GSAsubArea: GFCM sub areas (mixed area codes)
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GSAsubArea

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GFCM sub areas (mixed area codes)

Description

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean - GFCM area coding system (FAO Major Fishing Area 37) Polygons are defined on for Divisions, and the Geographic Subareas are annotated in the column F_SUBAREA.

Usage

data(GSAsubArea)

Format

SpatialPolygonsDataFrame with area names identified in the column 'StratumName'. See StratumPolygon.

Details

Polygons are defined in WGS84 coordinates (unprojected).

The data contains the following columns with rows for each area:

F_AREA: FAO Major fishing Area (37)
F_SUBAREA: The GSAs (Geographical subareas)
F_DIVISION: The GFCM divisions, subdividing the GSAs.

Examples

 # plot divisions
 data(GSAsubArea)
 plotArea(areaDef=GSAsubArea)
 
 # plot subareas
 RstoxFDA::plotArea(areaDef=GSAsubArea, areaNameCol = "F_SUBAREA")

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