Format updates:
2026 Q1
A new field ReasonHaulDisruption will be added to HH, after Survey field, and will follow this vocabulary as requested by WGBIFS 2025.
A new field PreservationMethod will be added to CA, by request from WGBEAM and vocabulary review by WGBIOP.
2025 Q1
In order to harmonize headers between DATRAS and the Acoustic database, a large change in headers will be in place from 2025 Q1.
DATRAS_NewHeaders_Lookup_Dec2024
Apart from the headers change, the format will now include two new fields for the ICES Survey and EDMO codes.
Survey_DatrasDatasetVersion_Equivalences.xlsx
This format will coexist with the current format during 2025 Q1.
Vocabularies updates:
2024 Q4
The vocab linked to the CA field OtGrading will change from TS_OtGrading to the common MeasurementCertainty. Only AQ codes will be allowed in DATRAS.
2023 Q3
Known outstanding data issues:
