Table 1 to Part 679 - Product and Delivery Codes

(These codes describe the condition of the fish at the point it is weighed and recorded)Product DescriptionCodeGENERAL USE CODES*Belly flaps. Flesh in region of pelvic and pectoral fins and behind head. (ancillary only)19Bled only. Throat, or isthmus, slit to allow blood to drain.03Bled fish destined for fish meal (includes offsite production) DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.42Bones (if meal, report as 32) (ancillary only).39Butterfly, no backbone. Head removed, belly slit, viscera and most of backbone removed; fillets attached.37Cheeks. Muscles on sides of head (ancillary only)17Chins. Lower jaw (mandible), muscles, and flesh (ancillary only)18Fillets, deep-skin. Meat with skin, adjacent meat with silver lining, and ribs removed from sides of body behind head and in front of tail, resulting in thin fillets.24Fillets, skinless/boneless. Meat with both skin and ribs removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.23Fillets with ribs, no skin. Meat with ribs with skin removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.22Fillets with skin and ribs. Meat and skin with ribs attached, from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.20Fillets with skin, no ribs. Meat and skin with ribs removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.21Fish meal. Meal from whole fish or fish parts; includes bone meal.32Fish oil. Rendered oil from whole fish or fish parts. Record only oil destined for sale and not oil stored or burned for fuel onboard.33Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed.04Head and gutted, with roe.06Headed and gutted, Western cut. Head removed just in front of the collar bone, and viscera removed.07Headed and gutted, Eastern cut. Head removed just behind the collar bone, and viscera removed.08Headed and gutted, tail removed. Head removed usually in front of collar bone, and viscera and tail removed.10Heads. Heads only, regardless where severed from body (ancillary only).16Kirimi (Steak) Head removed either in front or behind the collar bone, viscera removed, and tail removed by cuts perpendicular to the spine, resulting in a steak.11Mantles, octopus or squid. Flesh after removal of viscera and arms.36Milt. (in sacs, or testes) (ancillary only).34Minced. Ground flesh.31Other retained product. If product is not listed on this table, enter code 97 and write a description with product recovery rate next to it in parentheses.97Pectoral girdle. Collar bone and associated bones, cartilage and flesh.15Roe. Eggs, either loose or in sacs, or skeins (ancillary only).14Salted and split. Head removed, belly slit, viscera removed, fillets cut from head to tail but remaining attached near tail. Product salted.12Stomachs. Includes all internal organs (ancillary only)35Surimi. Paste from fish flesh and additives30Whole fish/meal. Whole fish destined for meal (includes offsite production.) DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.411Whole fish/food fish.011Whole fish/bait. Processed for bait. Sold02Wings. On skates, side fins are cut off next to body.13DISCARD/DISPOSITION CODESWhole fish/donated prohibited species. Number of Pacific salmon or Pacific halibut, otherwise required to be discarded, that is donated to charity under a NMFS-authorized program.86Whole fish/onboard bait. Whole fish used as bait on board vessel. Not sold.921Whole fish/damaged. Whole fish damaged by observer's sampling procedures.931Whole fish/personal use, consumption. Fish or fish products eaten on board or taken off the vessel for personal use. Not sold or utilized as bait951Whole fish, discard, at sea. Whole groundfish and prohibited species discarded by catcher vessels, catcher/processors, motherships, or vessel buying stations. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.98Whole fish, discard, infested. Flea-infested fish, parasite-infested fish.88Whole fish, discard, decomposed. Decomposed or previously discarded fish89Whole fish, discard, onshore. Discard after delivery and before processing by shoreside processors, stationary floating processors and buying stations and in-plant discard of whole ground-fish and prohibited species during processing. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.99PRODUCT DESIGNATION CODESAncillary product. A product, such as meal, heads, internal organs, pectoral girdles, or any other product that may be made from the same fish as the primary product.APrimary product. A product, such as fillets, made from each fish, with the highest recovery rate.PReprocessed or rehandled product. A product, such as meal, that results from processing a previously reported product or from rehandling a previously reported product.RPACIFIC HALIBUT IFQ & CDQ CODES The following codes are authorized for IFQ and CDQ reporting of Pacific halibut.Gutted, head off. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific halibut only.05Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific halibut.04The following codes are effective through December 31, 2001.Whole fish/food fish with ice & slime. Sablefish only.51Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific halibut and sablefish.54Gutted, head off, with ice & slime. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific halibut only.55Headed and gutted, Western cut, with ice & slime. Sablefish only.57Headed and gutted, Eastern cut, with ice & slime. Sablefish only.581 When using whole fish codes, record round weights not product weights, even if the whole fish is not used.