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″3,5 ″ 720 K or 1,4 Mbyte discs or 5,25″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’.