Metadata for FR_DWS_sales.txt

Quantities sold (weight), values and prices of deep water sold in the main fish auction markets for deep-water species.
Data is aggregated by year, month and auction market (port).
Prices are prices at first sale.

Species codes are FAO codes. An additional code was set for siki sharks, a mixture of  leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) and Portuguese dogfish (Centrocymnus coelolepis). Siki are coded SIK. In some years and ports landings have been reported separately for the two species under the FAO codes GUQ (leafscale gulper shark) and CYO (Portuguese dogfish).

Weight are whole weight. Weights of  species landed gutted or headed were converted according to conversion coefficients.

Values and prices are in euros.
 


