Decreasing catch rate coupled with increasing number of small,
immature fishes in the catch indicates high sensitivity of the fish
stocks. Given that large-sized species are intensively targeted and
thus reduced in number before smaller ones (Pauly et al., 1998;
Mamauag et al., 2013), the rates and process of potential recovery
of the fish stocks in the community structure can be determined on
the basis of change in catch composition (Jennings, 2001).