rl_faos: FAO marine fishing areas

In redlist: Interface to the IUCN Red List Data

FAO marine fishing areas

Description

List or retrieve IUCN Red List assessments for FAO Marine Fishing Areas.

Usage

rl_faos(
  code = NULL,
  year_published = NULL,
  latest = NULL,
  possibly_extinct = NULL,
  possibly_extinct_in_the_wild = NULL,
  scope_code = NULL,
  page = 1
)

Arguments

code	Character. One or more FAO region codes (e.g. "21", "27"). Use rl_faos() with no arguments to list available FAO region codes.
year_published	Optional. Single or numeric vector of years to filter assessments by publication year.
latest	Optional. Logical. If TRUE, return only the latest assessment per species.
possibly_extinct	Optional. Logical. Filter for species flagged as possibly extinct.
possibly_extinct_in_the_wild	Optional. Logical. Filter for species possibly extinct in the wild.
scope_code	Optional. Integer One or more scope codes to filter assessments.
page	Optional. Integer vector. Specify one or more page numbers to fetch. If NULL or NA, all pages will be fetched automatically.

Details

If code is NULL, this returns the available FAO region codes and their descriptions. If a code (or multiple codes) is provided, retrieves the IUCN assessments for those regions.

Value

A tibble (class tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) where each column represents a unique API response JSON key. If code = NULL, the tibble contains available FAO region codes and their descriptions. If code is provided, the tibble contains assessment data for the specified FAO region(s), including description, taxon details, red list category, year, and other relevant metadata.

Examples

## Not run: 
# List available FAO regions
rl_faos()

# Get assessments for FAO region 27
rl_faos(code = "27")

# Get assessments for regions 21 and 27 on page 1
rl_faos(code = c("21", "27"), page = 1)

## End(Not run)

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