The ringnet fishery off Davao, southern Philippines, is briefly described. The major species (36%) in the catch is Decapterus kurroides (Pisces, Carangidae), whose growth parameters and mortality rates (natural and fishing) are estimated, based on length-frequency data collected in 1985-1986 and...

The von Bertalanffy growth parameters (L8 and K) were estimated, based on length-frequency data from the small scale fishery, and the Compleat ELEFAN software, for short wing flying fish Oxyphorhampus micropterus (Hemiramphidae) in the Bohol Sea, central Philippines. Related estimates (Z, M, F,...

The growth of Indian mackeral Rastrelliger kanagurta in the Visayas Sea, central Philippines, is estimated, based on length-frequency data from 1983 to 1987 and the Compleat ELEFAN program. Results are TL8 = 38 cm and K = 0.8 year -1. These estimates are tentative and other vital statistics...