# Council Decision of 24 February 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (2011/296/EU), Appendix 4: COMMUNICATION OF VMS MESSAGES TO SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE


Table II —
Format of VMS data
Data Element
Code
Comments
Start record
SR
System detail — indicates start of record
Addressee
AD
Message detail — addressee. Alpha-3 ISO country code
From
FR
Message detail — sender. Alpha-3 ISO country code
Flag State
FS
Type of message
TM
Message detail — message type ‘POS’
Radio call sign
RC
Vessel detail — international radio call sign of vessel
Contracting Party internal reference number
IR
Vessel detail — unique Contracting Party number (flag State ISO-3 code followed by number)
External registration number
XR
Vessel detail — number marked on side of vessel
Latitude
LA
Vessel position detail — position in degrees and minutes N/S DD.ddd (WGS-84)
Longitude
LO
Vessel position detail — position in degrees and minutes E/W DDD.ddd (WGS-84)
Course
CO
Vessel course 360° scale
Speed
SP
Vessel speed in tenths of knots
Date
DA
Vessel position detail — date of record of UTC position (YYYYMMDD)
Time
TI
Vessel position detail — time of record of UTC position (HHMM)
End record
ER
System detail — indicates end of record
Character set: ISO 8859.1
Each data transmission is structured as follows:
a double slash (//) and field code indicate the start of the message,
a single slash (/) separates the field code and the data.
Optional data elements must be inserted between the start and end of the record.
Format for communication of catches and fishing vessel reports
‘Catch on entry to the EEZ’ report
‘Catch on transhipment’ report
‘Catch on exit from the EEZ’ report

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/296/schedule/ANNEX/appendix/Appendices/appendix/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-296/schedule-ANNEX/appendix-Appendices/appendix-4
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