Prepare Boat Registry Data from Metadata

Processes boat registry data from metadata table to create a summary of total boats by district. This data is used for scaling GPS sample data to fleet-wide estimates.

Usage

prepare_boat_registry(boats_table = NULL)

Arguments

boats_table

Data frame containing boat registry information with:

• District: District name for each boat

• Additional boat metadata (boat ID, registration details, etc.)

Value

A data frame with boat counts by district:

• district: District name (standardized from metadata)

• total_boats: Total number of boats registered in the district

Details

The function takes boat metadata and creates a district-level summary of boat counts. This is essential for calculating sampling rates and extrapolating fleet-wide activity from GPS-tracked samples.

See also

• estimate_fleet_activity() for using boat registry in fleet estimates

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get boat registry data from metadata
metadata <- get_metadata()
boat_registry <- prepare_boat_registry(boats_table = metadata$boats)

# View boat counts by district
print(boat_registry)
} # }