CELEX: 51993PC0076
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the submission of catch and effort statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic

28 . 4 . 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 118 / 1
                                                                   II
                                                          (Preparatory Acts)
                                                     COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation on the submission of catch and effort statistics by Member
                                              States fishing in the north-west Atlantic
                                                           ( 93 /C 118 /01 )
                                                          COM(93) 76 final
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 8 March 1993)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             Community to furnish to the NAFO Scientific Council all
                                                                       statistical information as stated under Article 6 (3 ) of the
                                                                      NAFO Convention;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community , and in particluar Article 43                    Whereas it is necessary to revoke Regulation (EEC) No
 thereof,                                                              3881 / 91 ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the
                                                                      provisions of this Regulation , close cooperation between
                                                                      the Member States and the Commission should continue in
Having regard to the opinion of the European                          particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural
 Parliament,                                                          Statistics set up in Decision 72 / 279 / EEC (3 ),
Whereas the Convention on future multilateral cooperation
 in the north-west Atlantic fisheries approved by Regulation
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 (EEC) No 3179 / 78 ( J ), and establishing the Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO ) requires the
Community to furnish to the NAFO Scientific Council any
available statistical and scientific information requested by                                    Article 1
the Scientific Council in the performance of its work;
                                                                      Each Member State shall submit to the Commission data
Whereas timely catch and effort statistics have been                  on the catches by vessels registered in or flying the flag of
identified by the NAFO Scientific Council as essential to             that Member State fishing in the north-west Atlantic.
the performance of its work in evaluating the state of the
fish stocks in the north-west Atlantic;
                                                                      The nominal catch data shall include all fishery products
                                                                      landed or transhipped at sea in no matter what form but
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3881 / 91 (2) does               shall exclude quantities which, subsequent to capture, are
not fully meet the requirements necessary for the                     discarded at sea, consumed on board or used as bait on
                                                                      board . Aquaculture production shall be excluded. The data
(!) OJ No L 378 , 30. 12. 1978 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 365 , 31 . 12. 1991 , p. 19.                              (3) OJ No L 179, 7. 8 . 1972 , p. 1 .
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 shall be recorded as the live weight equivalent of the                  application of administrative procedures. The details of the
 landings or transhipments , to the nearest tonne.                       sampling procedures, together with details of the
                                                                         proportion of the total data derived by such techniques,
                                                                         must be included by the Member State in the report
                                                                         submittted pursuant to Article 7(1 ).
                                 Article 2
                                                                                                  Article 4
 1 . The data to be submitted shall be of two types:
 (a) the annual nominal catches expressed in metric tones                Member States shall fulfil their obligations to the
     live weight equivalent of the landings, of each of the              Commission pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 by submitting the
     species listes in Annex I in each of the statistical fishing        data on magnetic medium, the format of which is given in
     regions of the north-west Atlantic listed in Annex II and           Annex V.
     defined in Annex III ;
 (b) the catches as specified under 1 ( a) and the                       With the prior approval of the Commission , Member
     corresponding fishing effort, subdivided by calender                States may submit data in a different form or on a different
     month of capture, fishing gear, vessel size and main                medium .
     species sought.
                                                                                                  Article 5
 2 . The data referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) (a) shall be
 submitted by 31 May of the year following the reference
 year, and may be preliminary data. The data referred to in              Within 24 hours of receipt of the reports, whenever
 Article 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) shall be submitted by 31 August of the year       possible, the Commission shall transmit the information
 following the reference year and shall be definitive data.              contained therein to the Executive Secretary of NAFO .
 The data referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) ( a) and submitted as                                    Article 6
 preliminary data should be clearly identified as such .
                                                                         1 . The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing
No submissions shall be required for species / fishing region            Committee for Agricultural Statistics , hereafter referred to
combinations for which no catches were recorded in the                   as the 'Committee'.
 reference period of the submission .
                                                                        2. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be
Should the Member State not have fished in the north-west               followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the
Adantic in the preceding calender year, it shall inform the             Committee on his own initiative or at the request of the
Commission before 31 May of the following year.                         representative of a Member State .
                                                                        3 . The representative of the Commission shall submit to
3 . The definitions and codes to be used in submitting                  the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken . The
information on fishing effort, fishing gear, method of                  Committe shall deliver its opinion on that draft within a
fishing and vessel size are given in Annex IV .                         time limit which the chairman may lay down according to
                                                                        the urgency of the matter , if necessary by taking a vote.
4. The list of species and statistical fishing regions and the
descriptions of these regions, as well as the measures codes            4 . The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes, in
and definitions applied to fishing effort, fishing gears ,              addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to
vessel sizes and methods of fishing may be amended in                   have its position recorded in the minutes .
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 .
                                                                        5 . The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
                                                                        opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the
                                 Article 3                              Committe of the manner in which its opinion has been
                                                                        taken into account.
Except where provisions adopted under the common                                                  Article 7
fisheries policy dictate otherwise, a Member State shall be
permitted to use sampling techniques to derive catch data
for those parts of the fishing fleet for which the complete             1 . Within 12 months of the entry into force of this
coverage of the data would involve the excessive                        Regulation, Member States shall submit a detailed report
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to the Commission describing how the data on catches and         4. Methodological reports, transitional arrangements,
fishing effort are derived and specifying the degree of          data availability, data reliability and other relevant issues
representativity and reliability of these data. The              connected with the application of this Regulation shall be
Commission, in collaboration with the Member States ,            examined once a year within the competent Working
shall draw up a summary of these reports.                        Group of the Agricultural Statistics Committee.
                                                                                           Article 8
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any
modifications to the information provided under
paragraph 1 within three months of their introduction .          Regulation (EEC) No 3881 / 91 is hereby revoked.
                                                                                           Article 9
3 . Where the methodological reports under paragraph 1
show that a Member State cannot immediately meet the             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following
requirements of this Regulation and that changes in survey       its publication in the Official Journal of the European
techniques and methodology are necessary, the                    Communities .
Commission may, in cooperation with the Member State,
set a transitional period of up to two years during which
the programme of this Regulation is to be achieved.              It shall apply from 1 January 1994.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
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                                                                   ANNEX 1
                                 LIST OF SPECIES FOR WHICH CATCH DATA SHALL BE SUBMITTED
             Member States should report the species in as great detail as possible. Species groupings (e.g. 'Marine flatfishes
             n.e.i') should only be used when it is impossible to supply a more detailed description of the species. Member
             States may submit data for species not in the list, provided that the species are clearly identified.
             Note: 'n.e.i .' is the abbreviation for 'not elsewhere identified'
                                Englisch name                   3-alpha-identifier               Scientific name
                                                               GROUND-FISH
             Atlantic cod                                       COD                  Gadus morhua
             Haddock                                            HAD                  Mehnogrammus aeglefinus
             Atlantic redfishes n.e.i.                          RED                  Sebastes spp .
             Silver hake                                        HKS                  Merluccius bilinearis
             Red hake                                           HKR                  Urophycis chuss
             Saithe ( = Pollock)                                POK                  Pollachius virens
             Golden redfish                                     REG                  Sebastes marinus
            Beaked redfish                                      REB                  Sebastes mentella
            American plaice ( L. R. Dab)                        PLA                  Hippoglossoides platessoides
            Witch flounder                                      WIT                  Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
            Yellowtail flounder                                 YEL                  Limanda ferruginea
            Greenland halibut                                   GHL                  Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
            Atlantic halibut                                    HAL                  Hippoglossus hippoglossus
            Winter flounder                                     FLW                  Pseudopleuronectes americanus
            Summer flounder                                     FLS                  Paralichthys dentatus
            Windowpane flounder                                 FLD                 Scophthalmus aquosus
            Flatfishes n.e.i.                                  FLX                  Pleuronectiformes
            American angler                                    ANG                  Lophius americanus
            Atlantic searobins                                 SRA                  Prionotus spp .
            Atlantic tomcod                                    TOM                  Microgadus tomcod
            Blue antimora                                      ANT                  Antimora rostrata
            Blue whiting ( = Poutassou)                        WHB                  Micromesistius poutassou
            Cunnar                                             CUN                   Tautogolabrus adspersus
            Cusk ( = Tusk)                                     USK                  Brosme brosme
            Greenland cod                                      GRC                  Gadus ogac
            Blue ling                                          BLI                  Molva dypterygia
            Ling                                               LIN                  Molva molva
            Lumpfish ( = Lumpsucker)                           LUM                  Cycloterus lumpus
            Northern kingfish                                  KGF                  Menticirrhus saxatilis
            Northern puffer                                    PUF                  Sphoeroides maculatus
            Eelpouts n.e.i .                                   ELZ                  Lycodes spp .
            Ocean pout                                         OPT                  Macrozoarces americanus
            Polar cod                                          POC                  Boreogadus saida
            Roundnose grenadier                                RNG                  Coryphaenoides rupestris
            Roughhead grenadier                                RHG                  Macrouris berglax
            Sand-eels ( = Sand lances)                         SAN                  Ammodytes spp .
            Sculpins n.e.i .                                   SCU                  Myoxocephalus spp.
            Scup                                               SCP                  Stenotomus chrysops
            Tautog                                             TAU                  Tautoga onitis
            Tilefish                                           TIL                  Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
            White hake                                         HKW                  Urophycis tenuis
            Wolf-fishes n.e.i.                                 CAT                  Anarhichas spp .
           Atlantic wolf-fish                                  CAA                  Anarhichas lupus
           Spotted wolf-fish                                   CAS                 Anarhichas minor
           Groundfishes n.e.i                                  GRO                  Osteichthyes
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                              Englisch name                  3-alpna-identifier              Scientific name
                                                             PELAGIC FISH
            Atlantic herring                                  HER                Clupea harengus
            Atlantic mackerel                                MAC                Scomber scombrus
            Atlantic butterfish                               BUT               Peprilus triacanthus
            Atlantic menhaden                                 MHA               Brevoortia tyrannus
            Atlantic saury                                    SAU               Scomberesox saurus
            Bay anchovy                                       ANB               Anchoa mitchilli
            Bluefish                                         BLU                Pomatomus saltatrix
            Crevalle Jack                                    CVJ                Caranx hippos
            Frigate tuna                                      FRI               Auxis thazard
            King mackerel                                     KGM               Scomberomorus cavalla
            Atlantic Spanish mackerel                        SSM                Scomberomorus maculatus
            Sailfish                                         SAI                Istiophorus platypterus
            White marlin                                     WHM                 Tetrapterus albidus
            Blue marlin                                      BUM                Makaira nigicans
            Swordfish                                        SWO                Xiphias gladius
            Albacore tuna                                    ALB                 Thunnus alalunga
            Atlantic bonito                                  BON                Sarda sarda
            Little tunny                                     LTA                Euthynnus alletteratus
            Bigeye tuna                                      BET                 Thunnus obesus
            Northern bluefish runa                           BFT                 Thunnus thynnus
            Skipjack tuna                                    SKJ                Katsuwonus pelamis
            Yellowfin tuna                                   YFT                 Thunnus albacares
            Tunas n. e. i.                                   TUN                Scombridae
            Pelagic fishes n.e.i .                           PEL                Osteichthyes
                                                           OTHER FIN-FISH
            Alewife                                          ALE                Alosa pseudoharengus
            Amberjacks n.e.i.                                AMX                Seriola spp.
            American conger                                  COA                Conger oceanicus
            American eel                                     ELA                Anguilla rostrata
            American shad                                    SHA                Alosa sapidissima
            Argentines n.e.i.                                ARG                Argentina spp .
            Atlantic  croacker                               CKA                Micropogonias undulatus
            Atlantic needlefish                              NFA                Strongylura marina
            Atlantic salmon                                  SAL                Salmo salar
            Atlantic  silverside                             SSA                Menidia menidia
            Atlantic thread herring                          THA                Opisthonema oglinum
            Baird's slickhead                                ALC                Alepocephalus bairdii
            Black drum                                       BDM                Pogonias cromis
            Black sea bass                                   BSB                Centropristis striata
            Blueback herring                                 BBH                Alosa aestivalis
            Capelin                                          CAP                Mallotus villosus
            Char n.e.i .                                     CHR                Salvelinus spp.
            Cobia                                            CBA                Rachycentron canadum
            Common ( = Florida) pompano                      POM                Trachinotus carolinus
            Gizzard shad                                     SHG                Dorosoma cepedianum
            Grunts n.e.i .                                   GRX                Pomadasyidae
            Hickory shad                                     SHH                Alosa mediocris
            Lanternfish                                      LAX                Notoscopelus spp.
            Mullets n.e.i .                                  MUL                Mugilidae
            N. Atlantic harvestfish                          HVF                Peprilus alepidotus ( = Paru)
            Pigfish                                          PIG                Orthopristis chrysoptera
            Rainbow smelt                                    SMR                Osmerus mordax
            Red drum                                         RDM                Sciaenops ocellatus
            Red porgy                                        RPG                Pagrus pagrus
            Rough shad                                       RSC                Trachurus lathami
            Sand perch                                       PES                Diplectrum formosum
            Sheepshead                                       SPH                Archosargus probatocephalus
            Spot croaker                                     SPT                Leiostomus xanthurus
            Spotted weakfish                                 SWF                Cynoscion nebulosus
            Squeteague (Grey weakfish )                      STG                Cynoscion regalis
            Striped bass                                     STB                Morone saxatilis
            Sturgeons n.e.i .                                STU                Acipenseridae
            Tarpon                                           TAR                Tarpon ( = Megalops) atlanticus
            Trout n.e.i .                                    TRO                Salmo spp.
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                                Englisch name                   3-alpha-ktentifier               Schientific name
             White perch                                        PEW                 Morone americana
             Alfonsinos                                         ALF                 Beryx spp .
              Spiny ( = Picked dogfish)                         DGS                 Squalus acanthias
             Dogfishes n.e.i.                                   DGX                 Squalidae
             Porbeagle                                          POR                 Lamna nasus
             Large sharks n.e.i.                                SHX                 Squaliformes
             Skates n.e.i .                                     SKA                 Raja spp.
             Fin-fishes n.e.i .                                 FIN                 Osteichthyes
                                                             INVERTEBRATES
             Long-finned squid (Loligo)                         SQL                 Loligo pealei
             Short-finned squid                                 SQI                 Illex illecebrosus
             Squids n.e.i .                                     SQU                 Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
             Atlantic razor clam                                CLR                 Ensis directus
             Hard clam                                          CLH                 Mercenaria mercenaria
             Ocean quahog                                       CLQ                 Artica islandica
             Soft clam                                          CLS                 Mya arenaria
             Surf clam                                          CLB                 Spisula solidissima
             Clams n.e.i .                                      CLX                 Prionodesmacea, Teleodesmacea
             Bay scallop                                        SCB                 Argopecten irradians
             Calico scallop                                     see                 Argopecten gibbus
             Icelandic scallop                                  ISC                 Chlamys islandica
             Sea scallop                                       SCA                  Placopecten magellanicus
             Scallops n.e.i.                                    sex                 Pectinidae
            American cupped oyster                             OYA                  Crassostrea virginica
            Blue mussel                                        MUS .                Mytilus edulis
            Whelks n.e.i .                                     WHX                 Busycon spp .
            Periwinkles n.e.i .                                PER                 Littorina spp.
            Marine molluscs n.e.i .                            MOL                  Mollusca
            Atlantic rock crab                                 CRK                  Cancer irroratus
            Blue crab                                          CRB                  Callinectes sapidus
            Green crab                                         CRG                 Carcinus maenas
            Jonah crab                                         CRJ                  Cancer borealis
            Queen crab                                         CRQ                 Chinoecetes opilio
            Red crab                                           CRR                 Gryon quinquedens
            Stone king crab                                    KCT                 Lithodes maia
            Marine crabs n.e.i.                                CRA                 Reptantia
            American lobster                                   LBA                 Homarus americanus
            Northern prawn                                     PRA                 Pandalus borealis
            Aesop shrimp                                       AES                 Pandalus montagui
            Penaeus shrimps n.e.i .                            PEN                 Penaeus spp .
            Pink ( = Pandalid) shrimps                         PAN                 Pandalus spp .
            Marine crustaceans n.e.i .                         CRU                 Crustacea
            Sea urchin                                         URC                 Strongylocentrotus spp.
            Marine worms n.e.i .                               WOR                 Polychaeta
            Horeshoe crab                                      HSC                 Limulus polyphemus
            Marine invertebrates n.e.i .                       INV                 Invertebrata
                                                                 SEAWEEDS
            Brown seaweeds                                     SWB                 Phaeophyceae
            Red seaweeds                                       SWR                 Rhodophyceae
            Seaweeds n.e.i .                                   SWX                 Algae
                                                                   SEALS
            Harp seal                                          SEH                 Pagophilius groenlandicus
           Hooded seal                                        SEZ                  Cystophora cristata
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                                                         ANNEX II
                STATISTICAL FISHING AREAS OF THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC FOR WHICH DATA ARE
                                                    TO BE SUBMITTED
            Sub-area 0                                             Sub-area 4
              Division 0 A                                           Division 4 R
              Division 0 B                                           Division 4 S
                                                                     Division 4 T
            Sub-area 1                                               Division 4 V
              Division  1 A                                             Sub-division 4 V n
              Division  1 B                                             Sub-division 4 V s
              Division  1 C                                          Division 4 W
              Division 1  D                                          Division 4 X
              Division 1  E                                          Division 4 NK (not known)
              Division 1  F
                                                                   Sub-area 5
              Division 1 NK (not known)
                                                                     Division 5 Y
            Sub-area 2                                               Division 5 Z
                                                                       Sub-division 5 Z e
              Division 2 G
                                                                          Sub-unit SZc
              Division 2 H
                                                                          Sub-unit 5 Z u
              Division 2 J                                             Sub-division 5 Z w
              Division 2 NK (not known)
                                                                     Division 5 NK (not known)
            Sub-area 3                                             Sub-area 6
              Division 3  K                                          Division 6 A
              Division 3  L                                          Division 6 B
              Division 3  M                                          Division 6 C
              Division 3  N                                          Division 6 D
              Division 3  O                                          Division 6 E
              Division 3  P                                          Division 6 F
                Sub-division 3 P n                                   Division 6 G
                Sub-division 3 P s                                   Division 6 H
              Division 3 NK (not known )                             Division 6 NK (not known)
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             Statistical fishing areas for die north-west Atlantic
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                                                              ANNEX III
             DESCRIPTION OF THE NAFO SUB-AREAS AND DIVISIONS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FISHERY
                               STATISTICS AND REGULATIONS IN THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC
             Sub-area 0
             That portion of the NAFO Convention Area bounded on the south by a line extending due east from a point at
             61°00' north latitude and 65°00' west longitude to a point at 61°00' north latitude and 59°00' west longitude,
             thence in a south-easterly direction along a rhumb-line to a point at 60°12' north latitude and 57°13' west
             longitude; thence bounded on the east by a series of geoditic lines joining the following points:
    Point No          Latitude                  Longitude                  Point No              Latitude                Longitude
          1         60°12'0 N                  57°13'0 W                       53              68°25'3 N                58°42'4 W
          2         61°00'0 N                  57°13'1 W                       54              68°32'9 N                59°01'8 W
          3         62°00'5 N                  57°21'1 W                       55              68°34'0 N                59°04'6 W
          4         62°02'3 N                  57°21'8 W                       56              68°37'9 N                59°14'3 W
          5         62°03'5 N                  57°22'2 W                       57              68°38'0 N                59°14'6 W
          6         62°11'5 N                  57°25'4 W                       58              68°56'8 N                60°02'4 W
          7         62°47'2 N                  57°41'0 W                       59              69°00'8 N                60°09'0 W
          8         63°22'8 N                  57°57'4 W                       60              69°06'8 N                60°18'5 W
          9         63°28'6 N                  57°597 W                        61              69°10'3 N                60°23'8 W
        10          63°35'0 N                  58°02'0 W                       62              69°12'8 N                60°27'5 W
        11          63°37'2 N                  58°01'2 W                       63              69°29'4 N                60°51'6 W
        12          63°44'1 N                  57°58'8 W                       64              69°49'8 N                60°58'2 W
        13          63°50'1 N                  57°57'2 W                       65              69°55'3 N                60°59'6 W
        14          63°52'6 N                  57°56'6 W                       66              69°55'8 N               61°00'0 W
        15          63°57'4 N                  57°53'5 W                       67              70°01'6 N                61°04'2 W
        16          64°04'3 N                  57°49'1 W                       68              70°07'S N                61°08'1 W
        17          64°12'2 N                  57°48'2 W                       69              70°08'8 N               61°08'8 W
        18          6S°06'0 N                  57°44'1 W                       70              70°13'4 N               61°10'6 W
        19          65°08'9 N                  57°43'9 W                       71              70°33'1 N               61°17'4 W
        20          65°11'6 N                  57°44'4 W                       72              70°35'6 N                61°20'6 W
        21          65°14'5 N                  57°45'1 W                       73              70°48'2 N               61°37'9 W
        22          65°18'1 N                  57°45'8 W                       74              70°51'8 N               61°42'7 W
        23          6S°23'3 N                  57044/9 w                       75              71°12'1 N               62°09'1 W
        24          65°34'8 N                  57°42'3 W                       76              71°18'9 N               62°17'5 W
        25          65°37'7 N                  57041-9 w                       77              71°25'9 N               62°25'5 W
        26          65°50'9 N                  57°40'7 W                       78              71°29'4 N               62°29'3 W
        27          65°51'7 N                  57°40'6 W                       79              71°31'8 N               62°32'0 W
        28          65°57'6 N                  57°40'1 W                       80              71°32'9 N               62°33'5 W
        29          66°03'5 N                  57°39'6 W                       81 -            71°44'7 N               62°49'6 W
        30          66°12'9 N                  57° 38 '2 W                     82              71°47'3 N               62°53'1 W
        31          66°18'8 N                  57°37'8 W                       83              71°52'9 N               63°03'9 W
        32          66°24'6 N                  57°37'8 W                       84              72°01'7 N               63°21'1 W
        33          66°30'3 N                  57°38'3 W                       85              72°06'4 N               63°30'9 W
        34          66°36'1 N                  57°39'2 W                       86              72°11'0 N               63°41'0 W
        35          66°37'9 N                  57°39'6 W                       87              72°24'8 N               64°13'2 W
        36          66°41'8 N                  57°40'6 W                       88              72°30'5 N               64°26'1 W
        37          66°49'5 N                  57°43'0 W                       89              72°36'3 N               64°38'8 W
        38          67°21'6 N                  57°52'7 W                       90              72°43'7 N               64°54'3 W
        39          67°27'3 N                  57°54'9 W                       91              72°45'7 N               64°58'4 W
        40          67°28'3 N                  57°55'3 W                       92              72°47'7 N               65°00'9 W
        41          67°29'1 N                  57°56'1 W                       93              72°50'8 N               65°07'6 W
        42          67°30'7 N                  57°57'8 W                       94              73°18'5 N               66°08'3 W
        43          67°35'3 N                  58°02'2 W                       95              73 °2 5 '9 N            66°25'3 W
        44          67°39'7 N                  58°06'2 W                       96              73°31'1 N               67°15'1 W
        45          67°44'2 N                  58°09'9 W                       97              73°36'5 N               68°05'5 W
        46          67°56'9 N                  58°19'8 W                       98              73°37'9 N               68°12'3 W
        47          68°01'8 N                  58°23'3 W                       99              73°41'7 N               68°29'4 W
        48          68°04'3 N                  58°25'0 W                      100              73°46'1 N               68°48'5 W
        49          68°06'8 N                  58°26'7 W                      101              73°46'7 N               68°51'1 W
        50          68°07'5,N                  58°27'2 W                      102              73°52'3 N               69°11'3 W
        51          68°16'1 N                  58°34'1 W                      103              73°57'6 N               69°31'5 W
        52          68°21'7 N                  58°39'0 W                      104              74°02'2 N               69°50'3 W
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  Point No             Latitude                  Longitude                    Point No             Latitude                 Longitude
    105              74°02'6   N                69°52'0  W                      111              74°28'6   N               71°45'8  W
    106              74°06'1   N                70°06'6  W                      112              74°44'2   N               72°53'0  W
    107              74°07'5   N                70°12'5  W                      113              74°50'6   N               73°02'8  W
    108              74°10'0   N                70°23'1  W                      114              75°00'0   N               73°16'3  W
    109              74°12'5   N                70°337   W                      115              75°00 '   N               73°30 '  W
    110              74°24'0   N                71°257   W           I
             and thence due north to the parallel of 78°10' north latitude; and bounded on the west by a line beginning at
              61°00' north latitude and 65°00' west longitude and extending in a north-westerly direction along a
             rhumb-line to the coast of Baffin Island at East Bluff (61°55' north latitude and 66°20' west longitude), and
             thence in a northerly direction along the coast of Baffin Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island and Ellesmere Island
             and following the 80th meridian of west longitude in the waters between these islands to the parallel of 78°10'
             north latitude.
             Sub-area 0 is composed of two divisions:
             division 0 A :
           , that portion of the sub-area lying to the north of the parallel of 66°15 ' north latitude;
             division 0 B:
             that portion of die sub-area lying to the south of the parallel of 66°15' north latitude.
             Sub-area 1
             That portion of the NAFO Convention Area lying to the east of sub-area 0 and to the north and east of a
             rhumb-line joining a point at 60°12' north latitude and 57°13' west longitude with a point at 52°15' north
             latitude and 42°00' west longitude.
             Sub-area 1 is composed of six divisions:
             division 1 A :
            that portion of the sub-area lying north of the parallel of 68°50' north latitude (Christianshaab);
             division 1 B :
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 66°15' north latitude (five nautical miles north of
             Umanarsugssuak) and the parallel of 68°50' north latitude (Christianshaab);
            division 1 C:
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 64°15' north latitude (four nautical miles north of
            Godthaab) and the parallel of 66°1 5' north latitude (five nautical miles north of Umanarsugssuak);
            division 1 D :
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 62°30' north latitude (Frederikshaab Glacier) and the
            parallel of 64°15' north latitude (four nautical miles north of Godthaab);
            division 1 E :
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 60°45 ' north latitude (Cape Desolation) and the
            parallel of 62°30' north latitude (Frederikshaab Glacier);
            division 1 F:
            that portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 60°45' north latitude (Cape Desolation).
            Sub-area 2
           That portion of the NAFO Convention Area lying to the east of the meridian of 64°30' west longitude in the
           area of Hudson Strait, to the south of sub-area 0, to the south and west of sub-area 1 and to the north of the
           parallel of 52°15 ' north latitude.
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              Sub-area 2 is composed of three divisions:
              division 2 G:
              that portion of the sub-area lying north of the parallel of 57°40' north latitude (Cape Mugford);
              division 2 H:
              that portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of J5°20' north latitude (Hopedale) and the parallel of
              57°40' north latitude (Cape Mugford);
              division 2 J:
              that portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 55°20' north latitude (Hopedale).
              Sub-area 3
              That portion of the NAFO Convention Area lying south of the parallel of 52° 15' north latitude, and to the east
              of a line extending due north from Cape Bauld on the north coast of Newfoundland to 52° 15' north latitude;
              to the north of die parallel of 39°00' north latitude; and to the east and north of a rhumb-line commencing at
             39°00' north latitude, 50°00' west longitude and extending in a north-westerly direction to pass through a
             point at 43°30' north latitude, 55°00' west longitude in the direction of a point at 47°50' north latitude,
             60°00' west longitude' until it intersects a straight line connecting Cape Ray, on the coast of Newfoundland,
             with Cape North on Cape Breton Island; thence in a north-easterly direction along said line to Cape Ray.
             Sub-area 3 is composed of six divisions:
             division 3 K:
             that portion of the sub-area lying north of the parallel of 49°15 ' north latitude (Cape Freels,
             Newfoundland);
             division 3 L:
             that portion of the sub-area lying between the Newfoundland coast from Cape Freels to Cape St Mary and in a
             line described as follows: beginning at Cape Freels; thence due east to the meridian of 46°30' west longitude,
             thence due south to die parallel of 46°00' north latitude, thence due west to the meridian of 54°30' west
             longitude, thence along a rhumb-line to Cape St Mary, Newfoundland;
             division 3 M :
             that portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 49°15' north latitude and east of the meridian of
             46°30' west longitude;
             division 3 N:
             that portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 46°00' north latitude and between the meridian of
             46°30' west longitude and the meridian of 51°00' west longitude;
            division 3 O:
            that portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 46°00' north latitude and between the meridian of
             51°00' west longitude and the meridian of 54°30' west longitude;
            division 3 P:
            that portion of the sub-area lying south of the Newfoundland coast and west of a line from Cape St Mary,
            Newfoundland to a point at 46°00' north latitude, 54°30' west longitude, thence due south to a limit of the
            sub-area.
            Division 3 P is divided into two subdivisions:
            subdivision 3 P n (north-western subdivision):
            that portion of division 3 P lying north-west of the line extending from Burgeo Island, Newfoundland,
            approximately south-west to a point at 46°50' north latitude and 58°50' west longitude;
            subdivision 3 P s (south-eastern subdivision):
            that portion of division 3 P lying south-east of the line defined for subdivision 3 P n.
            Sub-area 4
            That portion of the NAFO Convention Area lying north of the parallel of 39°00' north latitude, to the west of
            sub-area 3 , and to the east of a line described as follows: beginning at the terminus of the international
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              boundary between the United States of America and Canada in the Grand Manan Channel, at a point at
              44°46'35,346" north latitude; 66°54'1 1,253" west longitude; thence due south to the parallel of 43°50' north
              latitude; thence due west to the meridian of 67°24'27,24" west longitude; thence, along a geodetic line in a
              south-westerly direction to a point at 42°53'14" north latitude and 67°44'35" west longitude; thence along a
              geodetic line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 42°31'08" north latitude and 67°28'05" west longitude;
              thence along a geodetic line to a point at 42°20' north latitude and 67°18'13,15" west longitude; thence due
              east to a point at 66°00' west longitude; thence along a rhumb-line in a south-easterly direction to a point at
              42°00' north latitude and 65°40' west longitude; and thence due south to the parallel of 39°00' north
              latitude .
              Sub-area 4 is divided into six divisions:
              division 4 R :
              that portion of the NAFO Convention Area lying between the coast of Newfoundland from Cape Bauld to
              Cape Ray and a line described as follows: beginning at Cape Bauld, thence due north to the parallel of 52°15 '
              north latitude, thence due west to the Labrador coast, thence along the Labrador coast to the terminus of the
              Labrador-Quebec boundary, thence along a rhumb-line in a south-westerly direction to a point at 49°25' north
             latitude , 60°00' west longitude, thence due south to a point at 47°50' north latitude, 60°00' west longitude,
             thence along a rhumb-line in a south-easterly direction to die point at which the boundary of sub-area 3
             intersects the straight line joining Cape North, Nova Scotia with Cape Ray, Newfoundland, thence to Cape
             Ray, Newfoundland;
             division 4 S:
             that portion of the sub-area lying between the south coast of Quebec from the terminus of the Labrador-Quebec
             boundary to Pointe des Monts and a line described as follows: beginning at Pointe des Monts, thence due east
             to a point at 49°25' north latitude, 64°40' west longitude, thence along a rhumb-line in an east-south-easterly
             direction to a point at 47°50' north latitude, 60°00' west longitude, thence along a rhumb-line in a
             north-easterly direction to the terminus of the Labrador-Quebec boundary;
             division 4 T:
             that portion of the sub-area lying between the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec from Cape
             North to Pointe des Monts and a line described as follows: beginning at Pointe des Monts, thence due east to a
             point at 49°25' north latitude, 64°40' west longitude, thence along a rhumb-line in an east-south-easterly
             direction to a point at 47°50' north latitude, 60°00' west longitude, thence along a rhumb-line in a southerly
             direction to Cape North, Nova Scotia;
             division 4 V:
             that portion of the sub-area lying between the coast of Nova Scotia between Cape North and Fourchu, and a
             line described as follows: beginning at Fourchu thence along a rhumb-line in an easterly direction to a point at
             45°40' north latitude, 60°00' west longitude, thence due south along the meridian of 60°00' west longitude to
             the parallel of 44° 10' north latitude, thence due east to the meridian of 59°00' west longitude, thence due
             south to the parallel of 39°00' north latitude, thence due east to a point where the boundary between sub-areas
             3 and 4 meets the parallel of 39°00' north latitude, thence along the boundary between sub-areas 3 and 4 and a
             line continuing in a north-westerly direction to a point at 47°50' north latitude, 60°00' west longitude, and
             thence along a rhumb-line in a southerly direction to Cape North, Nova Scotia.
             Division 4 V is divided into two sub-divisions:
             sub-division 4 V n (northerly sub-division):
            that portion of division 4 V lying north of the parallel of 45°40' north latitude;
            sub-division 4 V s (southerly sub-division):
            that portion of division 4 V lying south of the parallel of 45°40' north latitude;
            division 4 W:
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the coast of Nova Scotia from Halifax to Fourchu and a line
            described as follows: beginning at Fourchu, thence along a rhumb-line in an easterly direction to a point at
            45°40' north latitude, 60°00' west longitude, thence due soUth along the meridian of 60°00' west longitude to
            the parallel of 44°10' north latitude, thence due east to the meridian of 59°00' west longitude, thence due
            south to the parallel of 39°00' north latitude, thence due west to the meridian of 63°20' west longitude, thence
            due north to a point to the meridian of 44°20' north latitude, thence along a rhumb-line in a north-westerly
            direction to Halifax , Nova Scotia ;
            division 4 X:
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the western boundary of sub-area 4 and the coasts of New
            Brunswick and Nova Scotia from the terminus of the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine to Halifax,
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           and a line described as follows: beginning at Halifax, thence along a rhumb-line in a south-easterly direction to
           a point at 44°20' north latitude, 63°20' west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of 39°00' north
            latitude; thence due west to the meridian of 65°40' west longitude.
            Sub-area 5
            That portion of the NAFO Convention Area lying to the west of the western boundary of sub-area 4, to the
            north of the parallel of 39°00' north latitude and to the east of the meridian of 71°40' west longitude.
            Sub-area 5 is composed of two divisions:
            division 5 Y:
            that portion of the sub-area lying between the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts from the
            border between Maine and New Brunswick to 70°00' west longitude on Cape Cod (at approximately 42°
            north latitude) and a line described as follows: beginning at a point on Cape Cod at 70° west longitude (at
            approximately 42° north latitude), thence due north to 42°20' north latitude, thence due east to 67°18'13,15"
            west longitude at the boundary of sub-areas 4 and 5 ; thence along that boundary to the boundary of Canada
            and the United States of America;
            division S Z:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the south and east of division 5 Y.
            Division 5 Z is divided into two sub-divisions:
            sub-division 5 Z e (easterly sub-division):
           that portion of division 5 Z lying east of the meridian of 70°00' west longitude.
           For statistical purposes sub-division 5 Z e is divided into two sub-units:
            sub-unit 5 Z c:
           that part of sub-division 5 Z e that lies to the north of the geodetic line joining the points where the geodetic
           line denoting the USA-Canada boundary from 42°31'08" north latitude 67°28'05" west longitude to
           40°27'05" north latitude 65°41'59" west longitude meets the parallel at 42°00' north latitude to where its
           extension meets the meridian at 65°40' west longitude;
           sub-unit 5 Z u :
           that part of division 5 Z e that lies to the south of the geodetic line joining the points where the geodetic line
           denoting the USA-Canada boundary from 42°31'08" north latitude 67°28'05" west longitude to 40°27'05"
           north latitude 65°41'59" west longitude meets the parallel at 42°00' north latitude to where its extension
           meets the meridian at 65°40' west longitude;
           sub-division 5 Z w (westerly sub-division):
           that portion of division 5 Z lying west of the meridian of 70°00' west longitude.
           Sub-area 6
           That part of the NAFO Convention Area bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Rhode Island
           at 71 °40' west longitude, thence due south to 39°00' north latitude, thence due east to 42°00' west longitude,
           thence due south to 35°00' north latitude, thence due west to the coast of North America, thence northwards
           along the coast of North America to a point on Rhode Island at 71°40' west longitude.
           Sub-area 6 is composed of eight divisions:
           division 6 A :
           that portion of the sub-area lying to the north of the parallel of 39°00' north latitude and to the west of
           sub-area 5 ;
           division 6 B:
           that portion of the sub-area lying to the west of 70°00' west latitude, to the south of the parallel of 39°00'
           north latitude, and to the north and west of a line running westward along die parallel of 37°00' north latitude
           to 76°00' west longitude; thence due south to Cape Henry, Virginia;
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            division 6 C:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the west of 70°00' west longitude and the south of sub-division 6 B;
            division 6 D:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the east of divisions 6 B and 6 C and to the west of 65°00' west
            longitude;
            division 6 E:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6 D and to the west of 60°00' west longitude;
            division 6 F:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6 E and to the west of 55°00' west longitude;
            division 6 G:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6 F and to the west of 50°00' west longitude;
            division 6 H:
            that portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6 G and to the west of 42°00' west longitude.
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                                                                ANNEX IV
                      DEFINITIONS AND CODING TO BE USED IN THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA
            (a) LIST OF FISHING GEAR/FISHING VESSEL CATEGORIES
                (from the International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gears (ISSCFG)
                                                         Category                                     Abbreviation
                Trawls
                   Bottom trawls
                   — beam trawl                                                                       TBB
                   — otter trawl (side or stern not specified)                                        OTB
                   — otter trawl (side)                                                               OTB 1
                   — otter trawl ( stern)                                                             OTB2
                   —   pair trawl (two vessels)                                                       PTB
                   —   shrimp trawls                                                                  TBS
                   —   nephrops trawls                                                                TBN
                   —   bottom trawls (not specified)                                                  TB
                   Midwater trawls:
                   — otter trawl (side or stern not specified                                         OTM
                   — otter trawl (side)                                                               OTM1
                   — otter trawl (stern)                                                              OTM2
                   — pair trawl (two vessels)                                                         PTM
                   — shrimp trawls                                                                    TMS
                   — midwater trawls (not specified)                                                  TM
                   Otter twin trawls                                                                  OTT
                   Pair trawls (two vessels) (not specified)                                          PT
                   Otter trawls (not specified)                                                       OT
                   Otter trawls (not specified)                                                       TX
                Seine nets
                   Beach seine                                                                        SB
                   Boat or vessel seines                                                              SV
                   — Danish seine                                                                     SDN
                   — Scottish seine                                                                   SSC
                   — Pair seine (two vessels)                                                         SPR
                   Seine nets (not specified)                                                         SX
                Surrounding nets
                   With purse lines (purse seine)                                                     PS
                   — operated by one vessel                                                           PSI
                   — operated by two vessels                                                          PS2
                   Without purse lines (lampara)                                                      LA
                Gillnets and entangling nets
                   Set gillnets ( anchored)                                                           GNS
                   Drift gillnets                                                                     GND
                   Encircling gillnets                                                                GNC
                   Fixed gillnets (on stakes)                                                         GNF
                   Trammel nets                                                                       GTR
                   Gombined gillnets-trammel nets                                                     GTN
                   Gillnets and entangling nets (not specified)                                       GEN
                   Gill nets (not specified)                                                          GN
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                                                       Category                         Abbreviation
              Hooks and lines
                 Set longlines                                                          LLS
                 Drift longlines                                                        LLD
                 Longlines (not specified)                                              LL
                 Handlines and polelines (hand-operated)                                LHP
                 Handlines and polelines (mechanized)                                   LTM
                 Trolling lines                                                         LTL
                 Hooks and lines (not specified)                                        LX
              Traps
                 Stationary uncovered pound nets                                        FPN
                 Covered pots                                                           FPO
                 Fyke nets                                                              FYK
                 Barriers , fences, weirs , etc.                                        FWR
                 Stow nets                                                              FSN
                 Aerial nets                                                            FAR
                 Traps (not specified)                                                  FIX
              Falling gear
                 Cast nets                                                              FCN
                 Falling gear (unspecified)                                             FG
              Dredges
                 Boat dredge                                                            DRB
                 Hand dredge                                                            DRH
              Grappling and wounding
                Harpoon                                                                 HAR
              Lift nets
                Portable lift nets                                                      LNP
                Boat operated lift nets                                                 LNB
                Shore operated stationary lift nets                                     LNS
                Lift nets (not specified)                                               LN
              Harvesting machines
                Pumps                                                                   HMP
                Mechanized dredges                                                      HMD
                Harvesting machines (not specified)                                     HMX
              Miscellaneous gears                                                       MIS
              Gear not known                                                            NK
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            (b ) DEFINITIONS OF FISHING EFFORT MEASURES FOR GEAR CATEGORIES
                  Three levels of precision of fishing effort should be provided, where possible.
                  Category A
                           Fishing gear             Effort measure                             Definitions
                  Surrounding nets            Number of sets             Number of times the gear has been set or shot,
                  (Purse seines)                                         whether or not a catch was made. This measure is
                                                                         appropriate when school size and packing is related
                                                                         to stock abundance or sets are made in a random
                                                                         manner
                 Beach seines                 Number of sets             Number of times the gear has been set or shot,
                                                                         whether or not a catch was made
                 Boat seines                  Number of hours           Number of hours during which the seine was in the
                                              fished                    water fishing
                 Trawls                       Number of hours           Number of hours during which the trawl was in the
                                                                        water (midwater trawl ), or on the bottom (bottom
                                                                        trawl), and fishing
                 Boat dredges                 Number of hours           Number of hours during which the dredge was on the
                                              fished                    bottom and fishing
                 Gill nets ( set or drift)    Number       of    effort Length of nets expressed in 100-metre units
                                              units                     multiplied by the number of sets made ( =
                                                                        accumulated total length in metres of net used in a
                                                                        given time divided by 100)
                 Gill nets (fixed)            Number of effort          Length of net expressed in 100-metre units multiplied
                                              units                     by the numer of times the net was cleared
                 Traps                       Number of effort           Number of days fished times the number of units
                 (uncovered pound nets)      units                      hauled
                 Covered pots and fyke       Number of effort           Number of lifts times the number of units ( = total
                 nets                        units                      number of units fished in a given time period)
                 Longlines ( set or drift)   Thoussands of hooks        Number of hooks fished in a given time period
                                                                        divided by 1 000
                 Handlines (pole, troll ,    Number of line-days        Total number of lines used in a given time period
                jig, etc. )
                Harpoons                     —
                                                                        (Report effort levels B and C only)
                Category B
                Number of days fished: the number of days on which fishing took place. For those .fisheries in which
                searching is a substantial part of the fishing operation, days in which searching but no fishing took place
                should be included in 'days fished' data.
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                 Category C
                 For number of days on ground in addition to days fished and searching also all other days while the vessel
                 was on the ground should be included.
                 Percent of estimated effort (pro-rated effort)
                 Since corresponding effort measures may not be available for the total catch, the percentage of the effort
                 that has been estimated should be indicated. This is calculated from:
                 (Total catch ) — (Catch for which effort has been recorded) x 100
                                             (Total catch)
            (c) VESSEL SIZE CATEGORIES
                 (from the International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing (ISSCFV))
                                                                 Tonnage classes
                                              Gross tonnage category                         Code
                                                    0-        49,9                            02
                                                  50-       149,9                             03
                                                 150-       499,9                             04
                                                 500-       999,9                             05
                                               1 000-     1 999,9                             06
                                               2 000-    99 999,9                             07
                                                   not known                                  00
            (d) MAIN SPECIES SOUGHT
                This is the species to which the fishing was principally directed. However, it may not correspond with the
                species which formed the greater part of die catch. The species should be indicated using the 3-alpha
                identifier (see Annex I).
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                                                                  ANNEX V
                                 FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF DATA ON MAGNETIC MEDIA
            ( a ) Magnetic media
                  Computer tapes: Nine track with a density of 1 600 or 6 250 BPI and EBCDIC or ASCII coding, preferably
                  labelled. If labelled an end-of-file code should be included.
                  Floppy disks: MS-DOS formatted 3,5 ", 720 K or 1,4 Mbyte disks or 5,25 ", 360 K or 1,2 Mbyte disks.
            (b) Coding format
                  For the submissions pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) (a)
                        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                   21 = North-west Atlantic
                        9 to 15         Division                                 e.g. 3Pn = NAFO subdivision 3Pn
                       16 to 18         Species                                  3-alpha identifier
                       19 to 26         Catch                                    Metric tonnes
                  For the submissions pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) (b)
                       Byte Nos                             Item                                  Remarks
                         1 to 4         Country                                 ISO 3-alpha code (e.g. FRA = France)
                         5 to 6         Year                                    e.g. 94 = 1994
                         7 to 8         Month                                   e.g. 01 = January
                        9 to 10         FAO major fishing area                  21 = North-west Atlantic
                      111 to 18         Division                                e.g. 3Pn = NAFO subdivision 3Pn:
                                                                                alphanumeric
                       19 to 21         Main species sought                     3-alpha identifier
                      22 to 26          Vessel / gear category                  ISSCFG code (e.g. OTB2 = Bottom otter
                                                                                trawl ): alphanumeric
                      27 to 28         Vessel size class                        ISSCFV code (e.g. 04 = 150-499,9 GT):
                                                                                alphanumeric
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                       Byte Nos                          Item                                     Remarks
                      29 to 34        Average gross tonnage                      Tonnes : numeric
                      35 to 43        Average engine power                       Kilowatts : numeric
                      44 to 45        Percentage effort estimated                Numeric
                      46 to 48        Unit                                       3-alpha identifier of species or effort
                                                                                 identifier
                                                                                 (e.g. COD = Atlantic cod
                                                                                 A— = Effort measure A)
                      49 to 56        Data                                       Catch (in metric tonnes) or effort unit
            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 49 to 56) of less than half a unit should be recorded as '-1\
            (d) Unknown! quantities (bytes 49 to 56) should be recorded as '-2'.
            (e) Country codes: (ISO codes)
                   Belgium                                                     BEL
                  Denmark                                                      DNK
                  France                                                       FRA
                  Germany                                                      DEU
                  Greece                                                       GRC
                  Ireland                                                      IRL
                  Italy                                                        ITA
                  Luxembourg                                                   LUX
                  Netherlands                                                  NLD
                  Portugal                                                     PRT
                  Spain                                                        ESP
                  United Kingdom                                               GBR
                      England and Wales                                        GBRA
                      Scotland                                                 GBRB
                      Northern Ireland                                         GBRC