fishmethods (version 1.4-0)

catchseries: Summary of Catch Estimates from the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey

Description

Species-specific estimates of harvest weight and numbers of fish, released fish, and total catch are summarized for any combination of year(s), state(s), bimonthly wave(s), fishing mode(s), and fishing area(s) from the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS) data.

Usage

catchseries(estdir = NULL, species = NULL, state = NULL,
 byst = 1, wave = NULL, bywave = 0, mode = NULL, 
 bymode = 0, area = NULL, byarea = 0, styr = NULL,
 endyr = NULL)

Arguments

estdir

the path and main directory (in quotes) under which catch/effort sub-directories are stored.

species

10-digit NODC species code. A complete list of species codes is provided at the MRFSS website

state

state(s) code of data to include. A complete list of state codes is provided at the MRFSS website. Atlantic and Gulf States: 23= ME, 33= NH, 25= MA, 44= RI, 9= CT, 36= NY, 34= NJ, 10= DE, 24= MD, 51= VA,37= NC, 45= SC, 13= GA, 12= FL (12

byst

numeric value. 0 = combine data from states, 1 = show data on state-by-state basis. Default=1

wave

bimothly wave(s) of data to include. Bimothly Waves: 1= Jan-Feb, 2= Mar-Apr, 3= May-Jun, 4= Jul-Aug, 5= Sept-Oct, 6= Nov-Dec. Any combination of waves can be included in c().

bywave

numeric value. 0 = combine data across waves, 1 = show data on wave-by-wave basis. Default=0

mode

the fishing mode(s) of data to include. Valid codes will depend on year. Years 1982-2004: 3= Shore, 6= Party & Charter Boats, and 7= Private & Rental Boats. Years 2005-present: 3= Shore, 4= Party Boat, 5= Charter Boat, and 7= Private & Rental Boats.

bymode

numeric value. 0 = combine data across modes, 1 = show data on mode-by-mode basis. Default=0

area

area code of data to include. Area codes: 1= State Territorial Seas (Ocean<=3 2="Exclusive" mi="" excluding="" inland),="" economic="" zone="" (ocean="">3 mi), 3= Ocean <=10 4="Ocean" mi="" west="" fl="" and="" tx,=""> 10 mi West FL and TX, 5= Inland, 6= Unknown. Any combination of

byarea

numeric value. 0 = combine data across areas, 1 = show data on area-by-area basis. Default=0

styr

the starting year of data to include.

endyr

the ending year of data to include.

Value

• Details
  a list element summarizing the selected arguments.
• Results
  a list element containing the table of summary statistics (i.e., estimate, standard errors, and proportional standard errors) of harvest and release numbers and harvest weight (kg).

Details

Catch/effort estimates must be extracted using function extractMRFSS before summarization. Harvest, release and weight estimates are always summed by year regardless of whether other factors (state, mode, wave, and area) are aggregated or not. Additional statistics (standard error and proportional standard error) are provided for each estimate. Definition of estimates can be found at the MRFSS wesbite.

References

Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/recreational/index.html

See Also

extractMRFSS

Examples

outpt<-catchseries(estdir="C:/Temp",species=8835250101,
  state=c(37,45,13,121),mode=c(4,5,6),bymode=1,wave=c(1:6),
  area=c(1,2,3,4,5,7), styr=2000,endyr=2007)