ANNEX XIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX XII ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RECORDING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT (VERSION 3.0) (1) Character set definitions used for ERS should be: Western character set (UTF-8). (2) All 3 character codes are XML elements (3 character code), all 2 character codes are XML attributes. (3) The XML sample files, as well as the most recent reference XSD definition and table version of the above Annex will be placed on the Commission Fisheries website. (4) All the weights in the table are expressed in kilograms and, if needed with up to 2 decimals of precision. Operations table view No Element or attribute name Code Description and content Compulsory (C)/ Compulsory if (CIF) ( *2 ) Optional (O) ( *3 ) 1 OPS ELEMENT OPS Operations element: this is the top level envelope of all operations sent to the web service operation. OPS element must contain one of the sub-elements DAT, RET, DEL, COR, QUE, RSP 2 Country of destination AD Destination for the message (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 3 Sending country FR Country sending the data (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 4 Operation No ON Unique ID (AAAYYYYMMDD999999) generated by sender. C 5 Operation Date OD Date of transmission of the message (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 6 Operation Time OT Time of sending the message (HH:MM in UTC) C 7 Test flag TS Free text. O 8 Data operation DAT (See details of sub-elements and attributes of DAT) CIF 9 Acknowledgement message RET (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RET) CIF 10 Delete operation DEL (See details of sub-elements and attributes of DEL) CIF 11 Correction operation COR (See details of sub-elements and attributes of COR) CIF 12 Query operation QUE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of QUE) CIF 13 Response operation RSP (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RSP) CIF 14 15 Data Operation DAT Data operation to push log book or sales note information to another MS 16 ERS message ERS Includes all relevant ERS data, i.e. the whole message C 17 Message type TM Type of message (current (CU) or delayed (DE)) C 18 19 Delete Operation DEL Delete operation to ask receiving MS to delete previously sent data 20 Record No. RN Record No to be deleted. (AAAYYYYMMDD999999) C 21 Reason for Rejection RE Free text or code list giving an explanation for the rejection O 22 23 Correction operation COR Correction operation to ask another MS to correct previously sent data. 24 Original Message number RN Record number of the message being corrected (format AAAYYYYMMDD999999) C 25 Reason for Correction RE Free text or code list ( *4 ) O 26 New corrected data ERS Includes all relevant ERS data, i.e. the whole message C 27 28 Acknowledgement operation RET Acknowledgement operation to reply to DAT, DEL or COR operation 29 Sent Message number ON Operation no.(AAAYYYYMMDD999999) that is being acknowledged. C 30 Return status RS Indicates the status of the received message/report ( *4 ) C 31 Reason for Rejection RE Free text or code list ( *4 ) giving an explanation for the rejection O 32 33 Query operation QUE Query operation to pull fishing logbook information from another MS 34 Commands to execute CD Get LOG data (full 12 months unless specified by SD and ED below up to maximum of 12 months). The current and latest data available shall always be included. C 35 Vessel identifier type ID Shall be at least one of the following: RC/IR/XR/NA C 36 Vessel identifier Value IV If given, must comply with the formatting mentioned in vessel identifier type. C 37 Start Date SD Start Date of requested period (oldest date in query), if query (YYYY-MM-DD) O 38 End Date ED End Date of requested period (most recent date in query), if query (YYYY-MM-DD) O 39 40 Response operation RSP Response operation to answer a QUE operation 41 ERS message ERS Includes all relevant ERS data, dependant on the vessel identifier type used in the query i.e. the whole message O 42 Return Status RS Indicates the status of the received message/report ( *4 ) C 43 Operation No. ON The operation no.(AAAYYYYMMDD999999) of the query to which this response refers to. C 44 Reason for Rejection RE If response is negative, reason for not replying with data. Free text or code list ( *4 ) giving an explanation for the rejection O 45 Response parts RP Responses with different schema definitions C 46 Table view for Fishing logbook, Sales note and Transport document No Element or attribute name Code Description and content Compulsory (C)/ Compulsory if (CIF) ( *2 ) Optional (O) ( *3 ) 47 ERS message ERS Tag with the ERS message. The ERS message contains a LOG, SAL or TRN declaration. 48 Message (record) number RN Serial number of the message (format AAAYYYYMMDD999999) C 49 Message (record) date RD Date of transmission of the message (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 50 Message (record) time RT Time of transmission of the message (HH:MM:SS in UTC) C 51 52 Fishing logbook declaration LOG Fishing logbook declaration contains one or more of the following declarations DEP, FAR, RLC, TRA, COE, COX, CRO, TRZ, INS, DIS, PNO, EOF, RTP, LAN, PNT. 53 European Union Fleet Register number (CFR number) IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number C 54 IRCS RC International radio call sign C 55 Vessel’s external identification XR Side (hull) registration number and letters of the vessel CIF FAR, PNO 56 Name of vessel NA Name of the vessel CIF FAR, PNO, and under BFT rules 57 Name of the master MA Name of the master (any change during trip to be sent in next LOG transmission). C 58 Master address MD Address of master (any change during trip to be sent in next LOG transmission) C 59 Country of registration FS Flag state of vessel registration. ISO alpha-3 country code. C 60 Vessel ICCAT number IN Vessel number on ICCAT registry. CIF under BFT rules 61 Vessel IMO number IM IMO number, under BFT rules. CIF under BFT rules and if available 62 63 Departure declaration DEP Departure from port declaration. Required on every departure from port, to be sent in next message 64 Date DA Date of departure (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 65 Time TI Time of departure (HH:MM in UTC). Full time required in effort regimes. If only the hour is required, then it is allowed to set the minutes to 30. C 66 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) C 67 Anticipated activity AA Code list ( *4 ) O 68 Gear on board GEA (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA) C 69 Catch on board sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) CIF catch on board the vessel 70 71 Fishing Activity Report declaration FAR Required by midnight on each day at sea or in response to request from the flag state 72 Last report marker LR Marker that indicates that this is the last FAR report that will be sent (LR=1). Every day that a vessel is at sea, it needs to send a FAR. No further FAR can be sent after a FAR with LR = 1, before entering port. CIF last message 73 Inspection marker IS Marker that indicates this fishing activity report was received just prior to an inspection carried out onboard the vessel. (IS=1). Occurs when the inspector asks the fisherman to update his fishing logbook prior to verification. CIF inspection occurring 74 Date DA Date for which fishing activities being reported whilst vessel at sea (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 75 Time TI Start time of fishing activity (HH:MM in UTC). O 76 Pair fishing partner vessel(s) PFP Specified if there are other vessel(s) in a pair fishing operation. Required to effectively monitor pair fishing. There may be more than one partner vessel. Each participating partner submits a FAR declaration mentioning all the other partners. If pair fishing takes place without relocation, then the vessel taking all the catch will declare the SPE elements, and the other vessels will fill out only the RAS element. If relocation takes place, the RLC declarations shall in addition be submitted. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of PFP). CIF pair fishing partner vessel(s) exist and not under BFT rules 77 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Specified if no catch was made (for effort purposes) ( *4 ) (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF when no SPE to record (and under effort regimes) 78 Position sub-declaration POS Position at noon if no catch was made (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) CIF under BFT rules 79 Gear sub-declaration GEA (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA) . At most one GEA per FAR. CIF any undertaken 80 Gear loss sub-declaration GLS (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GLS) CIF required by the rules ( *3 ) 81 Catch sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE Catch for this fishing activity on board of this vessel. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) In case of joint fishing operation under BFT rules, fill out the total and allocated SPE under CVT, CVO, and JCI instead. CIF any fish caught and not if JFO under BFT rules. 82 Catching Vessel Transferring the fish sub-declaration CVT (See details of sub-elements and attributes of CVT). In case of joint fishing operation under BFT rules, the information on the ‘catching vessel transferring the fish’ has to be reported by every vessel participating in the JFO. CIF JFO under BFT rules 83 Other Catching Vessel(s) sub-declaration(s) CVO (See details of sub-elements and attributes of CVO). In case of joint fishing operation under BFT rules, the information on every ‘other catching vessel involved in the JFO’ has to be reported by every vessel participating in the JFO. CIF JFO under BFT rules 84 Catch info sub-declaration JCI (See details of sub-elements and attributes of JCI). In case of joint fishing operation under BFT rules, the information on the total JFO catch has to be reported by every vessel participating in the JFO. CIF JFO under BFT rules 85 ICCAT JFO number JF ICCAT JFO number, optional under BFT rules. O 86 87 Relocation declaration RLC Used when catch (all or parts thereof) is transferred or moved from shared fishing gear to a vessel or from a vessel’s hold or its fishing gear to a keep net, container or cage (outside the vessel) in which the live catch is kept until landing 88 Date DA Date of catch relocation whilst vessel at sea (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 89 Time TI Time of relocation (HH:MM in UTC) CIF under BFT rules 90 Receiving vessel REC Receiving vessel identification (See details of sub-elements and attributes of REC) . For transfer under BFT rules, fill out BTI instead. CIF relocation and not under BFT rules 91 Donor Vessel(s) DON Donor vessel(s) identification (See details of sub-elements and attributes of DON) . For transfer under BFT rules, fill out BTI instead. CIF relocation and not under BFT rules 91 Relocated to RT 3 letter code for relocation destination ( *4 ) CIF required, in particular under BFT rules 92 Position sub-declaration POS Location of transfer (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS). C 93 Catch sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE Amount of fish relocated (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) Under BFT rules, fill out BTI instead. CIF relocation and not under BFT rules 94 BFT transfer info sub-declaration BTI (See details of sub-elements and attributes of BTI). Under BFT rules, fill out the BTI instead of DON, REC, and SPE. CIF under BFT rules 95 96 Transhipment declaration TRA For every transhipment of catch, declaration required from both donor and recipient 97 Date DA Start of TRA (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 98 Time TI Start of TRA (HH:MM in UTC). O 99 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS The geographical area in which the transhipment took place ( *4 ) . (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF took place at sea 100 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) CIF took place in port 101 Receiving vessel’s CFR number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number CIF European Union fishing vessel 102 Transhipment: receiving vessel TT International radio call sign of the receiving vessel C 103 Transhipment: flag state of receiving vessel TC Flag state of vessel receiving the transhipment (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 104 Donor Vessel’s CFR number RF With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number CIF European Union fishing vessel 105 Transhipment: (donor) vessel TF International radio call sign of the donor vessel C 106 Transhipment: flag state of donor vessel FC Flag state of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 107 Position sub-declaration POS (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) CIF required ( *3 ) (NEAFC, NAFO waters or BFT rules) 108 Catch transhipped (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 109 110 COE: entry in zone effort declaration COE Declaration on entry into the effort zone. If fishing in area subject to fishing effort regime CIF required 111 Date DA Date of entry (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 112 Time TI Time of entry (HH:MM in UTC) C 113 Target specie(s) TS Species to be targeted whilst in zone ( *4 ) CIF conducting fishing activities under effort regime, and not crossing zones 114 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Geographical location of the vessel ( *4 ) . (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF conducting fishing activities under effort regime, and not crossing zones 115 Position sub-declaration POS Position of entry (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 116 Catch on board sub-declaration (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) O 117 118 Exit from zone effort declaration COX Declaration on exit of the effort zone. If fishing in area subject to fishing effort regime CIF required 119 Date DA Date of exit (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 120 Time TI Time of exit (HH:MM in UTC) C 121 Target specie(s) TS Species to be targeted whilst in zone ( *4 ) CIF conducting fishing activities under effort regime, and not crossing zones 122 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Geographical location of the vessel ( *4 ) . (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF conducting fishing activities under effort regime, and not crossing zones 123 Position sub-declaration POS Position of exit (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 124 Catch taken sub-declaration SPE Catch taken whilst in zone (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) O 125 126 Crossing of Zone effort declaration CRO Declaration on crossing the effort zone (no fishing operation). If crossing the zone subject to fishing effort regime CIF required 127 Entry in zone declaration COE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of COE) Only DA TI POS needs to be specified CIF 128 Exit from zone declaration COX (See details of sub-elements and attributes of COX) Only DA TI POS needs to be specified CIF 129 130 Trans-Zonal fishing effort declaration TRZ Tag indicating Trans-Zonal fishing when fishing subject to fishing effort regime CIF required 131 Entry declaration COE First entry (see details of sub-elements and attributes of COE) C 132 Exit declaration COX Last exit (see details of sub-elements and attributes of COX) C 133 134 INS: inspection declaration INS Tag indicating start of an inspection sub-declaration. To be provided by the authorities, but not the master O 135 Country of inspection IC ISO alpha-3 country code of the Coastal state where inspection takes place C 136 Assigned inspector IA Text field with name of inspector, or, if applicable, a 4 digit number identifying their inspector O 137 Country of inspector SC ISO alpha-3 country code of the inspector O 138 Date DA Date of inspection (YYYY-MM-DD) C 139 Time TI Time of inspection (HH:MM in UTC) C 140 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) CIF no position declaration 141 Position sub-declaration POS Position of inspection (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) CIF no port code 142 143 Discard declaration DIS Tag containing details of fish discarded CIF required ( *3 ) 144 Date DA Date of discard (YYYY-MM-DD) C 145 Time TI Time of discard (HH:MM in UTC) C 146 Position sub-declaration POS Position when discarded (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) CIF required 147 Discarded fish sub-declaration SPE Discarded fish (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 148 149 Prior Notification of return declaration PNO Tag including the Prior Notification declaration. To be transmitted prior to return to port or if required by Community rules CIF required ( *1 ) ( *2 ) 150 Predicted date of arrival to port PD Intended Date of arrival/crossing (YYYY-MM-DD) C 151 Predicted time of arrival to port PT Intended Time of arrival/crossing (HH:MM in UTC) C 152 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) C 153 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Fishing area to be used for prior notification of cod. List of codes for fishing and effort/conservation areas ( *4 ) . (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). CIF in the Baltic sea 154 Predicted date of landing DA Intended Date of landing (YYYY-MM-DD) in the Baltic for exiting area O 155 Predicted time of landing TI Intended Time of landing (HH:MM in UTC) in the Baltic for exiting area O 156 Catch on Board sub-declarations (list of species SPE sub-declarations) SPE Catch on board (if pelagic need ICES zone). (see details of the sub-declaration SPE). CIF catch on board 157 Position sub-declaration POS Position for entering/leaving area/zone. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS). CIF 158 Purpose of call PC LAN for landing, TRA for transhipment, ACS for access to servicing, OTH for other. C 159 Date fishing trip started DS Date trip started (YYYY-MM-DD UTC) C 160 161 Prior Notification of transfer declaration PNT Tag including the Prior Notification of transfer declaration. To be used under BFT rules. CIF under BFT rules 162 Estimated date DA Estimated Date of transfer to cage (YYYY-MM-DD) C 163 Estimated time TI Estimated Time of transfer to cage (HH:MM in UTC) C 164 Estimated quantity sub-declaration SPE Estimated quantity of BFT to be transferred, both specifying quantities alive and taken on board (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 165 Position sub-declaration POS Position where the transfer will take place. (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS). C 166 Tug boat name NA Name of the tug or towing vessel C 167 Tug boat ICCAT number IN Tug boat vessel number on ICCAT vessel register C 168 Number of cages towed CT Number of cages towed by the tug boat C 169 170 End Of Fishing declaration EOF Tag indicating completion of fishing operations prior to return to port. To be transmitted after last fishing operation and before returning to port. 171 Date DA Date end of fishing (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 172 Time TI Time end of fishing (HH:MM in UTC) C 173 174 Return To Port declaration RTP Tag indicating the return to the harbour. To be transmitted on entry into port, after any PNO declaration. 175 Date DA Date of return (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 176 Time TI Time of return (HH:MM in UTC) C 177 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) C 178 Reason for return RE Reason for returning to por ( *4 ) CIF 179 Gear onboard GEA (See details of sub-elements and attributes of GEA). O 180 181 Landing declaration LAN Tag with the details of the landing. To be transmitted after landing of catch. LAN can be used in place of transport declaration 182 Date DA (YYYY-MM-DD UTC) – date landing is completed C 183 Time TI Time of landing. Format HH:MM in UTC. O 184 Sender type TS 3 letter code (MAS: master, REP: his representative, AGE: agent) C 185 Port name PO Port code (ISO alpha-2 country code + 3 letter port code). Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) C 186 Catch landed sub-declaration (list of SPE with PRO sub-declarations) SPE Species, fishing areas, landed weights, related gears and presentations (see details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 187 Transport declaration TRN LAN can be used in place of transport declaration. By including a TRN, the transporter can be exempted from filing a separate TRN. In that case the TRN’s SPE does not need to be filled, as this would be redundant with the catch landed sub-declaration. O 188 189 Position sub-declaration POS Sub-declaration containing coordinates of the geographical position 190 Latitude (decimal) LT Latitude expressed in accordance with the WGS84 format used for VMS C 191 Longitude (decimal) LG Longitude expressed in accordance with the WGS84 format used for VMS C 192 193 GEA: gear deployment sub-declaration GEA Sub-declaration containing information on gear deployment 194 Gear type GE Gear code based on the FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’ ( *4 ) C 195 Mesh Size ME Size of mesh (in millimetres) CIF gear has mesh subject to size requirement 196 Gear Dimensions GC Gear Dimensions as per Annex XI (‘column 2’). Textual information. O 197 Fishing operations FO Number of fishing operations C 198 Fishing time DU Duration of fishing activity in minutes - defined as fishing time equals the number of hours spent at sea, minus the time spent in transit to, between and returning from the fishing grounds, dodging, inactive or waiting for repair C (merged with line 74: FAR/DU element) 199 Gear shot sub-declaration GES Gear shot sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes of GES) CIF required ( *3 ) (vessel uses static or fixed gear) 200 Gear retrieved sub-declaration GER Gear retrieved sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes of GER) CIF required ( *3 ) (vessel uses static or fixed gear) 201 Gillnet deployment sub-declaration GIL Gillnet deployment sub-declaration (see details of sub-elements and attributes of GIL) CIF vessel has permits for ICES Zones IIIa, IVa, IVb, Vb, VIa, VIb, VIIb, c, j, k and XII 202 Fishing depths FD A distance from water surface to the lowest part of the fishing gear (in metres). Applies to vessels using towed gear, long lines and fixed nets CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 203 Average number of hooks used on long lines NH The average number of hooks used on the long lines CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 204 The average length of the nets GL The average length of nets when using fixed nets (in metres) CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 205 The average height of the nets GD The average height of nets when using fixed nets (in metres) CIF deep sea fishing and in Norwegian waters 206 Quantity of gear QG Total quantity of nets on board – notified on departure if carrying gill nets CIF carrying gill nets 207 Total length of gear TL Total length of gear carried on board – notified on departure if carrying gill nets CIF carrying gill nets 208 209 GES: gear shot sub-declaration GES Sub-declaration containing gear shot info CIF required by the rules ( *3 ) 210 Date DA Date gear shot (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 211 Time TI Time gear shot (HH:MM in UTC) C 212 Position sub-declaration POS Position where gear shot (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 213 Gear Shot Identifier GS Date gear shot operation was completed and day sequence number (MMDDXX) (The daily sequence number shall start with 01 for the first set of gear shot. For example the second set of gear shot on December 20 would be 122002) O 214 215 Gear retrieved sub-declaration GER Sub-declaration containing gear retrieved info CIF required by the rules ( *3 ) 216 Date DA Date gear retrieved (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 217 Time TI Time gear retrieved (HH:MM in UTC) C 218 Position sub-declaration POS Position where gear retrieved (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 219 Gear Shot Identifier GS Date gear shot operation was completed and day sequence number (MMDDXX) O 220 221 Gillnet deployment sub-declaration GIL Sub-declaration on gillnet deployment CIF vessel has permits for ICES Zones IIIa, IVa, IVb, Vb, VIa, VIb, VIIb, c, j, k and XII 222 Nominal length of one net NL Information required to be recorded during each fishing trip (in metres) C 223 Number of nets NN Number of nets in a fleet C 224 Number of fleets FL Number of fleets deployed C 225 Position sub–declaration POS Position of each fleet deployment ( see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 226 Depth of each fleet deployed FD Depth for each fleet deployed (a distance from water surface to the lowest part of the fishing gear) C 227 Soak time of each fleet deployed ST Soak time for each fleet deployed (hours) C 228 Gear Shot Identifier GS Date gear shot operation was completed and day sequence number (MMDDXX) O 229 230 Gear Loss sub-declaration GLS Sub-declaration on fixed gear lost CIF required by the rules ( *3 ) 231 Date gear lost DA Date gear lost (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 232 Time gear lost TI Time gear lost (HH:MM in UTC) C 233 Number of units NN Number of gears lost C 234 POS sub-declaration POS Last known position of gear (see details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 235 Measures to retrieve gear MG Free Text C 236 237 RAS: Relevant area sub-declaration RAS Relevant area depending on the relevant reporting requirement – at least one field should be filled in. List of codes will be placed at the EC website with a location to be specified. CIF 238 FAO area FA FAO area (e.g. 27) CIF relevant area of type FAO 239 FAO sub-area SA FAO sub-area (e.g. 3) CIF relevant area of type FAO 240 FAO division ID FAO division (e.g. d) CIF relevant area of type FAO 241 FAO sub- division SD FAO sub-division (e.g. 28) (Meaning together with the above 27.3.d.28) CIF relevant area of type FAO 242 FAO unit UI FAO unit (e.g. 1) (Meaning together with the above 27.3.d.28.1) CIF relevant area of type FAO 243 Economic zone EZ Economic zone CIF outside the EU waters 244 Statistical rectangle SR Statistical rectangle (e.g. 49E6) CIF relevant area of type statistical rectangle 245 Fishing effort zone FE List of fishing effort codes ( *4 ) . CIF relevant area of type effort zone 246 247 Species sub-declaration SPE Sub-declaration containing details of fish caught by species 248 Species name SN Name of the species (FAO alpha-3 code) C 249 Weight of fish WT Depending on context this item to be either 1. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) in catch period 2. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) on board (aggregate) or 3. Total weight of fish (in kilograms) landed 4. Total weight of fish discarded or used as a live bait CIF species not counted; under BFT rules 250 Number of fish NF Number of fish (when catch have to be registered in numbers of fish i.e. salmon, tuna) CIF salmon; BFT rules 251 Weight of fish to be landed WL Total weight of fish to be landed or transhipped ( in kilograms) CIF (if required by PNO) 252 Number of fish to be landed FL Total number of fish to be landed or transhipped CIF (if required by PNO) 253 Quantity held in nets NQ Estimate of quantity of live fish held in nets i.e. not in hold CIF live BFT 254 Number held in nets NB Estimate of number of live fish held in nets i.e. not in hold CIF live BFT 255 Size distribution sub-declaration SIZ Size composition if fish caught under the normal minimum size (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SIZ) CIF small fish under BFT rules 256 Relevant area sub-declaration RAS The geographical area in which the majority of the catch was taken ( *4 ) . (See details of sub-elements and attributes of RAS). C 257 Gear type GE Letter code based on the FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’ ( *4 ) CIF landing declaration for certain species and catch areas only 258 Processing sub-declaration PRO (See details of sub-elements and attributes of PRO) CIF for landing (transhipment) declaration 259 Means of weight measuring MM means of weight measuring: estimation (EST), weighing on board (WGH) CIF under BFT rules 260 261 Processing sub-declaration PRO Processing/presentation details for each species landed 262 Fish freshness category FF Fish freshness category ( *4 ) CIF required by sales note 263 State of preservation PS Letter code for the state of the fish ( *4 ) CIF sales notes 264 Presentation of fish PR Letter code for the product presentation (reflects manner of processing) ( *4 ) C 265 Processing’s type of packaging TY 3 letter code ( *4 ) CIF (LAN or TRA: and fish not been weighed previously) 266 Number of packing units NN Number of packing units: cartons, boxes, bags, containers, blocks etc CIF (for LAN or TRA and fish not been weighed previously) 267 Av weight per unit of packing AW Product weight (kg) CIF (for LAN or TRA and fish not been weighed previously) 268 Conversion factor CF A numerical factor that is applied to convert fish processed weight into fish live weight CIF there is no regional or EU conversion factor for this SPE and presentation combination. 269 270 CVT sub-declaration CVT Sub-declaration containing the details of the BFT Catching Vessel ‘Transferring’ the fish caught in a JFO into cages. 271 Name of the fishing vessel NA Name of the fishing vessel C 272 ICCAT number IN Vessel number on ICCAT vessel register C 273 IMO number IM IMO number. CIF available 274 Vessel’s Community fleet register (CFR) number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number (only if EU vessel). CIF EU vessel 275 Vessel’s IRCS RC International Radio call sign of the fishing vessel C 276 Catch against quota sub-declaration SPE Amount of JFO catches counted against the individual quota of this vessel, taking into account the JFO allocation keys (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE). CIF used under FAR declaration 277 278 CVO sub-declaration CVO Sub-declaration containing the details of the Other BFT Catching Vessel(s) involved in a JFO, but not in the transfer of the fish. One CVO sub-declaration per Other Catching Vessel involved in the JFO. By filling out its CVO, the vessel certifies that it has taken no catch on board or transferred into cages. 279 Name of the fishing vessel NA Name of the fishing vessel. C 280 ICCAT number IN Vessel number on ICCAT vessel register C 281 IMO number IM IMO number. CIF available 282 Vessel’s Community fleet register (CFR) number IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number (only if EU vessel). CIF EU vessel 283 Vessel’s IRCS RC International Radio call sign of the fishing vessel C 284 Catch against quota sub-declaration SPE Amount of JFO catches counted against the individual quota of this vessel, taking into account the JFO allocation keys (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) . C 285 286 JCI sub-declaration JCI JFO Catch Information sub-declaration. Contains information about the catch and total quantity caught in the JFO operation (according to BFT rules). 287 Catch date DA Catch date C 288 Catch Time TI Catch Time C 289 Catch Location sub-declaration POS Location of the catch (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 290 Total JFO Catch sub-declaration SPE Total quantity of BFT caught, both specifying quantities in the cage and taken on board (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) CIF any catch 291 292 BTI sub-declaration BTI BFT Transfer Information sub-declaration. Information about the transfer and transfer vessel related to the BFT transfer operation. 293 Catching Vessel Transferring the fish sub-declaration CVT Identification of the Catching Vessel Transferring the fish (Under CVT, SPE does not need to be filled in). (See details of sub-elements and attributes of CVT). C 294 Transfer position sub-declaration POS Transfer position (See details of sub-elements and attributes of POS) C 295 Catch transferred sub-declaration SPE Total quantity of BFT transferred into the cage (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) CIF any catch 296 Tug boat name NA Name of the tug or towing vessel C 297 Tug boat ICCAT number IN Tug boat vessel number on ICCAT vessel register C 298 Farm of destination name FN Name of the farm C 299 ICCAT farm number FI ICCAT farm register number C 300 301 Size distribution sub-declaration SIZ Size composition if fish caught smaller than minimum size 302 Quantity greater than 6,4 kg S6 Quantity of BFT greater than 6,4 kg or 70 cm and smaller than 8 kg or 75 cm CIF 303 Quantity greater than 8 kg S8 Quantity of BFT greater than 8 kg or 75 cm and smaller than 30 kg or 115 cm CIF 304 305 Receiving vessel sub-declaration REC Element containing one PFP partner vessel sub-element declaration. 306 Partner Vessel PFP Pair fishing partner vessel identification. C 307 308 Donor vessel sub-declaration DON Element containing one or more PFP partner vessel sub-element declarations. There may be several PFP to indicate several vessels collectively donating catch in a single relocation operation. 309 Partner Vessel(s) PFP One or more pair fishing partner vessel identifications. C 310 311 PFP sub-declaration PFP PFP Pair fishing Partner vessels to be transmitted for vessel(s) involved in pair fishing activities, with or without relocation. 312 Partner Vessel CFR numbers IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number O 313 Partner vessel IRCS RC International radio call sign of the partner vessel C 314 Partner vessel’s external identification XR Side (hull) registration number of the vessel. C 315 Flag state of partner vessel FS Flag state of the partner vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code). C 316 Partner vessel name NA Name of the fishing vessel. C 317 Partner vessel’s master name MA Name of the master (any change during trip to be sent in next LOG transmission). C 318 319 Sales note declaration SAL Sales note record. 320 European Union Fleet Register number (CFR number) IR With format AAAXXXXXXXXX where A is an uppercase letter being the country of first registration within the EU and X being a letter or a number C 321 IRCS RC International radio call sign CIF CFR not up to date 322 Vessel’s external identification XR Side (hull) number of registration of the vessel that landed the fish C 323 Country of registration FS ISO alpha-3 country code of vessel. C 324 Name of vessel NA Name of the vessel that landed the fish. C 325 SLI declaration SLI (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SLI) CIF sale 326 TLI declaration TLI (See details of sub-elements and attributes of TLI) CIF take-over 327 Invoice reference number NR An invoice reference number as defined by the Member State CIF where possible 328 Invoice date ND Date of the invoice (YYY-MM-DD) CIF where possible 329 Take over contract reference number CN Take-over contract reference number. CIF if take-over took place 330 Transport Document reference number TR Transport document reference number, identifying transport document, see TRN. CIF where applicable 331 332 Sales Line declaration SLI Declaration containing details of a consignment sale 333 Date DA Date of the sale (YYYY-MM-DD). C 334 Sale country SC Country where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country code) C 335 Sale location SL Port code list (CCPPP) ( *4 ) C 336 Name of seller NS Name of auction centre, other body or person selling the fish C 337 Name of buyer NB Name of body or person buying the fish C 338 Identification number of buyer VN VAT number of the buyer (ISO alpha-2 country code followed by maximum 12 characters or digits) or tax identification number or other unique identifier. C 339 Sales contract reference number CN Sales contract reference number CIF where appropriate 340 Source document sub-declaration SRC (See details of sub-declaration and attributes of SRC) C 341 Consignment sold sub-declaration CSS (See details of sub-declaration and attributes of CSS) C 342 BCD number BC Reference to BCD number (Bluefin tuna Catch Document) O under BFT rules 343 344 Source sub-declaration SRC Sub-declaration containing details of the source document for the consignment sold. Flag state authorities shall trace back the source document based on the vessel’s fishing logbook and landing data 345 Date of landing DL Date of landing (YYYY-MM-DD). C 346 Country and Port name PO Country and Port name for place of landing. Port code list (CCPPP) may be used to exchange data ( *4 ) C 347 348 Consignment Sold sub-declaration CSS Sub-declaration containing details of the item sold 349 Fish price FP Price per kg. C 350 Total price TP Total price for this CSS item sold. To be given if total price cannot be inferred from price per kg. CR Art 64 1 (l). CIF 351 Currency of sale CR Currency code of price of sale ( *4 ) C 352 Fish size category SF Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate). ( *4 ) CIF 353 Product destination (purpose) PP Product destination codes ( *4 ) CIF 354 Withdrawn WD Withdrawn through a Producers Organisation (Y-yes, N-no, T – temporarily). C 355 P.O. Use code OP List of Producer’s organisation codes ( *4 ) O 356 Species in the consignment SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 357 358 Take-over declaration TLI Declaration with details of take-over event 359 Date DA Date of the take-over (YYYY-MM-DD). C 360 Take-over country SC Country where the Take-over took place (ISO alpha-3 country code). C 361 Take-over location SL UN LOCODE location code (if not in port) where the take-over took place. If in port – EC port code list to be used ( *4 ) C 362 Name of take-over organisation NT Name of the organisation that took-over the fish C 363 Name of storage facility NF Name of facilities where the products are stored. C 364 Address of storage facility AF Address of facilities where the products are stored C 365 Transport Document reference number TR Transport document reference number, identifying transport document, see TRN. CIF where applicable 366 Source sub-declaration SRC (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SRC) C 367 Consignment taken over sub-declaration CST (See details of sub-elements and attributes of CST) C 368 369 Consignment taken over sub-declaration CST Sub-declaration containing detail line for each species taken over 370 Fish size category SF Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate) According to the Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 O 371 Species in the consignment SPE (See details of sub-elements and attributes of SPE) C 372 373 Transport sub-declaration TRN Transport document may be transmitted electronically before the transport of fish begins. 374 Place of destination of consignment DC UN LOCODE location code (if not in port) where the fish is transported. If in port – EC port code list to be used ( *4 ) C 375 Registration number of a vehicle LP Numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the issuing country’s database and appears on the car’s registration plate C 376 External identification number of fishing vessel XR External identification number of the fishing vessel C 377 Name of the fishing vessel NA Name of the fishing vessel C 378 List of species SPE List of species present in the consignment and caught by the above fishing vessel (also contains RAS and PRO info). Because transport declaration can be replaced by landing declaration, the immediate parent node of this TRN sub-element can be a LAN, instead of being an ERS element. CIF this TRN is not part of a LAN 379 Place of loading PL UN LOCODE location code (if not in port) where the fish is loaded. If in port – EC port code list to be used ( *4 ) C 380 Date of loading DL Date of loading the transport (YYYY-MM-DD in UTC) C 381 Name of consignee(s) NC Name of the company that consigned the fish after transporting C 382 Address of consignee(s) AC Address of the company that consigned the fish after transporting. C 383 Transport document reference number TR Transport document reference number, enabling this transport document to be referenced. When given then it must uniquely identify the transport document. The MS sending the TRN is to assign this number. CIF if transport electronic document used. 384 ( *1 ) The present Annex replaces in full the Annex to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 599/2010 ( OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 3 ). ( *2 ) Compulsory if required by European Union rules, international or bilateral agreements ( *3 ) When CIF does not apply then attribute is optional ( *4 ) All Codes (or appropriate references) are listed on the Commission Fisheries website. (1) Character set definitions used for ERS should be: Western character set (UTF-8). (2) All 3 character codes are XML elements (3 character code), all 2 character codes are XML attributes. (3) The XML sample files, as well as the most recent reference XSD definition and table version of the above Annex will be placed on the Commission Fisheries website. (4) All the weights in the table are expressed in kilograms and, if needed with up to 2 decimals of precision.