Stock assessment of the marine ornamental Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Chaetodontidae) and the Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) from Iligan Bay, Southern Philippines

The success of fisheries depends critically on the state of the fish stocks. In this study, a total of 1,188 fish individuals belonging to two species of Abudefduf vaigiensis (711), Chaetodon vagabundus (477) were investigated based on the samples collected from the waters of Iligan Bay, Southern Philippines. Population parameters were assessed using length-frequency data with FiSAT II software. The results showed positive correlations between length and weight. The values of b significantly (P