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 |
The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings, to the nearest metric tonne.
Quantities of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘- 1’.
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 |
▼M1 | |
Croatia | HRV |
▼B | |
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.