This R project contains the code used to create data, figures, and tables for the 2025 Black Sea Bass Snapshot Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile document. Figures and tables were compiled with the _targets.R script using the {targets} R package. This script calculates most indicators from their source data. Methods are further documented in readme_2025.txt. This R project is intended to allow a user to recreate the 2025 Black Sea Bass Snapshot Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile data and analyses; however, due to local differences in R packages, file paths, and R versions, it is likely that a user will need to complete (hopefully minimal) troubleshooting in order to successfully execute the entire codebase. We hope that the documentation here, in the _targets.R file, in the scripts folder, and in the docs folder will help users complete any needed troubleshooting.

Folders and files in this repository:

• .github folder: Contains GitHub actions
• _targets folder: Automatically created and updated by the {targets} package
• data folder: Contains indicator time series data
• data-raw folder: Contains raw or intermediate data files
• docs folder: Contains Quarto document and associated helper files to generate the snapshot pdf report
• images folder: Contains images of indicator time series
• renv folder: Automatically created and updated by the {renv} package
• scripts folder: Contains scripts used to create indicators, plot indicators, and other functions needed to create the snapshot pdf report

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