# Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required, 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

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

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
(= 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
(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
o
(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)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/43/annex/VI/division/1/division/1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-43/annex-VI/division-1/division-1.1
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