# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/2007 of 5 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing, Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMAT
Envelope data elements
Data elements
Field code
Description and content
Start/end of record
Start of record
SR
Tag indicating start of the logbook, sales note declaration or return message
Sub-elements
Address
AD
Destination: ISO alpha-3 country code
From
FR
Country transmitting the data (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Type of message
TM
Letter code of the type of message (LOG, SAL, RET or COR)
Return status
RS
Indicates the status of the received message/report, either ACK (acknowledged) or NAK (not acknowledged)
Return error code
RE
Numerical codes indicating errors on messages/reports received
(101 — message unreadable, 102 — data value or size out of range, 104 — mandatory data missing, 106 — unauthorised data source, 150 — sequence error, 151 — date/time in the future, 250 — attempt to renotify a vessel, 251 — vessel is not notified, 302 — 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)
Record number
RN
Serial number of retransmission of the message by the FMC (annual count)
Record date
RD
Date of retransmission of the message/report (YYYYMMDD)
Record time
RT
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
DEP
Tag indicating the departure from a harbour at the start of a fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)
Return to port declaration
RTP
Tag indicating the return to the harbour at the end of the fishing trip (contains DA, TI and PO attributes)
Catch declaration
CAT
Tag indicating start of a catch declaration (contains DA, TI, FO and DU attributes and POS, GEA or SPE sub-elements)
Transhipment declaration
TRA
Tag indicating start of a transhipment declaration (contains DA, TI, TT, TF, TC and FC attributes and SPE sub-elements)
Landing declaration
LAN
Tag indicating start of a landing declaration (contains DA, TI and PO attributes and POS and SPE sub-elements)
Effort declaration: Entry in zone
ENT
Tag indicating start of an declaration on entry into the effort zone (contains DA, TI attributes and POS, SPE sub-elements)
Effort declaration: Exit out of zone
EXI
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
SPE
Tag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or WL or WS, NF attributes and PRO sub-elements)
Processing sub-declaration
PRO
Tag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF and TY attributes or DIS (discards))
Position sub-declaration
POS
Tag containing detailed information on the location of the fishing vessel (contains ZO attribute and for fishing effort: LA and LO attributes)
Gear sub-declaration
GEA
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
Attributes
Trip number
TN
Number of fishing trip in current year (001-999)
Date
DA
Date of transmission (YYYYMMDD)
Time
TI
Time of transmission (HHMM in UTC)
Vessel’s main identification
RC
International radio call sign
Vessel’s external identification
XR
Side (hull) registration number of the vessel
Vessel’s identification (CFR)
IR
Community Fleet Register number
Name of vessel
NA
Name of the vessel
Name of vessel owner
VO
Name of the vessel owner
Name of the master
MA
Name of the master
Port name
PO
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)
Fishing operations
FO
Number of fishing operations (hauls) per 24-hour period
Fishing time
DU
Duration of fishing activity in minutes
Position: latitude
LA
Latitude expressed in degrees and minutes (N/S DDMM)
Position: longitude
LO
Longitude expressed in degrees and minutes (E/W DDMM)
Fishing zone
ZO
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 subdivision 24 in the Baltic sea, 21.1F[or 1F] for NAFO division 21.1F, etc.)
Gear name
GE
Letter code according to FAO’s ‘International Standard Statistical Classification of the Fishing Gear’
Gear mesh size
ME
Size of mesh (in millimetres)
Gear height
GD
Gear height (in metres)
Gear length
GL
Gear length (in metres)
Species name
SN
Name of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)
Weight of fish
WT
Weight of live fish (in kilograms)
Number of fish
NF
Number of fish caught (when quota is allocated in numbers of fish, i.e. salmon)
Conversion factor
CF
Factors for the conversion of fish and fish product landed weights to live weight equivalents
Weight of fish landed
WL
Product weight in the landing declaration
Presentation of fish
PR
Letter code of the product presentation (way fish has been processed):
(WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted, headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP — filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed, WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI — skinned, DIS — discarded)
Processing’s type of packaging
TY
Three-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS = bags, BLC = blocks)
Transhipment: receiving vessel
TT
International radio call sign of the receiving vessel
Transhipment: (donor) vessel
TF
International radio call sign of the donor vessel
Transhipment: flag State of receiving vessel
TC
Flag State of vessel receiving the transhipment (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Transhipment: flag State of donor vessel
FC
Flag State of the donor vessel (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Deep sea additional codes
Average number of hooks used on longlines
NH
Average number of hooks per longline
Immersion time
IT
The total time gear was in the water (fishing) per 24-hour period
Fishing operations
FO
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
SIF
Tag containing details of a sale (contains DA, TI, SL, SC, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)
Take over info
TOV
Tag containing details of a take over declaration (contains DA, TI, SL, NS, NB, CN and TD attributes and SIT sub-elements)
Sub-elements
Sale item
SIT
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)
Species sub-declaration
SPE
Tag containing fish species details (contains SN, WT or WL or WS and MZ attributes and PRO sub-elements)
Processing sub-declaration
PRO
Tag containing fish processing details (contains PR, CF and TY attributes)
Attributes
Date
DA
Date of the sale (YYYYMMDD)
Time
TI
Time of the sale (HHMM in UTC)
Sale location
SL
Port code or place name (if not in port) where the sale took place
Sale country
SC
Country where the sale took place (ISO alpha-3 country code)
Vessel’s main identification
RC
International radio call sign
Vessel’s external identification
XR
Side (hull) number of registration of the vessel that landed the fish
Vessel’s identification (CFR)
IR
Community Fleet Register number
Name of vessel
NA
Name of the vessel that landed the fish
Name of vessel owner or master
VO
Name of the vessel owner or master
Name of seller
NS
Name of auction centre, other body or person selling the fish
Name of buyer
NB
Name of auction centre, other body or person buying the fish
Sales contract reference number
CN
Sales contract reference number
Transport document reference
TD
Reference to the transport or T 2 M document (Art. 13 of R. (EEC) No 2847/93)
Date of landing
DL
Date of landing (YYYYMMDD)
Port name
PO
Port code (port of landing) (2 letter country code (ISO alpha-3 country code) + 3 letter port code). I.e. for Edinburgh — GBEDI, Kiel — DEKEL or Vigo — ESVGO)
Species name
SN
Name of the species caught (FAO alpha-3 code)
Geographical area of origin
ZO
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.
Quota country
QC
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
SF
Size of fish (1-8; one size or kg, g, cm, mm or number of fish per kg as appropriate)
Fish freshness category
FF
Fish freshness category (Extra, A, B, E)
Minimum fish size
MZ
Minimum size of fish (in millimetres)
Conversion factor
CF
Factors for the conversion of fish and fish product landed weights to live weight equivalents
Presentation of fish
PR
Letter code of the product presentation (way fish has been processed):
(WHL — whole fish, GUT — gutted, GUH gutted and headed, GUG — gutted and gilled, GUL — gutted liver in, GTF — gutted, tailed and finned, GUS — gutted, headed, skinned, FIL — filleted, FIS — filleted and skinned, FSB — filleted with skin and bones, FSP — filleted skinned with pin bone on, HEA — headed, WNG — wings, WNG+SKI — wings and skinned, SKI — skinned)
Processing’s type of packaging
TY
Three-letter code (CRT = cartons, BOX = boxes, BGS = bags, BLC = blocks)
Fish price
FP
Price per kg (currency of transaction/kg)
Product destination
PD
Codes for human consumption, carry-over, industrial purposes

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/1303/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1303/annex
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