Appendix 2 - Reference codes
Fishing Method Codes
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BLL
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Bottom Longline
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PS
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Purse Seining
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Activity codes
Activity codes recorded on the South Pacific Regional Purse-seine
Logsheet.
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1
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Fishing Set
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2
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Searching
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3
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Transit
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4
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No fishing - breakdown
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5
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No fishing - bad weather
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6
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In port
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7
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Net cleaning set
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10
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Deploying or retrieving rafts, fads or payaos.
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11
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Catch transfer between wells at sea.
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School association codes
School codes recorded on the South Pacific Regional Purse-seine
Logsheet.
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1
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unassociated
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2
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Feeding on baitfish
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3
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Drifting log, debris or dead animal
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4
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Drifting rafts, fads or payaos.
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5
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Anchored rafts, fads or payaos.
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6
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Live whale
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7
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Live whale shark
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8
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Other
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Status codes
Catch codes, 1 to 5 and 9 are all Purse-seine (PS) discard codes.
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R
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Retained
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D
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Discarded
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L
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Lost
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T
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Tagged and released
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A
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Alive Incidental catch
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X
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Dead Incidental catch
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S
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Skates released but not tagged
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1
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PS: undesirable species
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2
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PS: fish too small
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3
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PS: fish damaged
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4
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PS: vessel fully loaded
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5
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PS: other reason
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9
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PS: discard code not entered
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Type of fishing
Main activity undertaken during each set - CCAMLR BLL
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C
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Commercial fishing
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R
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Research fishing
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Type of longline
Type of longline configuration used during the period for which
data are reported:- CCAMLR BLL
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SP
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Spanish,
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AU
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Autoliner,
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O
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Other
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Type of line
Type of material used to construct the main line of the longline -
CCAMLR BLL.
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M
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Monofilament
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H
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Hollow filament
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T
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multi filament
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U
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Unknown
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O
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Other
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Description of line weighting used
A code to describe the line weighting used - CCAMLR BLL
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IWL
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Internally weighted longline
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UWW
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Longline to which weights are manually attached
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STD
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Longline with no weights manually attached
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COM
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A combination of the any of the three other methods
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Factors influencing fishing strategy
A code for describing any factors strongly affecting the fishing
strategy: - CCAMLR BLL
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ICE
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Severe ice conditions
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CPT
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Competition with other vessels
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CLO
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An area closure due to a catch limit being reached
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NEW
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Fishing activities in a new ground
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WEA
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Adverse weather conditions; and
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NON
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No variables strongly affecting fishing activities.
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Form_type codes
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PUR
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South Pacific Regional Purse-seine Logsheet
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KIR
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Purse-seine - Kiribati waters
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xls
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Data supplied electronically in a Microsoft excel spreadsheet.
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CCAMLR Target Species Codes
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TOA:
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Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)
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TOP:
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Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
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TOT:
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Both above (Dissostichus spp)
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