Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/2007 of 5 November 2007 laying down detailed 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
Date: 2007-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common fisheries policy, data transmission, disclosure of information, fishing controls, fishing regulations, remote sensing

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1303/2007

of 5 November 2007

laying down detailed 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 of 21
December 2006 on electronic recording and reporting of
fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (1), and in
particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

of Council Regulation

(EC) No
Article 22(1)(c)
2371/2002 (2) provides that activities within the scope
of the Common Fisheries Policy are prohibited unless a
master without undue delay records and reports infor-
mation on fishing activities, including landings and tran-
shipments, and that copies of the records shall be made
available to the authorities.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 the
obligation to electronically record and transmit logbook,
landing declaration and transhipment data applies to
masters of Community fishing vessels exceeding 24 m
length overall within 24 months of entry into force of
the implementing rules and to masters of Community
fishing vessels exceeding 15 m length overall within 42
months of entry into force of the implementing rules.

Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides that
the master of each Community fishing vessel having an
overall length equal to or more than 10 m, or his repre-
sentative, shall after each fishing trip and within 48
hours of landing submit a declaration to the competent
authorities of the Member States where the landing takes
place.

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 provides that
auction centres or other bodies or persons authorised by
the first
Member States which are responsible for
marketing of
fishery products shall, upon first sale,
submit a sales note to the competent authorities in
whose territory the first marketing takes place.

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 also provides
that where the first marketing of fisheries products does
not take place in the Member State where the products
have been landed,
the Member State responsible for
monitoring the first marketing shall ensure that a copy
of
submitted to the authorities
responsible for monitoring the landing of the products
as soon as possible.

sales note

the

is

Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 requires
Member States to create computerised databases and to
establish a validation system comprising in particular
cross-checks and verification of data.

Article 19b and 19e of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
require masters of Community fishing vessels to make
effort reports and to record them in their logbook.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Daily reporting of fishing activities creates the potential
to enhance significantly the efficiency and effectiveness of
monitoring, control and surveillance operations both at
sea and on land.

(10) Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 (4)
the master of a Community fishing vessel
requires
to record in a
holding a deep-sea fishing permit
logbook or in a form provided by the flag Member
State information concerning fishing gear characteristics
and fishing operations.

Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
the Common Fisheries Policy (3) provides that masters of
Community fishing vessels shall keep a logbook of their
operations.

(1) OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).

(11)

Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 establishing a
Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending
Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control
system applicable to the common fisheries policy (5)
provides for the operation of joint deployment plans.

(4) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(3) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2269/2004 (OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 1).

lation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).

(5) OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

This Regulation shall not apply to Community fishing

7.
vessels used exclusively for exploitation of aquaculture.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Scope

1.

This Regulation shall apply to:

(a) Community fishing vessels exceeding 24 metres length

overall, as from 1 January 2010;

(b) Community fishing vessels exceeding 15 metres length

overall, as from 1 July 2011;

(c) Registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or
persons authorised by Member States that are responsible
fisheries products with an annual
for
financial
fishery products in
excess of EUR 400 000, as from 1 January 2009.

the first sale of
turnover

in first sales of

Article 2

List of operators and vessels

Each Member State shall establish a list of registered
1.
buyers, registered auctions or other entities or persons that it
has authorised and that are responsible for the first sale of
fishery products with an annual financial turnover of fishery
products in excess EUR 400 000. The first reference year shall
be 2007 and the list shall be updated on 1 January of the
current year (year n) on the basis of
financial
turnover of
fishery products in excess of EUR 400 000 in
year n–2. That list shall be published on an official website of
the Member State.

the annual

Each Member State shall establish and periodically update
2.
lists of Community fishing vessels flying its flag to which the
provisions of this regulation apply in accordance with Article 1
paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6. The lists shall be published on an
official website of the Member State and shall be in the format
to be decided in consultations between the Member States and
the Commission.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a),
from a date earlier

this Regulation shall
2.
apply as
than 1 January 2010 to
Community fishing vessels flying the flag of a given Member
State and exceeding 24 metres length overall, if it is so provided
by that State.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions
shall apply:

Notwithstanding paragraph 1(b),

this Regulation shall
3.
apply as from a date earlier than 1 July 2011 to Community
fishing vessels flying the flag of a given Member State and
exceeding 15 metres length overall,
it is so provided by
that State.

if

(a)

‘fishing operation’ means all activities in connection with
searching for fish, the shooting, setting and hauling of a
fishing gear and the removal of any catch from the gear;

4.
Notwithstanding the dates laid down in paragraphs 1(a)
and 1(b), a Member State may decide to apply this regulation to
vessels of 15 metres or less flying its flag prior to those dates in
accordance with Article 3, paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC) No
1966/2006.

(b) ‘joint deployment plan’ means a plan setting out operational
arrangements for the deployment of available means of
control and inspection.

5. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the
use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags
within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction on
condition that the vessels comply with all rules laid down in
this regulation.

CHAPTER II

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Article 4

Information to be transmitted by masters of vessels or
their representatives

6.
This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels
regardless of the waters or ports they are carrying out fishing
operations in.

1. Masters of Community fishing vessels
transmit
logbook and transhipment data by electronic means to the
competent authorities of the flag Member State.

shall

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2. Masters of Community fishing vessels or their represen-
tatives shall
landing declaration data by electronic
means to the competent authorities of the flag State.

transmit

(b) the competent authorities of the flag Member State of the

vessel that landed the fishery products.

than the

lands its catch in a
3. When a Community fishing vessel
the
Member State other
competent authorities of the flag Member States shall
imme-
diately upon receipt forward the landing declaration data by
electronic means to the competent authorities of the Member
State where the catch was landed.

flag Member State,

shall, where
4. Masters of Community fishing vessels
required under Community rules,
transmit by electronic
means to the competent authority of the flag Member State
is
prior notification of entry into port at
required to be transmitted.

the time that

it

5. When a vessel intends to enter a port in a Member State
other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of
the flag Member State shall immediately upon receipt forward
the prior notification referred to in paragraph 4 by electronic
the coastal Member
means to the competent authorities of
State.

The holder of the take-over declaration shall transmit by
4.
electronic means the information required to be recorded in a
take-over declaration to the competent authorities of
the
Member State in whose territory the take-over physically takes
place.

Article 6

Frequency of transmission

1.
The master shall transmit the electronic logbook infor-
mation to the competent authorities of the flag Member State
at least on a daily basis not later than 24.00 hours even when
there are no catches. He shall also send such data:

(a) at

the request of

the competent authority of

the flag

Member State;

(b) immediately after

the last

fishing operation has been

completed;

Article 5

(c) before entering into port;

Information to be transmitted by entities or persons
responsible for first sale or take-over

(d) at the time of any inspection at sea;

Registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or
1.
persons authorised by Member States, that are responsible for
the first sale of
information
required to be recorded in a sales note by electronic means
to the competent authorities of the Member State in whose
territory the first marketing takes place.

fishery products shall

transmit

2. When the first marketing takes place in a Member State
other than the flag Member State, the competent authorities of
the Member State where the first marketing takes place shall
ensure that a copy of the sales notes data is submitted by
electronic means to the competent authorities of
the flag
Member State on receipt of relevant information.

3. Where the first marketing of fisheries products does not
take place in the Member State where the products have been
landed, the Member State where the first marketing takes place
shall ensure that a copy of the sales note data is submitted by
electronic means immediately on receipt of relevant
infor-
mation, to the following authorities:

(e) at the time of events defined in Community legislation or

by the flag State.

The master may transmit corrections to the electronic
2.
logbook and transhipment declarations up to the last trans-
mission made at
the fishing trip and before
entering into port. Corrections shall be easily identifiable. All
original electronic logbook data and corrections to those data
shall be stored by the competent authorities of the flag Member
State.

the end of

The master or his

the
3.
landing declaration by electronic means immediately after the
landing declaration has been established.

representatives

transmit

shall

4.
The master of the donor vessel and the receiving vessel
shall transmit transhipment data by electronic means imme-
diately after the transhipment.

(a)

the competent authorities of the Member State where the
fishery products have been landed; and

5.
The master shall keep a copy of the information referred
to in paragraph 1 on board the fishing vessel for the duration of
each fishing trip until
the landing declaration has been
submitted.

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Article 7

CHAPTER IV

Format for transmission of data from a vessel to the
competent authority of its Flag state

FUNCTIONING

OF

ELECTRONIC
REPORTING SYSTEMS

RECORDING

AND

Each Member State shall determine the format for the trans-
mission of data from vessels flying its flag to its competent
authorities.

Article 8

Return messages

Member States shall ensure that return messages are issued to
vessels flying their flag for each transmission of logbook, tran-
shipment and landing data. The return message shall contain an
acknowledgement of receipt.

CHAPTER III

EXEMPTIONS

Article 9

Exemptions

1.
A Member State may exempt masters of vessels flying its
flag from the obligations referred to in Article 4, paragraph 1,
when they carry out fishing trips of 24 hours or less within the
waters under its sovereignty or jurisdiction on condition that
they do not land their catch outside the territory of the flag
Member State.

2. Masters of Community fishing vessels shall be exempt
from the obligation to complete paper logbook,
landing and
transhipment declarations.

3. Masters of Community vessels, or their representatives,
that land their catch in a Member State other than the flag
to
Member State shall be exempt
submit a paper landing declaration to the coastal Member State.

from the requirement

Article 10

Provisions in the event of
failure or non-
functioning of electronic recording and reporting systems

technical

1.
In the event of a technical failure or non-functioning of
the electronic recording and reporting system the master or the
owner of the vessel or their representative shall communicate
logbook,
landing declaration and transhipment data to the
competent authorities of the flag Member State in a way estab-
lished by the flag Member State on a daily basis and no later
than 24.00 hours even when there are no catches:

(a) at the request of the competent authority of the flag State;

(b) immediately after

the last

fishing operation has been

completed;

(c) before entering into port;

(d) at the time of any inspection at sea;

(e) at the time of events defined in Community legislation or

by the flag State.

2.
The competent authorities of the flag Member State shall
update the electronic logbook immediately on receipt of the
data referred to in paragraph 1.

shall not

A Community fishing vessel

leave a port,
3.
following a technical failure or non-functioning of its electronic
recording and reporting system before it is functioning to the
satisfaction of the competent authorities of the flag Member
is otherwise authorised to leave by the
State or before it
the flag Member State. The flag
competent authorities of
Member State shall
immediately notify the coastal Member
State when it has authorised a vessel flying its flag to leave a
port in the coastal Member State.

4. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the
use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags
within the waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction. The
vessels falling within the scope of such agreements shall be
exempt from completing a paper logbook within those waters.

5. Masters of Community vessels that record in their elec-
tronic logbooks the fishing effort information required under
Article 19b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall be exempt
from the obligation to transmit effort reports by telex, by VMS,
by fax, by telephone or by radio.

Article 11

Non-receipt of data

1. When the competent authorities of a flag Member State
have not received data transmissions in accordance with Article
4, paragraphs 1 and 2 they shall notify the master or the owner
of the vessel or their representative thereof as soon as possible.
If, in respect of a particular vessel, this situation occurs more
than three times within a period of one year, the flag Member
State shall ensure that
the electronic reporting system in
question is checked. The Member State concerned shall inves-
tigate the matter in order to determine why data have not been
received.

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2. When the competent authorities of a flag Member State
have not received data transmissions in accordance with Article
4, paragraph 1 and 2 and the last position received through the
Vessel Monitoring System was from within the waters of a
coastal Member State they shall notify the competent authorities
of that coastal Member State thereof as soon as possible.

(a)

the list of fishing vessels flying their flag whose electronic
reporting systems have experienced technical failure or have
failed to function;

(b) the number of electronic logbook transmissions received per
day and the average number of transmissions received per
vessel, broken down by flag Member State;

3.
The master or the owner of the vessel or their represen-
tative shall send all data for which a notification was received in
accordance with paragraph 1 to the competent authorities of
the flag Member State immediately on receipt of the notifi-
cation.

(c)

number

the
declaration,
missions received, broken down by flag State.

transhipment
takeover declaration and sales note trans-

declaration,

landing

of

Article 12

Data access failure

1. When the competent authorities of a coastal Member
State observe a vessel flying the flag of another Member State
in their waters and can not access data in accordance with
Article 15 they shall request the competent authorities of the
flag Member State to ensure access.

2.
Summaries of information on the functioning of Member
States’ electronic reporting systems
to the
Commission on its request in a format and at time intervals
to be decided in consultation between Member States and the
Commission.

shall be sent

CHAPTER V

DATA EXCHANGE AND ACCESS

Article 14

2.
If the access referred to in paragraph 1 is not ensured
within four hours of the request, the coastal Member State
shall notify the flag Member State. On receipt of the notification
the flag Member State shall immediately send the data to the
coastal Member State by any available electronic means.

Format

for exchange of

information between Member
States

Information shall be exchanged between Member States
1.
using the format defined in the Annex which is based on
extensible mark-up language (XML).

3.
If the coastal Member State does not receive the data
referred to in paragraph 2, the master or owner of the vessel
or their representative shall send the data and a copy of the
return message referred to in Article 8 to the competent autho-
rities of
the coastal Member State on request and by any
available electronic means.

If the master or owner of the vessel or their representative
4.
can not provide the competent authorities of
the coastal
Member State with a copy of the return message referred to
the coastal
fishing activities in the waters of
in Article 8,
Member State by the vessel concerned shall be prohibited
until the master or his representative can provide a copy of
the return message or information referred in Article 6(1) to
the said authorities.

Article 13

Data on the functioning of the electronic reporting system

1. Member States shall maintain databases on the func-
tioning of
reporting system. They shall
contain at least the following information:

electronic

their

Corrections to the information referred to in paragraph 1

2.
shall be clearly identified.

3. When a Member State receives electronic information
from another Member State it shall ensure that a return
message
that
Member State. The return message shall contain an acknow-
ledgement of receipt.

issued to the

authorities of

competent

is

Data elements in the Annex that are mandatory for
4.
Masters to record in their logbook according to Community
rules shall also be mandatory in exchanges between Member
States.

Article 15

Access to data

1.
A flag Member State shall ensure that a coastal Member
State has online access in real time to electronic logbook and
landing declaration data of vessels
flag when
conducting fishing operations in the waters under the sover-
eignty or jurisdiction of the coastal Member State.

flying its

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The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least cover the
2.
data from the last departure from port to the time when the
landing is completed. Data from fishing trips for the previous
12 months shall be made available on request.

The master of a Community fishing vessel shall have
3.
secure access
to his own electronic logbook information
stored in the database of the flag Member State on a 24-
hour, seven-days-a-week basis.

necessary measures to ensure that they are treated as confi-
dential;

(b) Take all necessary technical measures to protect such data
against any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss,
deterioration, distribution or unauthorised consultation.

Article 17

Single authority

4.
A coastal Member State shall grant online access to its
logbook database to a fishery patrol vessel of another Member
State in the context of a joint deployment plan.

1.
In each Member State, a single authority shall be
responsible for transmitting, receiving, managing and processing
all data covered by this Regulation.

Article 16

Exchange of data between Member States

1.
Access to the data referred to in Article 15, paragraph 1
shall be by secure internet connection on a 24-hour, seven-
days-a-week basis.

2. Member States shall exchange the relevant technical infor-
mation to ensure mutual access to electronic logbooks.

3. Member States shall:

(a) Ensure that data received according to this Regulation are
safely stored in computerised databases and take all

2. Member States shall exchange lists and contact details of
the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 and shall inform the
Commission thereof.

3.
Any changes in the information referred to in paragraphs
1 and 2 shall be communicated to the Commission and other
Member States without delay.

CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 18

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 November 2007.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

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ANNEX

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT

Envelope data elements

Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Start/end of record

Start of record

Sub-elements

Address

From

Type of message

Return status

Return error code

Record number

Record date

Record time

SR

AD

FR

TM

RS

RE

RN

RD

RT

Tag indicating start of
declaration or return message

the

logbook,

sales note

Destination: ISO alpha-3 country code

Country transmitting the data (ISO alpha-3 country
code)

Letter code of the type of message (LOG, SAL, RET or
COR)

Indicates the status of
the received message/report,
either ACK (acknowledged) or NAK (not acknowledged)

Numerical codes indicating errors on messages/reports
received
(101 — message unreadable, 102 — data value or size
out of range, 104 — mandatory data missing, 106 —
unauthorised data source, 150 — sequence error, 151
— date/time in the future, 250 — attempt to renotify a
vessel, 251 — vessel
is not notified, 302 — tran-
shipment prior to Catch on Entry, 303 — Catch on
Exit prior to Catch on Entry, 304 — no position
received, 350 — position without Catch on Entry)

Serial number of retransmission of the message by the
FMC (annual count)

of

Date
(YYYYMMDD)

retransmission

of

the message/report

Time of retransmission of the message/report (HHMM
in UTC)

Logbook data elements

Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Start/end logbook element

Start of logbook declaration

LOG

Tag indicating start of the logbook declaration (contains
RC, XR, IR, NA, VO, MA or TN attribute and DEP, CAT,
ENT, EXI, CRO, TRZ, TRA, LAN or RTP element)

Main elements

Departure declaration

Return to port declaration

Catch declaration

DEP

RTP

CAT

Tag indicating the departure from a harbour at the start
of a fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)

Tag indicating the return to the harbour at the end of
the fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)

Tag indicating start of a catch declaration (contains DA,
TI, FO and DU attributes and POS, GEA or SPE sub-
elements)

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Data elements

Transhipment declaration

Landing declaration

Effort declaration: Entry in zone

Field code

TRA

LAN

ENT

Effort declaration: Exit out of zone

EXI

Description and content

Tag indicating start of a transhipment declaration
(contains DA, TI, TT, TF, TC and FC attributes and
SPE sub-elements)

Tag indicating start of a landing declaration (contains
DA, TI and PO attributes and POS and SPE sub-
elements)

Tag indicating start of an declaration on entry into the
effort zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE
sub-elements)

Tag indicating start of a declaration on exit of the effort
zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE sub-
elements)

Effort declaration: Crossing of a zone

CRO

Tag indicating start of a declaration on crossing the
effort zone (contains ENT and EXI elements)

Effort declaration: Trans-zonal fishing

TRZ

Tag indicating start of a declaration on trans-zonal
fishing within the effort zone (contains ENT and EXI
elements)

Sub-elements

Species sub-declaration

Processing sub-declaration

Position sub-declaration

Gear sub-declaration

Attributes

Trip number

Date

Time

Vessel’s main identification

Vessel’s external identification

Vessel’s identification (CFR)

Name of vessel

Name of vessel owner

Name of the master

SPE

PRO

POS

GEA

TN

DA

TI

RC

XR

IR

NA

VO

MA

Tag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or
WL or WS, NF attributes and PRO sub-elements)

Tag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF
and TY attributes or DIS (discards))

Tag containing detailed information on the location of
the fishing vessel (contains ZO attribute and for fishing
effort: LA and LO attributes)

Tag containing detailed information on the gear used
during a fishing operation (contains GE, ME, GD and GL
as required by the effort declaration). For DSS contains
NH, IT, FO and FD

Number of fishing trip in current year (001-999)

Date of transmission (YYYYMMDD)

Time of transmission (HHMM in UTC)

International radio call sign

Side (hull) registration number of the vessel

Community Fleet Register number

Name of the vessel

Name of the vessel owner

Name of the master

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Port name

Fishing operations

Fishing time

Position: latitude

Position: longitude

Fishing zone

Gear name

Gear mesh size

Gear height

Gear length

Species name

Weight of fish

Number of fish

Conversion factor

Weight of fish landed

Presentation of fish

Processing’s type of packaging

Transhipment: receiving vessel

Transhipment: (donor) vessel

Transhipment: flag State of receiving vessel

Transhipment: flag State of donor vessel

PO

FO

DU

LA

LO

ZO

GE

ME

GD

GL

SN

WT

NF

CF

WL

PR

TY

TT

TF

TC

FC

Port code (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-3 country
code) + 3 letter port code). I.e. for Edinburgh — GBEDI,
Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo — ESVGO)

Number of
period

fishing operations

(hauls) per 24-hour

Duration of fishing activity in minutes

Latitude expressed in degrees and minutes (N/S DDMM)

Longitude expressed in degrees and minutes
DDMM)

(E/W

The smallest statistical area (sub-area, division, subdi-
vision, etc.) covered by the FAO Major fishing area
[and ICES] classification (i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the
ICES subdivision 24 in the Baltic sea, 21.1F[or 1F] for
NAFO division 21.1F, etc.)

Letter code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard
Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’

Size of mesh (in millimetres)

Gear height (in metres)

Gear length (in metres)

Name of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)

Weight of live fish (in kilograms)

Number of
numbers of fish, i.e. salmon)

fish caught

(when quota is allocated in

Factors for the conversion of
landed weights to live weight equivalents

fish and fish product

Product weight in the landing declaration

Letter code of the product presentation (way fish has
been processed):
(WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and
headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver
in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted,
headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and
skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP —
filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed,
WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI
— skinned, DIS — discarded)

Three-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS =
bags, BLC = blocks)

International radio call sign of the receiving vessel

International radio call sign of the donor vessel

Flag State of vessel receiving the transhipment
alpha-3 country code)

(ISO

Flag State of the donor vessel
code)

(ISO alpha-3 country

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Deep sea additional codes

Average number
longlines

Immersion time

Fishing operations

Fishing depths

of

hooks

used

on

NH

Average number of hooks per longline

IT

FO

FD

The total time gear was in the water (fishing) per 24-
hour period

Number of fishing operations (hauls for nets and towed
gears or longline shoots) per 24-hour period

Distance between the sea floor and the surface of the
sea

Sales notes data elements

Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Start/end sales note element

Start of sales note declaration

SAL

Main elements

Sales note info

Take over info

Sub-elements

Sale item

Species sub-declaration

Processing sub-declaration

Attributes

Date

Time

Sale location

Sale country

Vessel’s main identification

Vessel’s external identification

Tag indicating start of sales note declaration (contains
XR (RC, IR), NA, VO and MA attributes and SIF or TOV
sub-elements)

Tag containing details of a sale (contains DA, TI, SL, SC,
NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)

Tag containing details of a take over declaration
(contains DA, TI, SL, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes
and SIT sub-elements)

Tag containing details of an item within a sale (contains
FP, FF, SF, DL, PO, QC, PD and ZO attributes and SPE,
POS and PRO sub-elements)

Tag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or
WL or WS and MZ attributes and PRO sub-elements)

Tag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF
and TY attributes)

SIF

TOV

SIT

SPE

PRO

DA

Date of the sale (YYYYMMDD)

TI

SL

SC

RC

XR

Time of the sale (HHMM in UTC)

Port code or place name (if not in port) where the sale
took place

Country where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country
code)

International radio call sign

Side (hull) number of registration of the vessel that
landed the fish

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Vessel’s identification (CFR)

Name of vessel

Name of vessel owner or master

Name of seller

Name of buyer

Sales contract reference number

Transport document reference

Date of landing

Port name

Species name

Geographical area of origin

Quota country

Weight of fish sold

Fish size category

Fish freshness category

Minimum fish size

Conversion factor

Presentation of fish

Processing’s type of packaging

Fish price

Product destination

IR

NA

VO

NS

NB

CN

TD

DL

PO

SN

ZO

QC

Community Fleet Register number

Name of the vessel that landed the fish

Name of the vessel owner or master

Name of auction centre, other body or person selling
the fish

Name of auction centre, other body or person buying
the fish

Sales contract reference number

Reference to the transport or T 2 M document (Art. 13
of R. (EEC) No 2847/93)

Date of landing (YYYYMMDD)

Port code (port of landing) (2 letter country code (ISO
alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code).
I.e. for
Edinburgh — GBEDI, Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo —
ESVGO)

Name of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)

According to the FAO major fishing area classification,
i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the ICES subdivision 24 in the
Baltic sea, 21.1F [or 1F] for NAFO division 21.1F, etc.

ISO alpha-3 country code of the vessel which lands fish
received by transhipment in case flag state of donor and
recipient vessel is different

WS

Weight of fish sold (in kilograms)

SF

FF

MZ

CF

PR

TY

FP

PD

Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number
of fish per kg as appropriate)

Fish freshness category (Extra, A, B, E)

Minimum size of fish (in millimetres)

Factors for the conversion of
landed weights to live weight equivalents

fish and fish product

Letter code of the product presentation (way fish has
been processed):
(WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and
headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver
in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted,
headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and
skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP —
filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed,
WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI
— skinned)

Three-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS =
bags, BLC = blocks)

Price per kg (currency of transaction/kg)

Codes for human consumption, carry-over,
purposes

industrial