Package index • faofishingreport

💾 FAO data

Check for, download and load FAO Global Capture Production releases.

check_fao_update(): Check for the Latest FAO Global Capture Production Release
download_fao_data(): Download an FAO Global Capture Production Release
load_fao_data(): Load FAO Global Capture Production Data
fao_data_info(): Information on the FAO Data Used
fao_data_dir(): Directory for Downloaded FAO Data

🌊 Fishing areas

The FAO major fishing areas and their subareas; total catch, main species and main countries of an area.

fao_areas(): FAO Major Fishing Areas
fishing_area_map(): Map of an FAO Major Fishing Area and Its Subareas
fishing_area_data(): Extract Data for a Specified Fishing Area and Optionally Generate Plots
fishing_area_species(): Fishing Area Species Analysis
fishing_area_country(): Fishing Area Country Analysis

🐟 Species and countries

Who catches a species, what a country catches, and a country’s global catch.

species_country(): Analyze and Plot Specified Species Data Ranked by Country Production
country_species(): Analyze and Plot the Main Species Caught by a Country in a Fishing Area
country_analysis(): Analyze and Plot the Global Catch of a Country

📊 Summary analyses

Composition, stock status, trends, data quality, diversity and fleets.

species_group_composition(): Catch Composition by Species Group
stock_status(): Stock Status Plots
peak_trend(): Peak Catch and Recent Trend
area_overview(): Overview of All FAO Marine Fishing Areas
data_quality(): Data Quality of the Catch Statistics
diversity_concentration(): Diversity and Concentration of the Catch
country_group_summary(): Catch by Country Group
regime_shift(): Synchronous Breakpoints in the Catch of the Main Species
coastal_distant(): Catch by Coastal Countries and Distant-Water Fleets

🔬 Literature-based analyses

Analyses that follow published methods, each citing its sources.

catch_shocks(): Catch Shocks
collapse_analysis(): Fishery Collapses
catch_synchrony(): Synchrony and Stability of the Catch
distant_water_profile(): Distant-Water Profile of a Country
compare_releases(): Compare Two FAO Data Releases
pelagic_demersal(): Pelagic/Demersal Catch Ratio
fao_pd_groups(): Pelagic and Demersal Species Groups

🌡️ FishBase and temperature

Species traits from FishBase and SeaLifeBase, sea surface temperature, and the mean temperature of the catch.

check_fishbase_update(): Check for the Latest FishBase and SeaLifeBase Releases
download_fishbase_data(): Download FishBase and SeaLifeBase Data
fishbase_table(): Read a FishBase or SeaLifeBase Table
fishbase_match(): Match FAO Species Items to FishBase and SeaLifeBase
fishbase_sources(): Sources, Licences and Matching Rules of the FishBase Data
fao_sst_products(): Sea Surface Temperature Products
download_sst_data(): Download a Sea Surface Temperature Product
fao_area_sst(): Sea Surface Temperature of the FAO Major Fishing Areas
mean_temperature_catch(): Mean Temperature of the Catch

📉 CMSY++ stock assessment

Catch-only stock assessment with the bundled CMSY++ code, FishBase priors and JAGS set up for the operating system.

cmsy_area(): Run CMSY++ for the Main Species of a Fishing Area
cmsy_system(): Check the Computer for CMSY++ and Choose the Settings for It
cmsy_setup(): Install JAGS and the R Packages Needed by CMSY++
cmsy_jags_versions(): Which JAGS Version Goes with Which R Version
cmsy_download_jags(): Download the JAGS Installer that Matches This Computer
cmsy_install_jags(): Download and Open the JAGS Installer
cmsy_sources(): Sources of CMSY++ and the Software It Needs
cmsy_priors(): FishBase and SeaLifeBase Priors for CMSY++
cmsy_input(): Prepare FAO Catch Data for CMSY++
cmsy_defaults(): Settings of CMSY++ and Their Defaults
cmsy_run(): Run CMSY++ on FAO Catch Data
cmsy_plot(): Charts of CMSY++ Results
cmsy_mcmc(): MCMC Settings and Convergence of CMSY++ Runs
cmsy_forecast(): Project CMSY++ Results under Fishing Scenarios
cmsy_compare(): Compare CMSY++ Runs, or CMSY++ with Other Assessments
cmsy_tables(): Tables of CMSY++ Priors and Results for Reports

📝 Reports

A Word report of a fishing area, in Chinese or English, written from the results.

fao_report(): Assessment Report of an FAO Fishing Area

🧩 Extensions: other FAO datasets

FAO fishery statistics other than global capture production: catch by subarea and division from regional fishery bodies (also used by pelagic_demersal(by = "division") and mean_temperature_catch(by = "division")), trade and employment, and how they compare with the catch. Not part of the Word report.

load_fao_divisions(): Catch by Division: FAO Data of the Regional Fishery Bodies
load_fao_trade(): Trade of Aquatic Products: FAO Data
catch_trade(): Catch and Trade of the Species Groups Mostly Caught
fao_capture_groups(): Species Groups Mostly Caught, Not Farmed
load_fao_employment(): Employment in Fisheries and Aquaculture: FAO Data
employment_summary(): Employment in Fisheries and Aquaculture by Year
catch_per_fisher(): Catch per Fisher

🎨 Settings and language

Chart style, map projection, colours, fonts and Chinese names.

fao_settings(): Settings for Charts, Maps and Output
fao_font(): Font Used for Chart Text
fao_translate(): Translate FAO Country, Species or Fishing Area Names