sql.RdWrite SQL text as a single character string that will result in getting the relevant data from the PacFIN database.
sql_area()
sql_bds(pacfin_species_code)
sql_catch(pacfin_species_code, council_code = "P")
sql_species()
sql_check_FINAL_FISH_AGE_IN_YEARS()A vector of strings specifying the PacFIN species
code(s) you are interested in. This has sometimes been referred to as
"SPID" in legacy sql scripts. An example for sablefish would be
pacfin_species_code = "SABL". Lists of species codes in hierarchical order,
by
organization,
and alphabetically organized
can be found on the PacFIN website. Often you
will want to include nominal species categories. Where, nominal (i.e.,
existing in name only)
means information for a given species that is "derived" from non-species
specific information, e.g., species complexes that are split out by species
compositions like "nominal aurora rockfish" which would be ARR1. For some
functions, these nominal categories can automatically be added, see the
argument addnominal.
A vector of character strings specifying the council code
that you wish to retain data for. The default "P" means data will only be
returned for the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. Other accepted
values are "N" or "*".
A single character string formatted as an sql call.
sql_area() results in area data
sql_bds() results in biological data
sql_bds() results in catch data
sql_species() results in data frame of species names
sql_check_FINAL_FISH_AGE_IN_YEARS() results in a data frame of number of
unique FISH_IDs present in PacFIN per PACFIN_SPECIES_CODE and
AGENCY_CODE, i.e., species and state sampling agency, that have entries for
AGE_IN_YEARS but have NULL values for FINAL_FISH_AGE_IN_YEARS. In
theory, this table should have zero rows. But, there may be reasons why these
entries do not have a final age value and potentially should not be used in
assessments of population status. Thus, the result is used in an automated
check and to create warning labels when downloading data.