Decription of headers columns 1 to 7 : Trawl haul parameters columns 8 to 12: Fish parameters columns 13 to 21: Otolith parameters. See otolith reading protocols in ICES (2010) for anchovy and ICES (2011) for sardine === 1. Date: Date of trawl hauls (character) 2. NOSTA: Code of trawl hauls (character) 3. LATDD: Latitude (decimal degree) of trawl hauls (numperic) 4. LGDD: Longitude (decimal degree) of trawl hauls (numeric) 5. Zone: Geographical strata (G1 to G4) of trawl hauls (character). See stratification in Petitgas et al. (2018) (character) 6. Vposition: Position of trawl hauls in the water column (SURF: surface or mid-water, CLAS: close to bottom) (character) 7. BTdepth.m: Bottom depth (m) at position of the trawl haul (-1: no data) (numeric) 8. NOFISH: Code of the individual fishes at the station (character) 9. Length.cm: Length of the fish (cm) (numeric) 10. Sex: Sex of the fish (M: male, F: female, -1: no data) (character) 11. Weight.gr: Weight of the fish (g) (numeric) 12. Maturity: Sexual maturity code of the fish (from 0 to 8, -1: no data) (numeric). See survey protocol in Doray et al. (2021) 13. Age (year): Number of winter rings (from 1 to 5, -1: no data) (numeric) 14. Reliability: Code indicating difficulty to assign age and interpret the otolith (0: good, 1: medium, 2: difficult, -1: no data) (numeric) 15. Edge: Code characterizing the edge of the otholith (H: hyalin, O: opaque, -1: no data) (character). "O" means growth has resumed after winter (the survey being in May). 16. R1.micron: Diameter of the first annual ring (microns) (numeric, -1 or voïd: no data). It represents growth before the first winter. 17. R2.micron: Diameter of the second annual ring (microns) (numeric, -1 or voïd: no data). It represents growth during ages 0 and 1. 18. R3.micron: Diameter of the third annual ring (microns) (numeric, -1 or voïd: no data). It represents growth during ages 0, 1 and 2. 19. R4.micron: Diameter of the fourth annual ring (microns) (numeric, -1 or voïd: no data). It represents growth during ages 0, 1, 2 and 3. 20. R5.micron: Diameter of the fifth annual ring (microns) (numeric, -1 or voïd: no data). It represents growth during ages 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. 21. Rtot.micron: Total diameter of the otolith (microns), from edge to edge along the elongated axis. (numeric, -1: no data)