Retrieve the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries codes from a code list

This function retrieves codes used in the electronic logbook data from an Excel sheet published by the Directorate of Fisheries. This list is already supplied in the package and the function is only required to update the codes.

Usage

readFdirCodes(
  path,
  speciesSheet = "B-Fiskeslag",
  speciesStartRow = 19,
  speciesHeaderRow = 17,
  gearSheet = "A7-Redskap",
  gearStartRow = 8
)

Arguments

path

Character string specifying the path to the Excel file downloaded from the Directorate of Fisheries webpage.

speciesSheet

Character string specifying the name of the tab containing species codes.

speciesStartRow

Integer specifying the skip argument for read_xlsx in the species code tab.

speciesHeaderRow

Integer specifying row number of header in the species code tab.

gearSheet

Character string specifying the name of the tab containing species codes.

gearStartRow

Integer specifying the skip argument for read_xlsx in the gear code tab.

Details

The function has been written for the code list Excel sheet published on 2020-10-30. You may have to adjust the function depending on changes in newer versions of the file.

Author

Mikko Vihtakari