of the record End record ER M Indicates end of the record Message details Address destination AD Char ( *1 ) 3 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 M Address of the Coastal Member State receiving the message. ISO alpha-3 country code From FR Char ( *1 ) 3 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 M ISO alpha-3 country code of the Flag Member State transmitting the message Type of message TM Сhаr ( *1 ) 3 Code M First three letters of the message type (POS – for position report) Date DA Num ( *1 ) 8 YYYYMMDD M Year, month and date of transmission Time TI Num ( *1 ) 4 HHMM M Time of transmission (in UTC) Fishing vessel registration details EU Fleet Register number IR Char ( *1 ) 12 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 +Char ( *1 ) 9 O ( 1 ) European Union Fleet Register number composed of the Member state code (ISO alpha-3 country code) and a unique fishing vessel code Flag State FS Char ( *1 ) 3 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 M ISO alpha-3 country code of the Flag State of the vessel Radio call sign RC Char ( *1 ) 7 IRCS Code M International radio call sign of the fishing vessel Fishing vessel name NA Char ( *1 ) 30 ISO 8859-1 O Name of the fishing vessel External registration XR Char ( *1 ) 14 ISO 8859-1 O The side number of the fishing vessel Activity details Latitude (decimal) LT Char ( *1 ) 7 +/-DD.ddd M Latitude of fishing vessel at the time of transmission in decimal degrees using WGS84 geographical coordinate system ( 2 ) Longitude (decimal) LG Char ( *1 ) 8 +/-DDD.ddd M Longitude at the time of transmission in decimal degrees using WGS84 geographical coordinate system. Accuracy shall be 3 decimals. Positions on western hemisphere shall be negative ( 2 ) . Speed SP Num ( *1 ) 3 Knots ( *1 ) 10 M Fishing vessel speed in tenths of knots e.g.//SP/105 = 10,5 knots Course CO Num ( *1 ) 3 360 degree scale M Fishing vessel course 360° scale e.g.//CO/270 = 270° Trip No TN Num ( *1 ) 3 001-999 O Fishing trip serial number in the current year B. Structure of the position report Each data transmission is structured as follows: — double slash (//) and the characters ‘SR’ indicate the start of a message, — a double slash (//) and field code indicate the start of a data element, — a single slash (/) separates the field code and the data, — pairs of data are separated by space, — the characters ‘ER’ and a double slash (//) indicate the end of a record. ( 1 ) Mandatory for European Union Fishing vessels. ( 2 ) The plus sign (+) does not need to be transmitted, leading zeros can be omitted. ( *1 ) ISO 3 alpha codes for international organizations are the following: XEU European Commission XFA CFCA XNW NAFO XNE NEAFC XIC ICCAT XCA CCAMLR.