Fin Rot (F006)

FILE TYPE 006 - FIN ROT - 2/19/76 VERSION

THIS FORMAT IS USED TO SUPPORT STUDIES OF THE BIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF DISEASED
FISH. THE INDIVIDUAL FISH ARE IDENTIFIED BY SPECIES (VIA A 10-DIGIT TAXONOMIC
CODE) AND THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE VARIOUS FINS AND BODY IS REPORTED.

THE FORMAT CONTAINS SIX RECORD TYPES TO: 1) IDENTIFY THE CRUISE, INSTITUTION,
AND SENIOR SCIENTIST, 2) IDENTIFY THE STATION, TIME, DATE AND PHYSICAL
PARAMETERS, 3) IDENTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND 4) REPORT ON UP TO
THREE DISEASED INDIVIDUALS. EACH RECORD IS 80 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS
SORTED BY STATION AND SEQUENCE NUMBERS.

***NEW PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATORS SHOULD NOT USE RECORD TYPE 4 AS IT HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY A RECORD TYPE 5 TO ACCOMMODATE THE 12 BYTE NODC TAXONOMIC CODE.

THE FIRST NINE COLUMNS FOR ALL RECORDS ARE TO BE USED FOR FILE TYPE (COLUMNS
1-3) AND FILE IDENTIFIER (COLUMNS 4-9). THE FILE IDENTIFIER, TO BE ASSIGNED BY
THE ORIGNATOR, IS A UNIQUE ORIGINATOR ID FOR EACH DATA SUBMISSION. AFTER
SUBMISSION, THE NODC REASSIGNS TO THIS FIELD A UNIQUE NODC IDENTIFIER FOR
INTERNAL USE.

FILE HEADER RECORD	ALWAYS '1'	10
VESSEL	11-CHARACTER VESSEL NAME	11
CRUISE	SIX-CHARACTER ORIGINATOR'S CRUISE IDENTIFICATION	22
CRUISE DATES	MM/DD/YY-MM/DD/YY BEGIN-END DATES	28
SENIOR SCIENTIST	19-CHARACTER FIELD FOR SCIENTIST NAME	45
INVESTIGATOR	17-CHARACTER FIELD FOR RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION	64

FIRST STATION HEADER RECORD	ALWAYS '2'	10
SEQUENCE	XXX - THREE-CHARACTER SEQUENCE NUMBER	11
STATION	FIVE-CHARACTER TOW NUMBER	14
LATITUDE	DDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'N' OR 'S'	19
LONGITUDE	DDDMMSS PLUS HEMISPHERE 'E' OR 'W'	26
TOW TIME	XXX - GMT TO NEAREST TENTH HOUR	34
TOW DATE	MM/DD/YY	37
BOTTOM DEPTH	XXXXX - METERS TO TENTHS	45
DIRECTION OF TOW	XXX - WHOLE DEGREES	50
SURFACE TEMPERATURE	XXXXX  NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ARE PRECEDED BY A MINUS SIGN ADJACENT TO TEMPERATURE VALUE - DEG C TO HUNDREDTHS	53
BOTTOM TEMPERATURE	XXXXX  NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ARE PRECEDED BY A MINUS SIGN ADJACENT TO TEMPERATURE VALUE - DEG C TO HUNDREDTHS	58
SURFACE SALINITY	XXXXX - PARTS PER THOUSAND TO THOUSANDTHS	63
BOTTOM SALINITY	XXXXX - PARTS PER THOUSAND TO THOUSANDTHS	68
NAVIGATION	TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0085	73
BLANKS		75

SECOND STATION HEADER RECORD	ALWAYS '3'	10
SEQUENCE	SEE RECORD '2'	11
STATION	SEE RECORD '2'	14
BAROMETER	XXX - MILLIBARS TO TENTHS	19
DRY BULB TEMPERATURE	XXXX NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ARE PRECEDED BY A MINUS SIGN ADJACENT TO TEMPERATURE VALUE - DEG C TO TENTHS	22
WET BULB TEMPERATURE	XXXX NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ARE PRECEDED BY A MINUS SIGN ADJACENT TO TEMPERATURE VALUE - DEG C TO TENTHS	26
WIND DIRECTION	TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0110	30
WIND SPEED	XX - WHOLE KNOTS	32
SEA DIRECTION	TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0110	34
SEA HEIGHT	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0104	36
SWELL DIRECTION	TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0110	37
SWELL HEIGHT	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0104	39
WEATHER	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0108	40
CLOUD TYPE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0053	41
CLOUD COVER	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0105	42
VISIBILITY	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0157	43
TRANSPARENCY	XXXX - SECCHI DISC DEPTH (METERS TO TENTHS)	44
TURBIDITY	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0094	48
BLANKS		49

DATA RECORD	ALWAYS '4'	10
SEQUENCE	SEE RECORD '2'	11
STATION	SEE RECORD '2'	14
TAXONOMIC CODE	TEN-DIGIT VIMS TAXONOMIC CODE	19
SAMPLE COUNT	XXXX - TOTAL SAMPLE OF THIS SPECIES	29
DISEASED COUNT DISEASED INDIVIDUAL #1	XXXX - NUMBER OF DISEASED FISH IN THIS SAMPLE TWELVE FIELDS DESCRIBING A DISEASED INDIVIDUAL OF THIS SAMPLE AS IDENTIFIED BELOW:	33
LENGTH	XXX - LENGTH OF FISH (CENTIMETERS)	37
STATE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0311	40
INTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	41
MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	42
POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	43
INTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	44
MIDPORTION ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	45
POSTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	46
CAUDAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	47
PELVIC FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	48
PECTORAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	49
BODY DISEASED INDIVIDUAL #2	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	50
LENGTH	XXX - LENGTH OF FISH (CENTIMETERS)	51
STATE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0311	54
INTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	55
MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	56
POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	57
INTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	58
MIDPORTION ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	59
POSTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	60
CAUDAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	61
PELVIC FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	62
PECTORAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	63
BODY DISEASED INDIVIDUAL #3	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	64
LENGTH	XXX - LENGTH OF FISH (CENTIMETERS)	65
STATE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0311	68
INTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	69
MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	70
POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	71
INTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	72
MIDPORTION ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	73
POSTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	74
CAUDAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	75
PELVIC FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	76
PECTORAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	77
BODY	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	78
BLANKS		79

DATA RECORD	ALWAYS '5'	10
SEQUENCE	SEE RECORD '2'	11
STATION	SEE RECORD '2'	14
TAXONOMIC CODE	TWELVE-DIGIT NODC TAXONOMIC CODE	19
SAMPLE COUNT	XXXX - TOTAL SAMPLE OF THIS SPECIES	31
DISEASED COUNT DISEASED INDIVIDUAL #1	XXXX - NUMBER OF DISEASED FISH IN THIS SAMPLE TWELVE FIELDS DESCRIBING A DISEASED INDIVIDUAL OF THIS SAMPLE AS IDENTIFIED BELOW:	35
LENGTH	XXX - LENGTH OF FISH (CENTIMETERS)	39
STATE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0311	42
INTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	43
MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	44
POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	45
INTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	46
MIDPORTION ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	47
POSTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	48
CAUDAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	49
PELVIC FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	50
PECTORAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	51
BODY DISEASED INDIVIDUAL #2	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	52
LENGTH	XXX - LENGTH OF FISH (CENTIMETERS)	53
STATE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0311	56
INTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	57
MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	58
POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	59
INTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	60
MIDPORTION ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	61
POSTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	62
CAUDAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	63
PELVIC FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	64
PECTORAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	65
BODY DISEASED INDIVIDUAL #3	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	66
LENGTH	XXX - LENGTH OF FISH (CENTIMETERS)	67
STATE	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0311	70
INTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	71
MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	72
POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	73
INTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	74
MIDPORTION ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	75
POSTERIOR ANAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	76
CAUDAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	77
PELVIC FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	78
PECTORAL FIN	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	79
BODY	ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0312	80

TEXT RECORD	ALWAYS '6'	10
SEQUENCE	SEE RECORD '2'	11
STATION	SEE RECORD '2'	14
TEXT	62-CHARACTER FIELD FOR COMMENTS OR OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION	19