This form provides for the monthly reporting of daily positions for each of the buoys monitored in purse seine fisheries. Each buoy is identified by its unique identifier which is a concatenation of the acronym of the buoy commercial model (e.g., ISD+, M3+, T8E) followed by 5-9 digits depending on the buoy model.
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Single positions (latitude and longitude in decimal degrees) by buoy and day for each purse seine vessel.
| Element | Requirement | Description | Input value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting year | M | Gregorian calendar year of the fishing activities reported through the dataset | Integer |
| Reporting month | M | Month of the fishing activities reported through the dataset | Integer 1..12 |
| Reporting entity | M | Three-letter (alpha-3) code of the entity reporting the dataset to the IOTC Secretariat | Code_iso3 from Entities |
| Flag state | M | Three-letter (alpha-3) code of the country registration of the fishery vessels | Code_iso3 from Countries |
| Vessel name | M | Name of purse seine vessel monitoring the buoy as available from the IOTC Record of Authorised Vessel RAV | Plain text |
| Vessel IOTC number | M | IOTC registered number of the purse seine vessel monitoring the buoy | Plain text (e.g., IOTC018542) |
| Element | Requirement | Description | Code list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original data type | M | Preliminary/final status of the data | Code from Types of data |
| Element | Requirement | Description | Input value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day of month | M | Day of the month of the fishing activities reported through the dataset | Integer 1..31 |
| Buoy ID | M | Unique identifier of buoy monitored | (e.g., ISD+, M3+, T8E) followed by 5-9 digits |
| Latitude | M | Horizontal distances north or south of the Equator | Decimal degrees |
| Longitude | M | Vertical distances east or west of the prime meridian | Decimal degrees |
| Element | Requirement | Description | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaison officer full name | M | Name of the liaison officer in charge of the compilation of the data | Plain text | John Doe |
| Liaison officer email | M | Email address of the liaison officer in charge of the compilation of the data | Valid email address | John.Doe@fao.org |
| Organisation name | M | Name of the organisation in charge of the compilation of the data | Plain text | National Institute of Fisheries |
| Organisation email | O | Email address of the organisation in charge of the compilation of the data | nif@gov.sc | |
| Finalisation date | M | Date of finalisation of the dataset | ISO 8601 | 1996-03-27 |
| Submission date | O | Date of submission of the dataset | ISO 8601 | 1997-03-21 |