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Management Measures 2008: Information on Deepsea Measures

Annex I: NEAFC Data Reporting Format

Column	Description	Mandatory/ Optional	Comment
A	Contracting Party	M
B	Year	M
C	Statistical rectangle	M
D	Economic zone	M
E	ICES Division	O
F	Quarter	M
G	Month	O
H	Depth stratum	O	As a number 1 to 7, corresponding to 200 metre intervals, final category >1200 metres
I	Depth of fishing	M	Average depth (for each stat rectangle or depth stratum as appropriate)
J	Gear category	M	Trawler, netter, longliner
K	Gear subcategory	O
L	Effort measure A	M	Either A or B or both, as in the NEAFC recommendation X
M	Effort measure B	M	Either A or B or both, as in the NEAFC recommendation X. This field is the preferred measure of effort for longliners and netters.
N	kW hours	O	kW hours fished; This field is the preferred measure of effort for trawlers.
O	GT hours	O	GT hours fished
P	Fishing time (hours)	O	Species labelled according to FAO codes. All species caught must reported from any hauls catching any quantity of deepsea species. Further columns for landings and discards by species (for all species, not just deep-sea species)
Q	Landings of species A	M
R	Discards of species A	M
S	Landings of species B	M
T	Discards of species B	M
Etc.