Data and code for a holistic approach to modeling Jonah crab in the Gulf of Maine

Data files and R code needed to reproduce the models and figures in the manuscript "A holistic approach to modeling the growing fishery for Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) in the Gulf of Maine" (Krasnow et al., 2025) in revision for Fish and Fisheries. Files included are: 01_requirements.txt - the R packages needed to reproduce the results provided in the paper 02_manuscript_2025.R - an R script that includes all analyses from the paper 03_noaa_landings.csv - Coastwide Jonah crab landings (from NOAA Fisheries FOSS portal) 04_MEtows.csv - Location and date of tows in the ME-NH Inshore Trawl Survey 05_jonah_catch2024.csv - Catch data (from Maine DMR ME-NH Inshore Trawl Survey portal) 06_jonah_length2024.csv - Sex ratio data (from Maine DMR ME-NH Inshore Trawl Survey portal) 07_MaineDMR_Inshore_Trawl_Survey_Grid.zip - Shapefiles for regions/strata used in the ME-NH Inshore Trawl Survey, unzip before running the code other_GAMMs.R - alternative Generalized Additive (Mixed) Models not included in the final manuscript EDM_metadata - additional metadata following the Dublin Core schema