icesVMS (version 1.1.4)

get_passive_footprint: Download passive fishing gear footprint

Description

Download a data.frame of presence of fishing by c-square and year for passive fishing gears (see details).

Usage

get_passive_footprint(
  ecoregion,
  year,
  metier_level4 = NULL,
  datacall = NULL,
  convert2sf = FALSE
)

Value

a data.frame with a WKT column for the c-square polygons

Arguments

ecoregion

ICES ecoregion

year

which year to select

metier_level4

optional gear code (metier level 4) ("FPO")

datacall

integer year giving which data call year to inquire about. If NULL returns the a summary of the most recent approved data.

convert2sf

logical, default FALSE, should an simple features object be returned if the sf package is installed?

Details

Passive gears defined as all gears registered under the metier level 4 codes, FPO (fishing pots), LLS (long lines) and GNS (set gill nets), with the exclusion of metier level 5 codes within the GNS category: GNS_SPF and GNS_LPF (set gill nets targeting small and large pelagic fish).

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# requires authorization
footprint_map <- get_passive_footprint("Celtic Seas", 2021, convert2sf = TRUE)
plot(footprint_map["ecoregion"], border = FALSE)
}