Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 of 21 December 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: 2007-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: data transmission, disclosure of information, electronic mail, exchange of information, fishing controls, fishing industry

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1566/2007

of 21 December 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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

of Council Regulation

Article 22(1)(c)
(EC) No
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 Council 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.

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.

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).

(3) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11, as
corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6).

Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
the master of each Community fishing
provides that
length equal to or more than
vessel having an overall
10 m or his representative, 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.

that
authorised by Member

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

territory the

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

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

create

States

to

Article 19b and 19e of Council 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)

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

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

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

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Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 (1) establishing a
Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending
Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control
system applicable
common fisheries policy
provides for the operation of joint deployment plans.

to the

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.

(12)

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

This Regulation shall not apply to Community fishing

7.
vessels used exclusively for exploitation of aquaculture.

Article 2

List of operators and vessels

1.
Each Member State shall establish a list of registered
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 of 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 the annual 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.

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 2, 3, 4 and 5. 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.

Article 3

Definitions

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

(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;

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

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CHAPTER II

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Article 4

electronic means to the competent authorities of
Member State on receipt of relevant information.

the flag

Information to be transmitted by masters of vessels or
their representatives

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

shall

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:

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

than the

lands its catch in a
3. When a Community fishing vessel
the
Member State other
imme-
competent authorities of the flag Member States shall
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
prior notification of entry into port at
is
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
means to the competent authorities of
the coastal Member
State.

(a)

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

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

vessel that landed the fishery products.

4.
The holder of the take-over declaration shall transmit by
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

The master shall transmit the electronic logbook infor-
1.
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;

1.
Registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities or
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

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

by the flag State.

2.
The master may transmit corrections to the electronic
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.

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The master or his

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

representatives

transmit

shall

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.

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

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.

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.

FUNCTIONING

CHAPTER IV

OF

ELECTRONIC
REPORTING SYSTEMS

RECORDING

AND

Article 7

Article 10

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

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.

Provisions
failure or non
functioning of electronic recording and reporting systems

in the event of

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

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

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

from the requirement

4. Member States may conclude bilateral agreements on the
use of electronic reporting systems on vessels flying their flags

shall not

A Community fishing vessel

3.
leave a port,
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
competent authorities of
the flag Member State. The flag
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.

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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
the electronic reporting system in
State shall ensure that
question is checked. The Member State concerned shall inves-
tigate the matter in order to determine why data have not been
received.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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

(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;

(c)

number

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

transhipment
takeover declaration and sales note trans-

declaration,

landing

of

Summaries of information on the functioning of Member
2.
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

Format

for exchange of

information between Member
States

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

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

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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

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

flying its

2.
The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least cover the
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.
to his own electronic logbook information
secure access
stored in the database of the flag Member State on a 24-
hour, seven days a week basis.

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

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
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

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

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, 21 December 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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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 the logbook, sales note declaration
or return message

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
range, 104 — mandatory data missing, 106 —
of
unauthorised data source, 150 — sequence error, 151
— date/time in the future, 250 — attempt to renotify a
vessel, 251 — vessel is not notified, 302 — transhipment
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

DEP

RTP

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)

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Catch declaration

Transhipment declaration

Landing declaration

Effort declaration: Entry in zone

CAT

TRA

LAN

ENT

Effort declaration: Exit out of zone

EXI

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

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:
vessel

flag state of

receiving

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 fishing operations (hauls) per 24 hour period

Duration of fishing activity in minutes

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

Longitude expressed in degrees and minutes (E/W DDMM)

The smallest statistical area (sub-area, division, subdivision
etc.) covered by the FAO Major fishing area [and ICES]
classification (i.e. 27.3.24 [or III24] for the ICES sub-
division 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 fish and fish product landed
weights to live weight equivalents

Product weight in the landing declaration

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

3 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 (ISO alpha-3
country code)

Flag state of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code)

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Deep sea additional codes

Average number of hooks used on
longlines

NH

Average number of hooks per longline

Immersion time

Fishing operations

IT

FO

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

Fishing depths

FD

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

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

Main elements

Sales note info

Takeover info

Sub-elements

Sale item

Species sub-declaration

Processing sub-declaration

Attributes

Date

Time

Sale location

Sale country

SIF

TOV

SIT

SPE

PRO

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 takeover 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)

DA

Date of the sale (YYYYMMDD)

TI

SL

SC

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)

Vessel’s main identification

RC

International radio call sign

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Vessel’s external identification

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

XR

IR

NA

VO

NS

NB

CN

TD

DL

PO

SN

ZO

QC

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

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 (Article 13
of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93)

Date of landing (YYYYMMDD)

Port code (port of landing)
alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code).
Edinburgh – GBEDI, Kiel – DEKEL or Vigo – ESVGO)

(2 letter country code (ISO
I.e for

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

Weight of fish sold

WS

Weight of fish sold (in kilograms)

Fish size category

Fish freshness category

Minimum fish size

Conversion factor

Presentation of fish

SF

FF

MZ

CF

PR

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 fish and fish product landed
weights to live weight equivalents

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

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Data elements

Field code

Description and content

Processing’s type of packaging

Fish price

Product destination

TY

FP

PD

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

Price per kg (currency of transaction/kg)

for human consumption, carry-over,

Codes
purposes

industrial