---
id: "ices_statistical_rectangle"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["agriculture", "geo"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ices_statistical_rectangle"
---

# ICES statistical rectangle (`ices_statistical_rectangle`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Code of a statistical rectangle of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), a grid of 30 minutes of latitude by 1 degree of longitude used to report catches and surveys in the North-East Atlantic. Two digits number the row from 01 at 36°N northwards; a letter and a digit name the column from A0, without A4 to A9 and without the letter I, up to M8.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Agriculture, livestock and food (agriculture), Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:0[1-9]|[1-9]\d)(?:A[0-3]|[B-HJ-L]\d|M[0-8])$
```

## Examples

- `37F3` — Example of the ICES rectangles page
- `46F2` — Northern North Sea
- `31F1` — Southern North Sea
- `37I2` (invalid example) — The letter I is not used

## Translations

- ru: Статистический прямоугольник ИКЕС: Код статистического прямоугольника Международного совета по исследованию моря (ИКЕС) размером 30 минут широты на 1 градус долготы для отчётности об уловах в Северо-Восточной Атлантике.

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.ices.dk/data/maps/Pages/ICES-statistical-rectangles.aspx>
- doc: <https://vocab.ices.dk/?ref=60abda9d-bc5a-4b45-86fd-e4e1c47403c4>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ices_statistical_rectangle.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/agriculture/ices_statistical_rectangle.yaml>