Files repository

This page provides with several downloadable files.

The files below are spatial layers that can be used for the various requirement of the CCP to operate in SIOFA. Each spatial layer is provided as a ZIP file that contain a shapefile (.shp) and associated files.

Title Shapefile PNG image PDF
The SIOFA Area SIOFA-Area.zip PNG PDF
SIOFA Sub-Areas siofa_subarea_final.zip    
Interim Patagonian Toothfish Management Areas (ref. CMM 15) TOP-Interim-Management-Areas.zip    
Benthic Fishery Closures (ref. CMM 18) SIOFA-BFC-CMM18.zip    
SIOFA Bottom Fishing Footprint (2023) SIOFA_bottom fishing_footprint-2023.zip    

Other downloadable files:

Title Type File link
Excel templates for annual data submission- ref CMM 02(2023) XLSX (zipped) CMM-02_data_submission_templates_2024.zip
Excel trial logbooks for observers' data (2025 update) XLSX (zipped) SIOFA_Observers_data_logbooks_2025.zip
FAO species list and codes. Sourced from ASFIS List of Species for Fishery Statistics Purposes XLSX/CSV (zipped) ASFIS_sp_2024.zip
International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear PDF ISSCFG codes
Standard procedure for data use and request PDF SIOFA-standard-operating-procedure-for-data-use-and-data-requests.pdf
SIOFA databases structure, and data submission control and processing PDF SIOFA-Databases-Structure-and-data-processing-2025.pdf