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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />A request has come in for a code for the vessel Aspire from UNITED KINGDOM. NODC has code 74KN. HOWEVER, Don, could you check the entry date to your platform list and details of your 74KN to ensure that this is the same vessel? See comments below for more details.<br /><br /><b>Original Requester : Roy Lowry (rkl@bodc.ac.uk)</b><br /><br />Proposed Code : 74KN<br />Name : Aspire<br />Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : MEGH<br />Title : MFV<br />Platform Class : Fishing vessel<br />Pennant : BF 234<br />Commissioned Date : 1961<br />Decommissioned Date : 2008<br />Current Length : 16.31<br />Built : 1961<br />Notes : Fishing vessel chartered by the Aberdeen Marine Laboratory between 1987 and 1997. Sailed to Whitby and laid up in 2008.<br />Information Source : http://www.trawlerpictures.net/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=36909 (URL)<br /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><br />Is this the Aspire on NODC's list? 74KN without a call sign.<br />Aspire is most likely 74KN since OCL's vessel has title MFV ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/WOD/CODES/PDF/s_3_shipname.pdf<br /><br />http://www.worldfishingtoday.com/fishingboatinfo/default.asp?kutterId=7438&mode=kutter_3<br />This site has built date 1973.<br />(added by: Marilynn Sorensen - 25/05/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />Fisheries organisation vessel:<br />www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/documents/.../110501.xls This is another ASPIRE from Belfast, Portovogie B903.<br /><br />BELFAST PORTAVOGIE B903 ASPIRE A10599 50015 NORTHERN IRELAND FPO LTD 22.66 138 309 285.887 1976 W GBR N<br />(added by: Marilynn Sorensen - 25/05/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />This suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />The ICES Data Centre<br /><br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea <br />Email: accessions@ices.dk<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk<br /><br />Tel: +45 3338 6718 Fax: +45 3393 4215<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a><br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/updates/DC_update.htm" target="_new">online</a><br /><br /></p><hr /><p>This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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