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Data Collection Framework - DCF

Social

EU Social data call - 2025

[ under construction ]

Period

opening:legal deadline:operational deadline:database closure:
25 August 202525 September 202508 October 202510 October 2025

 

Official communication

Templates

To be able to upload data you need to use files with a specific structure. The files can be downloaded all at once [here] or one by one from the table below:

base fleet segment data:data on aquaculture:data on processing:
  • social_fleet
  • social_aqua
  • social_pro

(last update: 27 January 2025)

Important notes

no important notes at the moment

Upload and Check

uploading:checking:
upload tool & quick guide
(database storage, final data)
check the data
(refreshed once a day)

Mandatory variables

[ under construction ]

Data types

template fieldsdata type
acronym (variable code)predefined string
valuenumeric with maximum 26 digits and 4 decimals
unitpredefined string depending on the acronyms
yearinteger between 2008 and the year of the data call minus one
supra_regpredefined string
fishing_techpredefined string
vessel_lengthpredefined string
geo_indicatorpredefined string
gearpredefined list or leave it blank if not used
fisherypredefined list or leave it blank if not used
activity levelpredefined list: L, A, or leave it blank if not used
cluster_namefree text of not more than 50 characters
sub_regionpredefined string
regionpredefined string
speciespredefined string
achieved_sample_ratepredefined string: NR, or a number between 0 and 100
sampling_strategypredefined string: C, NSS, PSS
coefficient_of_variationpredefined string: NR, NA, number between 0 and 1
frame_populationnumber greater or egual to 0
survey_namefree text of not more than 500 characters
response_ratepredefined string: NA, or a number between 0 and 100
data_sourcefree text of not more than 500 characters
commentsfree text of not more than 500 characters
agepredefined string: <=14, 15-24, 25-39, 40-64, >=65, unknown
educationpredefined string: High, Low, Medium, unknown
employment_statuspredefined string: Employee, Employee full, Employee part, Owner, Unknown
fishing activitypredefined string: SCF, LSF, DWF
genderpredefined string: Female, Male, Unknown
nationalitypredefined string: EEA, EU, national, non-EU/EEA, unknown


Note: upper-case or lower case or camel-case is all accepted by the system.