Division 1.1 On each occasion a vessel commences a fishing trip in Community waters it shall send a ‘catch on entry’ message specifying the following

United Kingdom

m = mandatory.
o = optional.
LT, LG: must be specified as decimal figure, 3 figures after the decimal point.
Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking.
SR	m^f2	(= start of record)
AD	m	XEU (= to Commission of the European Communities)
SQ	m	(serial number of message in current year)
TM	m	COE (= ‘catch on entry’)
RC	m	(international radio call sign)
TN	o^f3	(fishing trip serial number in the year)
NA	o	(name of the vessel)
IR	m	(Flag state as ISO-3 country code, where applicable followed by a unique reference number, if any, as applied in the flag state)
XR	m	(external identification letters; side number of the vessel)
LT^f4	o^f5	(latitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
LG	o	(longitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
LI	o	(estimated latitude position where the master intends to commence fishing, degrees or decimal presentation)
LN	o	(estimated longitude position where the master intends to commence fishing, degrees or decimal presentation)
RA	m	(relevant ICES area)
OB	m	(quantity by species on board, in the hold, in pairs as needed: FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms)
DA	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
TI	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)
MA	m	(name of the master of the vessel)
ER	m	(= end of record)

Annotations

f1: A fishing trip means a voyage commencing when a vessel intending to fish enters the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the Community which is covered by the Community rules on fisheries and terminating when a vessel leaves that zone.
f2: m = mandatory.
f3: o = optional.
f4: LT, LG: must be specified as decimal figure, 3 figures after the decimal point.
f5: Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking.