R/GeorgesBankDiscardZones_sf.R

In Maritimes/Mar.data: Data used by one of more of the Maritimes packages

#' @title GeorgesBankDiscardZones_sf Metadata
#' @name GeorgesBankDiscardZones_sf
#' @description These are the discard zones for the Georges Bank groundfish fishery.
#' They were defined based on fishing concentration and homogeneity of species
#' composition in Gavaris, Van Eeckhaute, and Clark (2007).
#' @source https://science-catalogue.canada.ca/record=4039145~S6
#' @docType data
#' @format sf polygon
#' \describe{
#' \item{Id}{ESRI ArcMap Field - a number corresponding to the letter code in the Zone field (e.g. 1 for "Zone A", 2 for "Zone B", etc.)}
#' \item{Zone}{Discard Zone - the word "Zone" plus an alphabetical identifier (e.g. "Zone A")}
#' }
"GeorgesBankDiscardZones_sf"