Comland.r Version now controlled by git - originally part of comcatch.r

Grab commercial landings data from US and Foreign countries (NAFO) Need to fix menhaden data SML

comland(
  channel,
  GEARS = comlandr::GEARs,
  EPUS = comlandr::EPUs,
  use.existing = "y",
  landed = "y",
  foreign = "y",
  adjust.ppi = "y",
  sum.by = "EPU",
  endyear = 2018,
  reftime = c(2016, 1),
  out.dir = here::here(),
  Stand.alone = F
)

Arguments

channel	an Object inherited from DBIConnection-class. This object is used to connect to communicate with the database engine. (see connect_to_database)
GEARS	List. Designates the NEGEAR codes that comprise a fishing fleet. Default = GEARs (lazily loaded data)
EPUS	List. Designates the stat areas that comprise an EPU. Default = EPUs (lazily loaded data)
use.existing	String. Pull from database "n" or use existing pull "y" (saves time) . Default = "y"
landed	Character String. Use landed weight for scallops and clams or live weight. Default = "y" (meatwt), "n" (livewt)
foreign	Character String. Mark foreign landings and keep seperate. Default = "y"
adjust.ppi	Character String. Adjust value for inflation. Default = "y" (deflated) vs "n" (notdeflated)
sum.by	Character String. Variable to sum landings by either "EPU" (Default) or "stat.area"
endyear	Numeric Scalar. Final year of query. Default = 2018
reftime	Numeric Vector. (Length 2). Specifies the year and month if adjusting for inflation. Default = c(2016,1)
out.dir	Character string. Path to directory where final output will be saved or where data is to be read from
Stand.alone	Boolean. Flag to determine whether to save Skate and hake data to file. defualt = F (Both a US catch file and a NAFO catch file will be saved)

Value

An RDS file is created

A file will be written to your hard drive in the directory specified by out.dir. The name of the file will be named depending on user input. For example:

Filename = 'comland_meatwt_deflated_stat_areas.RDS' arises from user: landed = "y", adjust.ppi = "y", sum.by = "stat.area"