Function that retrieves age, length, and conditional age-at-length composition for AFSC stock assessments
get_comp(
species = 21720,
region = "goa",
comp = "age",
sex_cat = 4,
spec_case = NULL
)AFSC species code (default = 21720, pacific cod)
survey region. options are 'ai', 'ebs', 'ebs_slope', 'goa', and 'nebs' (default = 'goa')
type of composition desired, options are 'age', 'length', and 'caal'
sex category for which composition is desired. options are 0 (sexes combined pre-expansion), 1 (males), 2 (females), 12 (males-female comp that sums to 1), and 4 (sexes combined post-expansion). Note that for comp = 'caal' the only sex categories available are 0 (sexes combined), 1 (males), and 2 (females) (default = 4)
description string if getting composition for special case. options are 'ai_subreg', 'bsre', 'dr', 'rebs', 'w_c_egoa', 'w140', 'wc_egoa' (default = NULL)
a dataframe of age, length, or conditional age-at-length composition