Small fixes for eliminating `rgdal`

Read VAST NEWS for details

Allow `fmesher` ...

... and other quality of life improvements. See VAST NEWS file for details.

Fix bugs in automatic unit conversion and TMBad file management

Fixing two bugs:

1. Sporadic error in location of TMBad-compiled TMB code, used for improved bias-correction;
2. Incorrect display of units for abundance index resulting from previous, automated and unexpected unit conversion;

2.12.0

See NEWS.pdf for list of updates

Update AFSC extrapolation grids

• Updated AFSC extrapolation-grids for eastern and northern Bering Sea
• Added AFSC extrapolation-grid for Chukchi Sea

Supporting VAST 3.8.2

Fixing plotting bug in 2.10.0-2.10.1

Supporting VAST 3.8.0

See VAST NEWS doc for list of changes.

Support VAST release 3.7.1

Two major changes:

• Fix the default value for projargs when plotting to avoid projection issues with global coastline shapefile
• Change default settings to now calculate and plot range-edges.

Support VAST release 3.7.0

Improve docs and examples

Support VAST release 3.6.0

Supports VAST release 3.6.0 which includes new features:

• NEWS document
• Improved covariates interface
• Spatially varying catchability effects