recdat.RdRecreational fishing indicators derived from Marine Recreational Information Program data queries.
recdat320 rows and 5 columns
Var: Specifies variable name.
Value: Value of variable Var.
Units: Units of variable Var.
Time: Year.
EPU: Ecological Production Units where data originated. In this case, MA refers
to Mid-Atlantic, and NE to New England.
Read more about the MRIP database and perform your own queries at https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/recreational-fisheries/data-and-documentation/run-a-data-query.
There are five indicator time series within this data set: recreational effort (number of days fished), recreational seafood (number of fish caught), recreational anglers (number of anglers), diversity of recreational catch (effective Shannon index), and recreational fleet effort diversity across modes (effective Shannon index).
More information about each of these indicators is available at https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/recreational-fishing-indicators.html.