The AKesp package queries ESP data from the AKFIN web server. The ESP data can be used with the functions in this package to make an ESP report, but of course it can also be used for other purposes. See here for documentation of get_esp_data(), the data querying function.

dat <- AKesp::get_esp_data("Alaska Sablefish")
head(dat)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 32
#>   SUBMISSION_YEAR  YEAR INDICATOR_NAME DATA_VALUE DATA_SOURCE_NAME DATABASE_NAME
#>             <int> <int> <chr>               <dbl> <chr>            <chr>        
#> 1            2024  2023 Annual_Copepo…     0.0319 CPR Survey       Continuous P…
#> 2            2024  2022 Annual_Copepo…    -0.0227 CPR Survey       Continuous P…
#> 3            2024  2021 Annual_Copepo…    -0.0249 CPR Survey       Continuous P…
#> 4            2024  2020 Annual_Copepo…    -0.0276 CPR Survey       Continuous P…
#> 5            2024  2019 Annual_Copepo…    -0.0547 CPR Survey       Continuous P…
#> 6            2024  2018 Annual_Copepo…    -0.0461 CPR Survey       Continuous P…
#> # ℹ 26 more variables: PRODUCT <chr>, DESCRIPTION <chr>, INDICATOR_TYPE <chr>,
#> #   CATEGORY <chr>, CONTACT <chr>, FREQUENCY <chr>, REGION <chr>,
#> #   TIME_START <chr>, TIME_END <chr>, AKFIN <chr>, ESR <chr>,
#> #   STATUS_TRENDS <chr>, FACTORS <chr>, REFERENCES <chr>, PRELIMINARY <chr>,
#> #   REPORT_CARD_TITLE <chr>, INTENDED_ESP_NAME <chr>, ESP_YEAR <chr>,
#> #   GATE1_YEAR <chr>, GATE2_YEAR <chr>, REMOVED_YEAR <chr>, SIGN <int>,
#> #   WEIGHT <int>, UNITS <chr>, INDICATOR_ORDER <dbl>, IMPLICATIONS <chr>