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
▼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.