Norwegian sector
When fishing in Norwegian waters the use of the program changes a little bit. Some more values have to be filled out and the main change is that you have to fill out your catch tow per tow. Still you have to send one fishing activity report every 24-hours, but in this message the catch will be presented tow per tow. To change to the Norwegian Zone mode, simply press the button “Norway” at the main toolbar. After doing so, the button remains highlighted so you can always see you are in ‘Norway mode’ also the flag at the top right corner changes to a Norwegian flag.
Also note that while in the ‘Norway mode’ the estimate arrival message changes also. When you’re planning of landing your fish in a Norwegian port, you have to fill out the location inside the port as well. This can be done by simply typing in the value.
The other thing you have to pay attention to, is when entering and leaving Norwegian waters. Entering and leaving Norwegian waters will lead to sending Zone Change messages. When planning on entering Norwegian waters you have to send a Zone Change message no more than 12 hours and no less than 1 hour before you are doing so. Also you have to report the target species . Sending this message will also report the catch you have on board before entering Norwegian waters. To make sure this message is routed to Norway, you have to choose zone code ‘Norway’ as fishing effort zone and also ‘Norway’ as economical zone. Screen shows an example of entering Norwegian waters with target specie Plaice.
Important: The values have to represent the position where you are going to start your fishing activities in Norwegian waters and when.
So when you are planning to fish in Norwegian waters at 17:00 hours. And you are 3 hours steaming away. You can already send in a message before 14:00 hours with position and time (17:00 hours) you think you are going to start fishing.
When leaving Norwegian waters you have to follow this procedure. When you are fishing with nets of minimum mesh size of 120mm, you have to send a Zone Change report at least 4 hours before exiting the zone. However, when you choose to continue fishing in the zone, you must submit the report 1 hour before leaving the zone. In both instances a fishing activity report must be submitted at the earliest six hours and at the latest 4 hours before leaving the zone.
So the sequence is, send in a fishing activity report between 6 and 4 hours before leaving the zone and after you have done this, you have to send a Zone Change report 4 hours before exiting the zone.
An example of leaving Norwegian waters is shown in the picture below.
