This function scrapes MRIP trip data from the MRIP Query tool
Arguments
- species
the common name of the species as it appears in the MRIP data. capitalization does not matter.
- region
the name of the region. Can be a state name, "North Atlantic", "Mid-Atlantic", etc. Capitalization does not matter.
- year
the year of data to query. Must be a single value. The earliest year possible is 1981.